Creatura (Geschöp) Book by Gabi Veit
In her monograph, Creatura | Geschöpf, the Bozen-born artist Gabi Veit takes an artistic stance on one of the most elementary cultural objects in the world: the spoon. From basic geometric simplicity - the handle as a line and the bowl as a circle - she develops an overwhelming variety of metal objects that both raise and answer questions. Who gives and who receives, what can be taken and be taken from? It is a play on the symbolism of abundance and emptiness.
Each metal object is an expression of inexhaustible imagination and a playful engagement with the possibilities of design. The silver spoons have a head and a body, are handle and leg. They are blossom, fruit and leaf. They march to a different tune and speak to one another, as well as to the beholder and the user.
Each spoon tells a story.
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Writer Emma Crichton-Miller has been commissioned to write the book’s main text. She maps the evolution of Flow Gallery over the years with an introductory essay: “On 18th October 1999, in a quiet side-street in Westbourne Grove, a new gallery was born. Painted on four high windows within a white wall were the four letters F L O W. Inset into the wall was a discreet glass door, and through that door, an experiment began which has thrived for twenty years.”
Artists and their studios featured in the book include Japanese ceramicist Akiko Hirai in her East London Studio as well as some international makers who include Aino Kajaniemi, Hans Henning Pedersen, Henk Wolvers and Maria Kristoferssen
to name a few. The photographs for this project have been taken by Beth Evans, with the exception of the foreign makers’ photographs. The book has been designed by Pentagram.
