New York gallery R & Company has curated collectible design work by 55 contemporary artists and designers based throughout the United States.
The exhibition Objects: USA 2024 is the second instalment in a series of triannual exhibits by the gallery surveying the current state of collectible design practices in the country.
The show touches on topics such as revived craft traditions, material experimentation, political instability, environmental degradation, and cultural re-appropriation.
R & Company has showcased 55 designers and artists from across the United States. Works by Dee Clements, Justin Favela, Luam Melake, and Coulter Fussell
Designers that represent different generations and backgrounds are on show, including Minjae Kim, Chen Chen and Kai Williams, Roberto Lugo, Katie Stout, and Hugh Hayden. "In recent years, collectible design has increasingly entered popular consciousness, in part, thanks to the diversity of individuals embracing handmade processes and propelling them in new directions," R & Company said.
"Objects: USA offers an incisive exploration of the formal innovations and conceptual motivations that shape the distinct and varied landscape of today's object-making."
It was organised according to seven "archetypes". Works by Trey Jones, Nicole McLaughlin, and Kim Mupangilaï
According to the gallery, many of the artists and designers defy easy categorisation and challenge the understood boundaries between art and...