Lot 60
  • 60

FERNANDO AND HUMBERTO CAMPANA | Banquete Chair

Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 INR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
  • Banquete Chair
  • Signed, dated and editioned ‘Campana/NO52007’ on reverseEdition 5 of 150
  • Stuffed toys and stainless steel
  • 85 x 140 x 100 cm. (33 ⅜ x 55 ⅛ x 39 ⅜ in.)
  • Executed in 2007

Provenance

Acquired directly from Studio Campana, May 2007

Exhibited

Weil am Rhein, Vitra Design Museum, Antikörper: Arbeiten von Fernando & Humberto Campana 1989 - 2009, 16 May 2009 - 28 February 2010 (another from the edition)

Literature

Mathias Schwartz-Clauss (ed.), Antibodies Antikörper: Fernando & Humberto Campana 1989-2009, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2009, p. 96 (another from the edition)
M. Price et al (eds.), Campana: The Complete Works (So Far), Rizzoli, New York, 2010, illustration pp. 186-187 (another from the edition)

Condition

There is slight surface wear consistent with age and use. Some loose threads are visible upon close inspection. The piece is in good overall condition, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

“People have a good sense of humor, even in São Paulo, which is a working city. All the objects in our collections have some relationship with humor. When people see the banquettes, their first reaction is to laugh.” (H. and F. Campana quoted in M. Price et al (eds.), Campana: The Complete Works (So Far), Rizzoli, New York, 2010, p.186) Fernando and Humberto Campana, popularly known as the Campana Brothers, are Brazilian designers of international acclaim. In 1983, Humberto, a lawyer turned sculptor, and Fernando, an architect, began to craft furniture out of scrap and discarded materials. Their mediums were thus eclectic, encompassing rope, cloth, carboard, wood, plastic and aluminum wire, all transformed through the designers’ bold spirit of reinvention. Fifteen years after their initial foray into furniture, the brothers became the first Brazilian artists to have their work exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In 2002, the designers commenced their Banquete chair series – seats formed of a jumble of plush children’s toys upon stainless steel legs. These works were a daring departure from the brothers’ already bold designs. The current lot is from the Campana Brothers’ first sequence of Banquete chairs, formed of stuffed tigers, lions, dogs, alligators and dolphins. Their later banquetes were formed of a less diverse array of animals: Alligator chair and Dolphins and Sharks chair in 2002; Teddy Bear chair in 2004; and Panda chair in 2005.   

Describing the banquetes, the designers note their conflicting undercurrent: “The Banquete does have a dark side… it’s like the food chain in nature whereby one creature eats the next. At first it seems to be a chair for children or something very lighthearted. But there is also something quite perverse about this chair…”. (ibid)