John Armleder

John Armleder was born in Geneva in 1948, where he still lives and works today. The artist’s work is internationally recognized, and he is particularly interested in the perception and reception of his pieces, as well as their integration into the environment. In 1969, he founded the Ecart group with other artists close to Fluxus. Their ambition was to master all phases of artistic production, from conception to distribution.

Armleder began his career developing abstract paintings with geometric shapes and a formalist character. He is assimilated to the neo-geo trend and creates pieces in tension between painting and sculpture. In his work, references and borrowings from art history are fully assumed.

The Capsule stools and Time frames, produced by WE DO NOT WORK ALONE, complement each other with their colors and minimalist forms. The glitter, a familiar element in the Swiss artist’s paintings, is here applied in layers of varnish by a body painter specialized in motorcycle and car decoration.

John Armleder’s Capsule is inspired by Max Bill’s Ulm stools. Designed in 1954 for the rooms of the Ulm School of Design in Germany, they are now produced by the manufacturer WB Form and bear the signature of Max Bill, an icon of Swiss functionalist design.

Time and Capsule are two complementary editions. Combined with each other, they are available in 6 glittery colors (dark blue, light blue, yellow, purple, light green and dark green), with each piece being produced in 6 numbered and signed copies.

Presentation based on a text by WE DO NOT WORK ALONE.