Platform + Border = Fruit Bowl (Part 1)
Gilad’s designs of this period are based on deconstructing the utilitarian object and reducing it to its elemental parts while retaining its function. This fruit bowl is a prototype that was put into limited production.
Artwork Details
- Title: Platform + Border = Fruit Bowl (Part 1)
- Designer: Ron Gilad (Israeli, born Tel Aviv 1972)
- Date: 2000
- Medium: Beech wood, powder-coated silver, silicone
- Dimensions: a - wood: 1 7/8 × 9 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (4.8 × 24.8 × 24.8 cm)
b - metal frame: 3 9/16 × 11 7/16 × 11 7/16 in. (9 × 29.1 × 29.1 cm)
Overall weight: 4.8 lb. (2.2 kg) - Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Gift of Vivi and Lior Haramaty, 2002
- Object Number: 2002.403.1a, b
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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