everybody deserves a piece of art, ink on paper and wood, 2019.
everybody deserves a piece of art, group show in farmleigh gallery, 2019
everybody deserves a piece of art, ink on paper and wood, 2019.
everybody deserves a piece of art from the group exhibition Metaphysics (TU Dublin, 2019)
The Everybody Deserves a Piece of Art project is a series of drawings inspired by the much hyped 2014 anniversary vase by Danish ceramic company Kaehler. The vase quickly sold out and it became a symbol of bad taste due to the popularity and lack of uniqueness.
The piece also takes inspiration from the concept behind the Danish company FDB Furniture, who in the 1940s started designing furniture to the middle class Dane. The design was rooted in Functionalism and the mission was to improve Danish furniture culture, and make well-designed quality furniture available to everybody. In order to achieve this, the price was lowered to an extent, that FDB Furniture lost money on the project.
Everybody Deserves a Piece of Art builds on the same principle. It aims to battle tasteless, mass-produced IKEA posters, and heighten the aesthetics in private homes, by selling each drawing for 10 euros. I choose to call it democratic art, as everybody can own a piece. In contrast to the Kaehler vase they are all unique.
The piece was exhibited in Farmleigh Gallery in 2019 as a part of the group exhibition Metaphysics.