After its participation in the ‘Design at Large’ section of Design Miami/ Basel with its monumental sculpture ‘The Original Dwelling’, inspired by troglodyte dwellings and mid century avant-garde architecture, Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL) presents its solo show entitled ‘Bronze’ at the Mayfair space of Carpenters Workshop Gallery. 

 

Atelier Van Lieshout will showcase a selection of its best pieces in bronze in the exhibition that will also be part of the London Design Festival (19-27 September 2015).

 

The work is a result of re-contextualization of familiar, domestic objects, which become original works of art without losing their practical purpose. Being focused on challenging conventional ideas of utility and functionality, Atelier Van Lieshout reinvents the viewer’s perceptions or approaches to an object and its environment.

 

The choice of bronze as a medium for this collection is not random: this alloy, often associated with antiquity, unconsciously sends us to the Bronze Age, referring to the tribal past of our modern society and telling the story of humanity. Atelier Van Lieshout expresses its reflection on humans and their future, individuals’ interdependence with environment and its art.