Portrait of a coffee table....
pt. 1.
"a study for the minimal moon lounge."

Portrait of a coffee table....
pt. 1.
"a study for the minimal moon lounge."



1. via environment, leblon coffee table. Reclaimed Peroba wood. . "Its wood is also one of the most durable, 34% harder than oak and slightly harder than black locust. It has a fine texture, a faint warm rosy brown hue, and when it is weathered and aged, it grows in character and texture, almost resembling petrified stone."

2. Onyx Italian 70's via current Rago Auction. Onyx is a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades, such as purple or blue).

3.. Burl wood coffee table by Milo Baughman. Burls yield a very peculiar and highly figured wood, one prized for its beauty by many; its rarity also adds to its expense. It is sought after by people such as furniture makers, artists, and wood sculptors.

4. Marble. Two part Triangular coffee table from Talisman London. 1970's.







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Bojan Šarčević
Comme de chiens et des vagues
13 October – 13 November, 2010

She, 2010, onyx

via Modern Art London


"Occupying a room to itself is a sculpture carved from a large single block of Persian onyx. To acquire the stone, Šarčević travelled to the ancient Silk Route city of Yazd in central Iran, from where the block of raw stone was transported by road to Britain for carving and finishing. Precisely worked with rectangular, square cut shapes and cavities, it suggests a semi-functional form, while its sensuous materiality and ambiguous purpose lends a disquieting presence.

The interplay of shape and man-made geometry effects properties of change and transformation, while revealing the fundamentally unchanged and highly aesthetic qualities of this rich and elemental material. Its presence offers a constant reflection on sculptural tensions: fragility and resilience, weight and gravity, shape and texture, geometric and organic form, organic and mineral flesh."




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Bojan Šarčević
Comme de chiens et des vagues
13 October – 13 November, 2010