Works on View:
River, Hiroko Takeda
Cotton, Linen, Monofilament, Mohair
(2) 49"L x 25.5"W x 2.25"D
Boe Bebop Lounge, Studio Paolo Ferrari x Hiroko Takeda
White washed white oak, Cotton
36"W x 36"H
To Disappear into the Trees, Sarah Sherman Samuel
Plaster, Oak, Pine
6"W x 6"H per piece
The Knockoff Show on view through June 5 M-F 12-6 PM
To The Source
The Knockoff Show tasked designers to identify a source of inspiration from the past (see below) and create an entirely new piece of work (see above)...
Hiroko Takeda
Hiroko Takeda drew inspiration from the Japanese technique of boro, a practice of reworking and repairing textiles through piercing, patching and stitching for her diptych River. For this new work, Takeda improvised with various weave structures to create rhythm, movement and depth. A fine plaid pattern and line drawing in the textile’s ground morphs into irregular organic-shaped motifs of various dimensions and textures. Showing alongside River is the piece’s inspiration source, a collection of textiles gifted by Takeda’s friend Stephen Szczepanek at Sri Threads, a textile showroom specializing in antique Japanese folk textiles.
“I am inspired by the improvisational composition of boro, the layering and combinations of fragments, innocent stitching and patterns. And this beauty is born from necessity—the need to mend and reuse. Boro pulls me into its universe and fascinates me.”
-Hiroko Takeda
Studio Paolo Ferrari
The Boe Bebop Lounge, Studio Paolo Ferrari’s newest collaboration with textile artist Hiroko Takeda, is an extension of the duo’s creative journey as collaborators. Studio Paolo Ferrari takes inspiration from the collaborations between architect Pierre Chareau and textile artist Jean Lucrat and the resulting body of unexpectedly lyrical and beautifully eccentric work that blurs the lines between functionalism and artistry. In early discussions between Ferrari and Takeda, the designers considered expressing textile as structure, with their concept evolving into an exploration of the painterly, inspired by the work of Milton Avery.
Sarah Sherman Samuel
Sarah Sherman Samuel’s sculpture, To Disappear into the Trees, draws from Charlotte Perriand’s CP1 sconces. Inspired both by the modularity of these sconces and by how Perriand’s lighting is used as an architectural element in an interior space, Samuel worked with plaster and wood to address these themes in her own work of art. Each piece can be viewed singularly but is shown grouped together as a larger installation. Similar to a CP1 sconce disappearing into the hard architectural lines of its surrounding, Samuel’s pieces are meant to do the same, but with the backdrop being that of the natural world rather than Perriand’s industrial settings.