Aldo Bakker Three Pair Macchia Vecchia Marble
Price on request
Edition of 8 plus 4 AP
2013
Marble Macchia Vecchia
50 x 38 x 47.4 cm
19.7 x 15 x 18.7 in
The work of Dutch artist Aldo Bakker centres around a deep exploration of form and colour. The inherent ambiguity of each piece is designed as a conscious challenge to traditional concepts of functionality that prevail in modern life. Bakker needs to spend much time with his work before considering it a finished piece. When they leave the studio – often after years of careful deliberation – the objects no longer bear witness to their maker, but exclusively to their own existence.
Artist
Aldo Bakker
Aldo Bakker, born in the Netherlands in 1971, is a designer whose objects challenge the way we perceive and interact with the material world. Known for his bowls, pitchers, stools, spoons, and tables, Bakker creates works that blur the boundary between utility and autonomy. His practice is defined by an exquisite command of form, colour, and material, combined with an almost unsettling insistence that objects are not passive commodities but independent presences with their own integrity and character.
Exhibitions
New York | Selection of Important Works Aldo Bakker | Nacho Carbonell
New York
|10 Feb – 2 Apr 2022
