Italian designer Martino Gamper has furnished a whole west London home together with his eclectic designs for his exhibition Earlier than, After and Past.
The exhibition, which concluded on 26 October, occurred at 11 Mansfield Road – a Georgian residential property in London’s Marylebone neighbourhood, owned by Swiss artwork collector Maja Hoffmann.
Earlier than, After and Past featured a myriad of items made all through Merano-born Gamper‘s profession, which started within the 2000s. Every design was organized throughout two storeys in a sequence of 5 staged home areas, from a kitchen to a devoted video games room.
The designer wished to keep away from the “white dice” inside of a conventional gallery when presenting the challenge, which is his first London retrospective and a mirrored image of some 20 years of apply.
“I wished to convey the items into an area the place you could possibly think about somebody residing,” Gamper informed Dezeen. “All the rooms have a really explicit character.”
Identified for his luxurious and textured creations, Gamper confirmed a variety of early works and up to date items – from one-off experiments and museum tasks to non-public commissions, industrial merchandise and novel site-specific designs.
On present within the bed room was a low-slung mattress with a geometrical headboard from which angular lilac bedside tables protruded.
Created in collaboration with Italian model Bolzan, the mattress was paired with a diamond-shaped mirror-cum-mantelpiece displaying a collection of amorphous ceramics.
Gamper additionally designed a boxy travertine fire for the room, which can stay on the property completely.
“When Maja purchased the home, she discovered that somebody had stolen the unique fire – it was only a gap within the wall,” defined the designer. “I wished to go away a hint of the exhibition.”
Elsewhere, the video games room ground was lined with a huge ombre black-and-white rug – designed with Italian producer CC-Tapis – and fitted with multicoloured items together with a dynamic just lately designed backgammon set and spindly blue-legged chairs.
Among the many exhibition’s quite a few seating designs had been three chairs from Gamper’s 2007 challenge 100 Chairs in 100 Days, when the designer made a chair a day from varied discovered supplies for 100 days.
It was crucial for the designer to mirror on the years of labor when displayed alongside one another and kind surprising connections between the tasks.
“Seeing all of the items collectively felt like they had been all from the identical household – however possibly every with a distinct mom or father,” he mentioned.
“The present was additionally a dialog with the broader public,” added Gamper. “I actually felt like I wished to offer one thing again to town,” mentioned the designer, who relies in London and graduated from the Royal School of Artwork in 2000.
A variety of supplies had been used to create the tens of items on show at 11 Mansfield Road, from bent plywood backrests to handblown and reduce glass lamps.
“There are lots of several types of stable wooden, reclaimed wooden, linoleum, laminate,” thought-about Gamper. “There are repurposed waste supplies and recycled plastic,” he added.
Three artists had been additionally invited to collaborate on the challenge: painter Peter MacDonald, artist Alvaro Barrington and Gamper’s spouse, artist Francis Upritchard.
“I wished to have some artworks that assist my work. I work with artists and I assist them – so on this case, their work was complementing my challenge,” defined Gamper.
Earlier than, After and Past kicked off throughout Frieze Artwork Truthful, an annual artwork competition held in London’s Regent’s Park.
Beforehand, Gamper created a “psychological, psychedelic” plywood masks for a gaggle exhibition throughout London Design Competition 2019. The designer additionally made a patchwork facade for a small short-lived diso that occurred within the metropolis’s King’s Cross space.
