Far and Wide at PELLE / New York City 2024

PELLE presented seven new furniture and lighting works that continued the studio’s wide-ranging exploration in design through form-making, painting, and drawn representation in a showroom exhibition titled Far and Wide.

The exhibition was conceived to showcase three archetypal domestic scenes within the Pelle Showroom. The scenes conjure an atmosphere of possibilities – references to colors used in early modernist European homes, while original artworks by Jean Pelle introduce pictures as new design objects.

A pattern of chain-link fence painted onto canvas fabric is inspired by the city of Los Angeles; puffy white clouds are rendered in oil pastels, recently witnessed on the subtropical island of Jeju, South Korea. The scenes are distilled into compositions of new wood furniture and sculptural metal lights alongside personal artworks – explorations that reach far and wide.

New Works:
Carrizo Picture Cabinet, Lure Lantern 07, Quadrat Armchair, Helm Pendant 4, Helm Pendant 3, Helm Reading Lamp, Helm Sconce, ‘Chain-Link Fence’ 24″x24″, ‘Jeju Clouds’ 24″x24″.

Exhibition ran from May 16th through 23rd, 2024.

Photography by Daniel Seung Lee