![]() 16 has an innovative armature system which carries a low-voltage charge, eliminating the need for interior wiring. It was unveiled as a large outdoor installation on 5 March 2015 at Vancouver's Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. 14 received a Red Dot Award and a Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design in 2007.ġ6 is a new addition to the Bocci collection. It has been described as giving the effect of "a candle floating in water" and is considered a classic piece of Canadian design. It can be suspended by coaxial cable in its chandelier form or fastened to the wall as a surface-mount light. ġ4 is a cast-glass pendant fastened by a borosilicate glass lamp holder. #OMER ARBEL SERIES#The collections are named numerically to reflect their place in the chronology of Arbel's creative process very few of his designs have commercial viability, hence the gaps between the series numbers. ![]() ![]() Design īocci currently offers seven families of ambient lighting (14, 16, 21, 28, 38, 57 & 73), two design objets (19 & 25) and one collection of electrical accessories (22). Bishop currently handles the business side of the company while Arbel is creative director. Upon returning to Vancouver, Bishop and Arbel launched Bocci and began production of 14. Arbel was exhibiting an early prototype of '14', a cast-glass pendant light and Bishop was attending a candy convention on the floor above. Arbel’s work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Barbican Centre, Vancouver Art Gallery, Mallett Antiques, and Monte Clark Gallery, among others.The company began in 2005 after a chance meeting between Randy Bishop and Omer Arbel during New York Design Week. Focal themes of his work include investigation of intrinsic mechanical, physical, and chemical qualities of materials and exploration of light as a medium. #OMER ARBEL FREE#On Thursday, May 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Arbel will be giving a free exhibition tour of his work in the Gallery.īased between Vancouver and Berlin, Omer Arbel cultivates a fluid position between the fields of building, sculpture, invention, and design. On Saturday, May 4 from 1 to 4:30 p.m., Surrey Art Gallery is doing a special bus tour to the South Surrey house designed by Omer Arbel-check the Events section of the Gallery website to register as it gets closer. On Tuesday, March 5 from 5 to 8 p.m., join Omer Arbel at a warehouse in Vancouver (1490 E Georgia St) to see the live concrete cutting of the fabric-formed sculpture that will be split into pieces for display at Surrey Art Gallery. These objects, images, and sculptures reimagine domestic and urban life outside the flat rectilinear visual language of so much modern design. ![]() In addition to the sculptural installation, visitors will see a multi-channel projected film, architectural models, plans, photographs, and sectional collages. Root balls of transplanted mature trees fill in the large voids of the trumpet shapes. The columns are slender at their base and open up into large rectangular tops that become the roof of the house. Designed by Arbel and named 75.9, the house features fabric-formed concrete pillars in the shape of inverted trumpets, ranging from 14 to 30 feet tall. The cuts are a way of allowing the viewer’s imagination (and his own) to understand the amorphous shapes resulting from the technique of fabric forming, as if with x-ray vision.įrom there, visitors can see how the fabric forming technique applies to a South Surrey home currently under construction. The exhibit begins with the material research phase of Arbel’s process, showing a large fabric-cast concrete object spliced into nine 14 inch wide sections. “These new methods could have significant practical and sculptural ramifications to the construction industry.” “My intention is to develop a way of working with concrete that acknowledges its liquid nature and yields expressive form,” he says. What if we poured concrete into fabric forms rather than plywood boxes or tube columns used in most building construction? The astonishing results are on display in this exhibit. ![]() Particles for the Built World focuses on Arbel’s experiments with concrete over the past five years. He manipulates basic materials by applying heat, force, pressure, electricity, or movement to achieve surprising results. Admission is free.Įxperimentation drives Omer Arbel’s art and design practice. Omer Arbel: Particles for the Built Worldopens Saturday, April 13 with an artist talk at 6:30 p.m. Surrey Art Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibit of internationally renowned designer/sculptor/artist Omer Arbel. Photo by Julian KenchentenĪrtist in Conversation and Opening Reception: Saturday, April 13 | 6:30 p.m. ![]()
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