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Objects: USA 2024 celebrates the pathbreaking work of some of today’s most innovative American designers and artists.
Through nearly 100 objects by 55 visionary makers, the major survey exhibition challenges traditionally understood boundaries between fine art, craft, and design and captures the diversity of individuals propelling handmade processes in compelling new directions. Many of the featured works defy easy categorization, teetering between sculpture and functional furniture and between art objects and beautifully-crafted everyday tools.
Curated by Kellie Riggs and Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy
September 6, 2024 to
January 10, 2025
R & Company
64 White Street, New York, New York
To engage audiences with this unique spectrum of works, the 2024 exhibition curators, Kellie Riggs and Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy, developed a fresh conceptual framework that emphasizes artistic motivations and establishes a new set of artistic archetypes— the Seven Archetypes of Objecthood: Truthsayers, Betatesters, Doomsdayers, Insiders, Mediators, Codebreakers, Keepers.
Objects: USA 2024 marks the launch of R & Company’s triennial as an ongoing commitment to uplifting contemporary makers and supporting the dynamic landscape of American object-making.
ABOUT R & COMPANY
For over 20 years, R & Company has championed collectible design, advancing the contemporary marketplace and actively growing a global collector base and clientele. Its founders, Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman, are widely recognized for identifying rising talent, deepening scholarship about collectible design, and developing new avenues for growth in the industry. R & Company is committed to nurturing and sustaining the markets and careers of both emerging and established designers, as well as to maintaining and expanding commercial and academic interest in historic design. Its roster features a wide range of designers from around the globe, including Wendell Castle, Rogan Gregory, the Estate of Greta Grossman, Serban Ionescu, Hun Chung Lee, Joyce Lin, Jolie Ngo, Katie Stout, Johnny Swing, Studio Job, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Jeff Zimmerman, among others. Through its acclaimed exhibitions, publications, and fair presentations, the gallery has become a sought-after leader in the field, fostering relationships with an array of collectors, cultural leaders, dedicated patrons, and scholars.
Meyers and Snyderman’s vision and passion for expanding the buying audiences for collectible design has driven the creation of a robust market and shaped the dialogues and study of design. Their gallery continues to serve as a critical platform for experiencing 20th and 21st-century objects and for discovering innovative, rare, and significant design.