- Erik Müllendorff
- Kate Campbell
86-88 Pimlico Road
London SW1W 8PL
UK
T: +44 (0) 20 7730 27 28
Bio
88 Gallery London specialises in collectible design and functional art. Proud to represent artists and designers from around the world, our curated collection is constantly evolving as new pieces are developed and new talents welcomed. Unlike many galleries, we actively support young designers and often fund production, enabling them to focus on their creative output. Quality of materials is crucial: we are only interested in pieces that will outlast us: pieces with a value that can be passed on through generations. But it is the uniqueness of each piece that is always the starting point. Each one has been selected because we feel passionate about it. We hope, by building on this collection year by year, to share our enthusiasm for art and design and our dedication to contemporary creativity.
This year, the theme binding the selected pieces is EMERGENCE. In an artist’s hands, form arises from matter, but it is often something uncontrollable about the process that gives the finished piece its soul and individuality.
The theme is in part a homage to Ado Chale, who died this year. His work remains an inspiration to designers, architects and art lovers around the world. His pieces, inspired so often by natural forms, owe their beauty in part to the way they are made: whether cast in sand or inset with unique fragments of stone or bone, each has a life all of its own. Among the works of his we’ll present is a huge Lune table-sculpture in sand-cast aluminium.
To turn to new artists to join us: Kick Veldman’s Casting Mirrors in molten aluminium pay tribute to the material’s inherent qualities and engage with it to explore the complexities of self-reflection. Jacob Walls draws from fashion and the dynamics of physical interaction in his work, his thermo-chromic Pangolin seats reacting and adapting to touch and temperature. Romi Elise Phillips stunning ceramic Béton Raffiné light-sculptures merge the timeless elegance of ornamentation with the raw expression of brutalist design. Three wonderfully fresh perspectives on design to discover.
Other artists to be represented include the renowned glass artist Michela Cattai, who refers to the element of ‘wondrous imperfection’ that reveals her intense relationship with her chosen material. Her FORESTA light is part of a series of works inspired by the native vegetation of the Venetian Lagoon, a fragile ecosystem in which land and water merge. Like a plant, the piece is organic, asymmetrical, and ever-changing as the light around and within it alters.
There will also be a new kinetic artwork by William Waterhouse, and Vert 1, the first mesmerising piece by this exceptional artist to have a light element and Maria Vera Van Embden Andres will be presenting her light-sculpture Cartharsis, an equally hypnotic piece. We will also be showing two new stunning new works in wood: the wonderfully sinuous Sauldraie bench by Mroz+Boullier and a large-scale sideboard by Abel Cárcamo – the first piece he has ever made for us in this material.
This exploration of matter and form would of course be incomplete without artworks by Ben Storms, so don’t miss his ExHale floor cushion in marble and InHale wall pieces in brass. There will also be a cloud-like Metamorphosis console by Timothy Schreiber, the largest version to date, and much much more.
Like living things, all the pieces we show encourage interaction. Here, beauty is not something to be admired at a distance, it emerges and strengthens the closer you get.
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