Lot 97: CONSTANTIN BOYM

Unique "Venus and Mars" chair and mirror, from "The Ultimate Art Furniture" series Reverse of each signed in marker with Constantin Boym 06.

Chair: 39 x 21 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. (99.1 x 53.7 x 54.6 cm) Mirror: 46 5/8 x 31 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. (118.4 x 79.7 x 3.5 cm)

Oil on canvas, maple, mirrored glass.

2006

"Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design," The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, July 14-October 18, 2009

Gareth Williams, Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design, exh. cat., The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2009, illustrated p. 81 Hansjerg Maier-Aichen, ed., New Talents: State of the Arts, Stuttgart, 2009, illustrated p. 70

“Mars and Venus United by Love," a painting by Paolo Veronese from the 1570s, tells the story of cupid joining the goddess of love and the god of war by tying their legs together. In a similarly literal act, Boym uses a reproduction found canvas as the material for this piece, joining the fields of art and design to challenge the division between which has grown steadily in the centuries following the Renaissance.