'Meissen | SO - IL': 18th-Century porcelain in contemporary architecture

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Meissen | SO – IL Exhibition / © Iwan Baan

In the Netherlands, Meissen porcelain is often regarded as ‘high-class kitsch’. Its sumptuous, often narrative style of decoration puts it at odds with the minimalistic and conceptual traditions of Modernism. Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL) was commissioned by Kunsthal KAdE to design an ideal contemporary three-dimensional setting in which to present the porcelain such that it would challenge this prejudice and focus attention on the great sculptural, artistic and technical strengths of Meissen. In response, SO – IL has designed 32 modern, geometrically shaped showcases in bright colors and with ‘pointed tops’. These showcases not only serve the Meissen objects also autonomous in character.

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Cite: Sebastian Jordana. "'Meissen | SO - IL': 18th-Century porcelain in contemporary architecture " 01 Jun 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/140114/meissen-so-il-18th-century-porcelain-in-contemporary-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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