Min meets Mies
1979
© Hans-Jürgen Lannoch, Helga Lannoch ; photo © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, photo: Franz J. Wamhof
- Title
- Min meets Mies
- Year
- 1979
- Category
- Sculpture
- Format
- Cast
- Material / Technique
- polyester surface, concrete
- Dimensions / Duration
- 143 x 80 x 63 cm
- Collection
- ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
- Description
- Mies van der Rohe and Min stand for design principles of long validity. Min for the Egyptian cube stool, which was formative in the Middle Kingdom for almost a thousand years in many forms for the representation of people in a seated position. Mies for functional design in architecture and design, which is still being further developed after almost a hundred years. Form follows Function. In the sculpture, the formal principles of the cube stool and the Barcelona Chair interpenetrate. In both cases, it is also about de-individualised design, about geometrisation, whereby the head of the Egyptian cube stool is represented by the concrete cube sunk into the sculpture.
Author
Helga und Hans-Jürgen
Images
© Hans-Jürgen Lannoch, Helga Lannoch ; photo © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, photo: Franz J. Wamhof