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This major showcase introduces ground-breaking new works by FUMI’s celebrated roster of artists and designers
Photography courtesy of Sized Studio
To coincide with this year’s Frieze Los Angeles (20 February- 3 March), London-based Gallery FUMI unveils a six-week captivating exhibition in Los Angeles, California, entitled FUMI LA, which features new works by its global roster of artists and designers. Taking over the iconic SIZED STUDIO in Melrose Hill, an up-and-coming art and design hub that has recently welcomed leading blue-chip galleries, the exhibition builds on its past successes in the US.
With sell out presentations at Salon Art+Design in New York, Art Basel Design Miami and FOG Design+Art in San Francisco as well as the placement of works in major institutional and private collections, FUMI LA provides an opportunity for new collectors to discover the gallery’s impressive family of artists and designers. The stateside presentation highlights a dynamic collection of pieces, including Space Relics, a large-scale chandelier installation by American ceramic artist Jeremy Anderson, complemented by a pair of table lamps and four Piccolo vases; Copper Roots, a new floor light crafted by British duo JAMESPLUMB; and a new bronze console and sculptural gypsum plaster mirror titled Volumetric Mirror 1 by Voukenas Petrides.
Central to the gallery’s debut showcase in Los Angeles is BOX 2, an intriguing series of new works by renowned British artist and designer Max Lamb, on display from February 19th. For his West Coast debut, Lamb will unveil a collection of new entirely sustainable cardboard designs, including twelve chairs and one coffee table – an extension to his recent presentation BOX, shown at FUMI in London during Frieze Week in October. By connecting art and anthropology to materiality and improvisation, Lamb creates pieces that embody new histories of craft and give value to cardboard, a material often seen as secondary.
Photography courtesy of Tom Jamieson for Gallery FUMI
Established in 2008 by Sam Pratt and Valerio Capo, Gallery FUMI focuses on high-level, conceptually, and aesthetically audacious designers and artists; each encompassing the value of craftsmanship, traditional techniques, and innovative technologies. Objects are usually handmade by the designer in a small workshop. Many use traditional techniques such as carving, glassblowing, cabinetry, lacquering, and meticulous hand assemblage.
Pratt and Capo have built enduring creative relationships with institutions, interior designers, and collectors alike, and have gained a reputation for applying a very personal and original touch in their selection and curation. The duo marries a close understanding of the potential of their designers with a keen knowledge of the market to commission exclusive, low-volume, limited-edition works.