Seletti

Piece of me - Him End table composite material / 49.5 x 38.5 x H 45 cm

New Antic... Uto Balmoral dusts off Antic! The Italian designer appropriates fragments of classical antiquity and connects them playfully and surrealistically with the present. He hijacks the cultural heritage of Antic with provocation and playfulness. Piece of me can be used as an end table or simply displayed as a precious sculpture. Resin imitates White marble to perfection.

These body fragments are shown as finished sculptures with extraordinary expressive power. In its fragmentary form, the Antic offers an unprecedented, almost surreal representation of the body, reduced to detail and freed from the classical canon of proportions. Stripped of its iconographic attributes, the fragment no longer presents the Antic in all its glory, but transmits it as an obsessive trace of life. Perfect in form, the fragment thus finds its autonomy, detaching itself from the figure from which it originates and becoming a work in its own right. These are images that transcend the ages, conveying the eternal value of the work of art. To evoke a sculpture by breaking it up is also, and above all, to evoke its missing part. These separate body parts stimulate the imagination, inviting us to recompose the universe from which the fragment originates, to reform the complete work.

This object-sculpture, on the borderline between art and design, creates a dreamlike, extravagant universe that is at once provocative, funny and absurd. Uto Balmoral's dark sense of humor is unmistakable, for whom objects must have character and provoke astonishment, even if it means disturbing. The Pice of me side table brings a relaxed, eccentric and arty touch to your decor.

In detail:

• Variation : Him

• Brand : Seletti

• Designer : Uto Balmoral

• Type : End table

• Colour : White

• Material : MGO (magnesium oxide): synthetic Stone

• Dimensions : W 49.5 x D 38.5 x H 45 cm
• Weight : 17.6 lb
• Characteristics : Side table / sculpture - Project date: 2024