Ivanka

IVANKA
Bulcsú utca 13.
H-1134
Budapest
Hungary
+36203985511
+3613338191
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HU 28116644


Propeller
fiber reinforced high performance concrete
125 diameter x 42cm
Available in various colours
2010
IVANKA



HÜBLER TABLE "APPLIED LITERATURE" 2010 mixed media
table /storage
concrete with glass tabletop
Legs are each 74x21x74cm each
Glass top 90x190cm
Available in various colours
Legs can be used as single storage items
2010
IVANKA

HUBLER "APPLIED LITERATURE" 2010 mixed media
Table / Storage
by Studio IVANKA in collaboration with fine artist János Hübler

Concrete experiences based on abstract concepts
A creation using concrete in various planimetrical surface and books with concrete history. The absence of the books, due to their various dimensions, form different shapes of various depths and heights. The result concrete structure will not have a final shape, because, by using it, visitors can change the books or remove them.

The politically outdated books have been donated by the Research Institute of Radio Free Europe, the once active radio channel, sponsored by the US that fought against the Communism before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The table constitutes a monument to eternal knowledge - set in concrete- and a monument to the degeneration of information, to the immortality of the past and to its disintegration, while also offering an opportunity to reflect on the essence of the book.

The aesthetic reaction is not generated by the composition, rather than the abstraction of the artwork. Our aim here is not to show the technical virtuosity, the perfection of the design but the conscious use of the technology, with all of its poorly, rigid potentialities. The control over the material is obligate on a certain level, but not the intention.
Inspirations of the material are in the focus of fine artist János Hübler’s compositions, and IVANKA’s entire work.

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.