September 2nd - September 30th, 2008

Tom Loeser
Flotilla | Furniture

"When designing a new piece I like to work from the history of furniture.
I look at how objects are used, and then try to invent new visual forms
that turn the historical approach to function inside out or upside down or
backwards. My goal is to captivate the user with new possibilities."

Tom Loeser fabricates his designs using traditional woodworking skills
with a special focus on hand-carved surfaces and hand-applied paint.
Often working with milk paint, Loeser combines custom-mixed colors
with natural wood to produce surface treatments that articulate the
form and structure of his pieces. He often uses stripes and lines as
compositional elements that guide the viewer's eye around the piece.

When he first began making furniture, Tom Loeser discovered that
conceiving, designing and constructing one-of-a-kind functional objects
offered a rewarding total immersion in the creative process. For
Loeser, the challenges and rewards of inventing new pieces from
scratch remain as satisfying as ever.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Reeve Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Renwick Gallery-Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

 

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