About the Artist

Ika Kuenzel is fascinated by a classic, industrial-oriented interpretation of design. She takes inspiration from existing objects, and studies different exercises in daily life and primarily their associated objects: functional everyday-commodities, exclusive accessories, artisanal craftworks and precious, handmade one-offs. ‘Tools’ of a mature, high quality, extravagant lifestyle with its Chiffres form the core of my work. Their connotation, shape, material and production techniques have to be remarkable, highly skilled and outstanding in appearance or code. Her pieces are a certain sort of objets trouvés. They evolve from established artefacts with a common typology.

 

 

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Established in 2005 by Parisian entrepreneurs and art devotees Loic Le Gaillard and Julien Lombrail, Carpenters Workshop Gallery is known for its discovery of bold and iconic design-art. Like many of the artists it fosters, the gallery takes a young, fresh and dynamic approach, primarily following its own aesthetic. They exhibit unique and limited edition works both by emerging and established artists, and designers.

Carpenters Workshop GaIlery is committed to making ambitious ideas work, through its daring and integrity it has cultivated strong relationships with the artists it works with. Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents the work of established artists including: Atelier Van Lieshout, Maarten Baas, Sebastian Brajkovic, Andrea Branzi, Wendell Castle, Demakersvan, Ingrid Donat, Vincent Dubourg, Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta, Johanna Grawunder, Mathieu Lehanneur, Frederik Molenschot, Nendo, Marc Quinn, Random International, Pablo Reinoso, Robert Stadler, Studio Job & Charles Trevelyan.

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