Art and Purpose

works by nine artists

DEC 8th, 2022–JAN 28, 2023

OPENING RECEPTION
DEC 8, 2022  |  6-8PM
OPEN TO PUBLIC

THREE TWO ONE CANAL STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10013

words by DESIGN HISTORIAN
ELIZABETH ST. GEORGE

The objects in our daily life not only serve a functional necessity, but are also expressions of our aspirations, desires, and view of how we want to inhabit our lives. 

To live artfully is the aesthetic beauty with which we surround ourselves. It is also the ritual performance of daily life, connecting our actions across time and place and enacting them with purpose that gives us grounding. With Art and Purpose, RW Guild Gallery explores the wonder that nine artists have created in the everyday—through tactility, striking forms and gestures, and reinvention of deep craft traditions across cultures.
 
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various works, YOSHIMITSU ISHIHARA
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Left: SCULPTURAL CANDLEHOLDER NO. 11, maggie wells; right: CYGNUS FACETED CANDLEHOLDERS, CASEY ZABLOCKI

The exhibition features over
75 functional works by:

AKIKO HIRAI

CASEY ZABLOCKI

HITOSHI MORIMOTO

KENTA ANZAI

LUDMILLA BALKIS

MAGGIE WELLS

MIRJAM DE NIJS

RICK HINTZE

YOSHIMITSU ISHIHARA

The full exhibition is on view in the Gallery and available for immediate purchase. Please Contact our design specialists at [email protected] for more information and a complete list of works.