Conversation Seat
1986
Wood, glass, lacquer
70 cm. x 110 cm. x 50 cm.
……. the consciousness of two observers observing one another and wanting to present themselves with equal value. Nothing is privileged here: volumes and forms, positive and negative space, opacity and transparency, shape and shadow, architecture and furniture all embody balance and equal measurement …. in their essence as systems of belief and communication.
Germano Celant, Langlands & Bell – The Transparency of Architecture, Serpentine Gallery / Kunsthalle Bielefeld / Grey Art Gallery, 1996.
Exhibitions: Traces of Living, Interim Art, London. 1986; Langlands & Bell at The Artist’s House, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury. UK. 2001; Degrees of Truth, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, UK. 2020.
Catalogues: Langlands & Bell, Works 1986-1989, pub: Interim Art, London; Luis Campana Galerie, Frankfurt. 1989. Langlands & Bell, Works 1986-1992 (The White Catalogue) pub: Interim Art, London; Luis Campana Galerie, Frankfurt; Valentina Moncada, Rome. 1992 . Langlands & Bell Works 1986-1996, pub: Serpentine Gallery, London; Kunsthalle Bielefeld; Grey Art Gallery, New York, 1996. Degrees of Truth, pub. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, UK. 2020.
Edition / Unique: Unique work with 1 artist’s copy made in 1993 in L&B Archive.
Collections: Doris Lockhart-Saatchi, 1989. Sammling Nasjonal Museet, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway, 1993 >
