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Lot Essay
cf. D. Sudjic, Ron Arad, London, 1999, pp. 201-213 for a discussion of this series along with other examples of this design;
C. and P. Fiell, Designing the 21st Century, Cologne, 2001, pp. 40-41 for examples from this series;
F. Foulon-Busine, A. Pélenc, and N. Perkal, Désir d'Objet: Une Collection de Vases Contemporains, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2004, p. 3 for a similar version of this design;
Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2005, pp. 16-19 for other examples of this design;
P. Antonelli, Ron Arad: No Discipline, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009, pp. 120-121 for various examples of this design;
R. C. Miller, P. Sparke and C. McDermott, European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century, London, 2009, p. 149 for other examples from this series.
Other works from the B.O.O.P. series have been exhibited in Ron Arad: No Discipline at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 2008 - March 2009 and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, August - October 2009; Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition at Barry Friedman Ltd., New York May - June 2005. An example from the B.O.O.P. series belongs to the permanent collection of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
The B.O.O.P series is made by heating super-plastic sheets of aluminum alloy to 500 degrees and inflating it (literally 'blowing it up' like a balloon) through giant steel stencils into a cavity. The sheets are then cut, welded and mirror polished to provide a series of unique over-sized bowl, vase, and table forms.
C. and P. Fiell, Designing the 21st Century, Cologne, 2001, pp. 40-41 for examples from this series;
F. Foulon-Busine, A. Pélenc, and N. Perkal, Désir d'Objet: Une Collection de Vases Contemporains, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2004, p. 3 for a similar version of this design;
Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2005, pp. 16-19 for other examples of this design;
P. Antonelli, Ron Arad: No Discipline, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009, pp. 120-121 for various examples of this design;
R. C. Miller, P. Sparke and C. McDermott, European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century, London, 2009, p. 149 for other examples from this series.
Other works from the B.O.O.P. series have been exhibited in Ron Arad: No Discipline at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 2008 - March 2009 and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, August - October 2009; Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition at Barry Friedman Ltd., New York May - June 2005. An example from the B.O.O.P. series belongs to the permanent collection of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
The B.O.O.P series is made by heating super-plastic sheets of aluminum alloy to 500 degrees and inflating it (literally 'blowing it up' like a balloon) through giant steel stencils into a cavity. The sheets are then cut, welded and mirror polished to provide a series of unique over-sized bowl, vase, and table forms.