Mathias Bengtsson

Exhibited by Galerie Maria Wettergren

Material Solid walnut

Dimensions 45 x 32 x 24 cm

Price 25000

Status Not Vetted

About the Work

Blending industrial materials and processes, digital technology and ancient craftsmanship, Mathias Bengtsson pushes forward the sculptural, technical and philosophical possibilities of three-dimensional design. Always seeking to take his thinking in new directions, Bengtsson breaks down established boundaries between design, art, craft and technology. In his latest work, Growth Stool, 2024, Bengtsson is blending new and old technologies into a revolutionary organic form. Taking its offspring from a ‘digital seed’ in cyberspace, the Growth Stool is simulation of organic growth, imitating some of nature’s rules and methods. Combining high technology and extraordinary craftsmanship, the Growth Stool evokes the grace of living nature, a kind of techno art nouveau of the 21st century.

Mathias Bengtsson’s artistic impact on the design field has not passed by unnoticed. Curators of art museums on both sides of the Atlantic have been showing his works extensively both in fine art and design contexts such as in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Design Museum, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Rohsska Museum in Göteborg. Moreover his pieces have been acquired by a number of significant museums such as the MOMA, New York; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; The Manchester Art Galleries, England; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Milwaukee Art Museum, USA; Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York; and Designmuseum Danmark.

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