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Bonded Eternmale, 2002
Loaned to
GAM Galleria d'Arte Moderna
Description
2 Eternit chairs covered with studded back leather, Eternittable, a whisky bottle, red carpet
No. Elements
5
Object Type
installazione
Credits
©Monica Bonvicini - Courtesy GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino foto di Studio Gonella - Proprietà della Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT
The Artist
Bonded Eternmale, 2002, looks like a private living room awaiting its own host.
The furnishings consist of two chairs and a small table created in 1968 by the designer Willy Guhl. Modified by Monica Bonvicini by a covering of studded black leather and placed atop a gaudy red carpet, the designer objects, in addition to being characterized by a self-contained, undulating line, are distinguished as being the only furniture ever created in Eternit. Continuing her research that began with a previous work entitled Eternmale, in this installation the artist is inspired by a series of suggestions published in Playboy magazine in the late 1960s for the creation of the perfect bachelor pad. [...]
GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino
Via Magenta, 31
10128 Torino
