Laverrière designed Jungle in 2003 and titled it after Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, which her estranged son deeply loved. A tiny round mirror is embedded in the center of a rough-hewn thick slab of oak. Eight long shards of red, green, and yellow-brown-coloured glass stick out of the wood, keeping the user from getting too close and succumbing to narcissism.
Jungle, 2001
at Duddell's, Hong Kong
⟵ Jungle, 2001
at Silberkuppe, Berlin
Evocations is a series of sculptural mirror objects that Laverrière begun in 1989, when she stopped accepting commissions and instead adopted a new credo, "It's useful to have useless things," that would guide her for the rest of her life. Seemingly useless as mirrors because of their convex and concave forms, elaborated frames, and their distortion of reality, the objects appear more like art objects than functional mirrors. These unique pieces are aesthetically and conceptually layered, based on political allegories, surrealistic shapes, poetical narratives, and Laverrière's personal interests.
Laverrière designed Jungle in 2003 and titled it after Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, which her estranged son deeply loved. A tiny round mirror is embedded in the center of a rough-hewn thick slab of oak. Eight long shards of red, green, and yellow-brown-coloured glass stick out of the wood, keeping the user from getting too close and succumbing to narcissism.
Jungle, 2001
at Duddell's, Hong Kong
Evocations is a series of sculptural mirror objects that Laverrière begun in 1989, when she stopped accepting commissions and instead adopted a new credo, "It's useful to have useless things," that would guide her for the rest of her life. Seemingly useless as mirrors because of their convex and concave forms, elaborated frames, and their distortion of reality, the objects appear more like art objects than functional mirrors. These unique pieces are aesthetically and conceptually layered, based on political allegories, surrealistic shapes, poetical narratives, and Laverrière's personal interests.
JL Editions
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10117 Berlin, Germany
For inquiries please contact
Michel Ziegler
mz@janettelaverriere.com
+49 (0)178 — 45 42 911
JL Editions is the official and authorized manufacturer of select designs by the Janette Laverrière estate.
All objects are hand manufactured by expert craftspeople in Germany under supervision and quality control of JL Editions.
© JL Editions, Berlin
JL Editions
Marienstraße 28
10117 Berlin
Germany
For inquiries please contact
Michel Ziegler
mz@janettelaverriere.com
+49 (0)178 — 45 42 911
JL Editions is the official and authorized manufacturer of select designs by the Janette Laverrière estate.
All objects are hand manufactured by expert craftspeople in Germany under supervision and quality control of JL Editions.
© JL Editions, Berlin