Hubler table with Oscar Niemeyer - Two generations of concrete
Hidden Heroes 2010 will host an homage exhibition to Oscar Niemeyer and his most famous creation, Brasilia, city of concrete. IVANKA, a Hidden Heroes exhibitor in 2010 got the honour to present Hubler table togehter with the portrait of the architect - a living legend, pioneer in exploring the formal possibilities of reinforced concrete solely for their aesthetic impact. His stunning work blankets the cities of Brazil. Niemeyer has just turned 102 and Brasilia will celebrate its 50th anniversary on the 21st of April 2010. IVANKA Studio and Concrete Company - founded in 2004 by András Ivanka and Katalin Ivanka - have just made its debut last year’s Milan Design Week 2009SaloneSatellite event with SEEYOU Gravestone.
Niemeyer is a committed communist, ‘one of the last Communists’ on this planet. Ivankas are dreamers and doers living in the fabulous city of Budapest in the middle of Central Europe, where the 20-year transition since the end of communism has just come to an end with a fundamental crisis. The model that they saw being implemented in the 1990s and 2000s is finished. The fragile new democracy’s now facing a most serious paradigm shift. After all across the region there is no nostalgia for the bad old days on the wrong side of the iron curtain.
Through their creative expressions with concrete, an affinity for material and a search for new technological solutions, the exhibit thus links these artists of different fields and generations who are representing totally different political, economic and cultural state.
Their works speak volumes about their countries of origin, and also about their approaches to design.
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