RICK OWENS HAS LONG HELD THE GRANDEUR AND CLEAR LOGIC OF BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE AS ONE OF HIS GREATEST INFLUENCES, ATTRACTED TO THE WORK OF ARCHITECTS SUCH AS LE CORBUSIER AND MARCEL BREUER. BOTH ARTISTS CONDENSED THE PRINCIPLES OF THEIR LARGE SCALE CONSTRUCTION INTO SMALLER FUNCTIONAL ARTWORKS, CONCEPTS THAT OWENS HAS INSTINCTIVELY RESPONDED TO. This Half Box chair is the ideal expression of Owens and Lamy’s reverence for Minimalism, combined with their taste for rare and incomparable materials. The simplicity of the chair’s geometry is a nod to the home furnishings of the iconic American artist Donald Judd, and the ivory bone feels extravagant yet sacrosanct. Ox bones have served as amulets and memento mori across a variety of cultural traditions, from the divinatory practices of Shang Dynasty China to contemporary syncretism. 2012. LIMITED EDITION OF 8 + 4 AP.

SHOWN IN OX BONE

MM       W   500     D   500     H   770  

EXPECTED LEAD TIME     18/22 WEEKS

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