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"But sort of recreating what was happening in the 17th and 18th century when the highest form of furniture making was cabinet making, and the cabinets at that time took on an importance with the wealthy like big paintings do now. If you wanted to really have something that showed you had good taste, the best possible thing you could put in your interior in those days would have been a cabinet. That was the way you showed that you were rich and that your taste was good and everything else is you commissioned a cabinet from a famous cabinetmaker. That was the highest sort of art form you could do, something that's real big and splashy." - Wendell Castle

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R 20th Century is pleased to announce that The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, is presenting the first major exhibition of Wendell Castle's work in over twenty years and the only one to focus exclusively on the period when his inimitable style of ground-breaking sculptural furniture was defined. The iconic designer's exploration of form and function blurred the boundaries between art, craft, and design, forever changing the way we look at furniture. The exhibition coincides with Castle's eightieth birthday and will be accompanied by a publication of his work.

Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms-Works from 1959-1979  October 20, 2012 - February 24, 2013  Curated by Evan Snyderman of R 20th Century and Alyson Baker of The Aldrich Museum


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