Paper bag (Sugar)
Paper Bag (Sugar)
2017 (designed and made)
2017 (designed and made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
David Bielander was apprenticed to a goldsmith in his native Basel and worked for the jeweller and industrial designer, Georg Spreng in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, before studying for six years under Professor Otto Künzli at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. From 2006-2010 he was Assistant Professor to Daniel Kruger, Academy of Fine Arts, Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany. Since 2011 he has been an external consultant to the jewellery department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. He has been awarded several prestigious prizes: the Munich Föderpreis in 2009, the Herbert Hofmann Prize in 2010, the Françoise van den Bosch Prize in 2012, the Swiss Design Award in 2012, the Bayerischer Staatpreis in 2015, and the Swiss Grand Award for Design in 2017. He lives and works in Munich and his work is shown in galleries and museums around the world.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Paper bag (Sugar) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, raised, folded and patinated. |
| Brief description | Paper bag (Sugar), patinated silver, Germany, Munich, designed and made by David Bielander, 2017. |
| Physical description | Paper bag, (Sugar), patinated silver, vase like form simulating the shape of an upright crumpled, brown paper bag, once containing sugar, pinked edges, both top and bottom, two fold over seams up the side and across the base. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | small batch |
| Marks and inscriptions | Marked on the base: a crown and the monogram for David Bielander, a double scroll within a circle. |
| Gallery label |
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| Credit line | Purchase funded by the James Yorke Radleigh Bequest |
| Object history | Exhibited at "Moonlike", an exhibition at Gallery SO, 92 Brick Lane, E1 6RL, 08/02/2019-29/03/2019. |
| Production | Limited edition of 12. |
| Summary | David Bielander was apprenticed to a goldsmith in his native Basel and worked for the jeweller and industrial designer, Georg Spreng in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, before studying for six years under Professor Otto Künzli at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. From 2006-2010 he was Assistant Professor to Daniel Kruger, Academy of Fine Arts, Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany. Since 2011 he has been an external consultant to the jewellery department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. He has been awarded several prestigious prizes: the Munich Föderpreis in 2009, the Herbert Hofmann Prize in 2010, the Françoise van den Bosch Prize in 2012, the Swiss Design Award in 2012, the Bayerischer Staatpreis in 2015, and the Swiss Grand Award for Design in 2017. He lives and works in Munich and his work is shown in galleries and museums around the world. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.4-2019 |
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| Record created | February 14, 2019 |
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