TALES OF TABLEAU
TABLEAU

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TABLEAU PRESENTED AT THE KINFOLK GALLERY
NOVEMBER 2018

‘TALES OF TABLEAU’ WAS AN EXTENSION OF TABLEAU’S FOUNDATIONAL INTEREST IN FINDING NOVEL WAYS TO THINK ABOUT FLOWERS AND FLOWER INSTALLATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH INDUSTRIAL DESIGN.

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THE LINE OF HANDMADE DESIGN OBJECTS AND VASES ON DISPLAY AT THE KINFOLK GALLERY WERE CREATED USING PREFABRICATED MATERIALS, REPEATED AND STACKED—WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON STEEL AS A RAW CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT. THE DESIGNS REPRESENTED A CLASH BETWEEN MINIMALISTIC LINES AND THE MONUMENTALITY OF SOLID MATERIALS. TO CELEBRATE THE ORIGINALITY OF THESE DESIGNS, TABLEAU TRANSFORMED THE KINFOLK GALLERY INTO A SPACE THAT REFLECTED THE INDUSTRIAL SURROUNDINGS THAT INSPIRED ITS TEAM. CONTRASTED WITH—AND COMPLEMENTED BY—THE SOFT SHAPES OF FLOWERS, EACH DESIGN OBJECT ON DISPLAY TOLD A STORY OF ITS OWN AND BECAME A SMALL TABLEAU; A CONTEMPORARY ART DISPLAY FIT FOR THE EVERYDAY LIFE.