'Myth And Material'
2nd October - 18th October '08
Moroso
146 Greene Street, New York, NY
For their first large-scale exhibition in the U.S., Doshi Levien have taken over the first floor of Moroso's New York showroom.
For the exhibition, the design duo present all of their products designed for Moroso including ‘My beautiful backside’ a seating collection inspired by a miniature painting of a Maharani sitting on the floor of her palace, surrounded and supported by multiples of pebble shaped cushions.
Through an irreverent, spontaneous use of colours and materials, Doshi Levien's installation explores and describes the influence that Indian culture has on their designs.
Myth and Material looks at the many aspects of India's multilayered modern culture and emphasises, in a very natural way, how opposites coexist harmoniously: sensuousness with the spiritual and austere; functionality with creativity and imagination.
Myth and Material - Doshi Levien - Courtesy Moroso USA
Myth and Material - Doshi Levien - Courtesy Moroso USA
Myth and Material - Doshi Levien - Courtesy Moroso USA
