Ordinary wood benches are turned into amazing works of art
Pablo Reinoso, an Argentinean-French designer, thinks that art constantly modifies the environment it occupies. He says that it can give the surroundings where it is engraved new meanings, purposes, and points of view. The inventive methods that Reinoso’s dynamic benches investigate the places they occupy are undeniable. Wood and steel pieces have seemed to separate from conventional frameworks or seats to make significant movements across a room or public place.
After being exposed to woodworking by his grandpa when he was just six years old, Reinoso created his first furniture. Afterwards, he attended the College of Buenos Aires to study architecture before relocating to Paris and starting a career as a designer of high-end goods. The diverse body of work contained in Reinoso’s collection clearly reflects the three main inspirations of woodwork, architecture, and product development. Despite the variety of scales, media, and purposes represented in his work, all of it explores the tension between form and content.
Spaghetti Bench, one of his most well-known installation pieces, shows the alteration of plain wooden benches. Beyond just serving as sitting, the wooden boards of the Spaghetti Benches truly blossom, whirling out into designs that resemble trees and other natural components, according to Reinoso. The substance itself reverts to its natural state as a tree or other living thing, regaining its former liberty. With the help of this concept, a collection of benches can be created that is constantly unique. Some of the seats are subtly curved to produce artwork, some are joined by these tree limbs, and others are still so overgrown that they are no longer useful for their intended purpose.
Comparable curved shapes can be seen in another series called Garabatos, which means “scrawls.” This new rendition, which is done in dark steel, was inspired by the doodles or scrawls people would make to express their ingenuity. This series allows for a wild and unrestrained production of bends and loops as opposed to the fairly structured development of the natural wood benches. Both series display the breadth of Reinoso’s stylistic skill.
On Reinoso’s webpage, you may discover the Spaghetti Benches, Garabatos, Thoneteando collection, and more. The Musée des Arts Décoratifs’ exhibition An Uncertain Spring, which runs from December 16, 2020, to May 11, 2020, will also feature some of his most recent works.
The dynamic, curved benches by Pablo Reinoso investigate their surroundings in novel ways.
Wood and steel pieces have seemed to separate from conventional frameworks or seats to make significant movements across a room or public place.
Reinoso’s work varies in size, medium, and purpose, but all of it explores the conflict between form and content.
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