Simon Starling ‘Bowls, Plates’

Installation view 'Bowls, Plates', Casa Estudio Luis Barragán/Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico City, 2015
Simon Starling
Casa Estudio Luis Barragán/Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico City
24/01/2015—08/03/2015
  • Installation view 'Bowls, Plates', Casa Estudio Luis Barragán/Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico City, 2015
  • Installation view 'Bowls, Plates', Casa Estudio Luis Barragán/Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico City, 2015
  • Installation view 'Bowls, Plates', Casa Estudio Luis Barragán/Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico City, 2015
  • Installation view 'Bowls, Plates', Casa Estudio Luis Barragán/Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico City, 2015
  • Simon Starling, A silver bowl originally produced using recycled family silver by the Mexican silversmiths Alfredo Ortega and Sons following a commission by Luis Barragán, (circa 1950) for Casa Prieto Lopez, Jardines del Pedregal, Mexico City, reproduced in a set of three by the German silversmith Michael Steger following a commission by Simon Starling, using three pieces of recycled silverware, originally manufactured in England and China between 1890 and 1920, reworked on a steel former cut with a CNC milling machine from a high resolution 3D scan of the original Mexican bowl. (Test & Tools), 2013, Dimensions variable