GOKELAERE ROBINSON
France, Belgique
34 rue de Penthièvre, 75008 Paris
& Golvenstraat 6, 8300 Knokke
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Gokelaere & Robinson is an international gallery dedicated to 20th-century historical design.
Founded in 2014 by Stanislas Gokelaere, it embraces a discerning yet sensitive approach to collectible furniture and lighting, celebrating key figures of modernism from the 1940s to the 1980s.
With locations in Knokke and Paris, the gallery curates a sophisticated dialogue between European, American, and Brazilian design. Gokelaere & Robinson presents iconic pieces – rare and often unique – through highly curated exhibitions and at international art fairs.
Paul EVANS
(1931-1987)
Sculpture Front cabinet
c. 1960’s
Welded and patinated steel and brass, colored pigments, 23-karat gold leaf, slate
55 x 250 x 58 cm
21 5/8 x 98 3/8 x 22 7/8 in
Paul Evans Studio
Provenance
- Private American collection
Literature
- Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism, Kimmerle (ed.), pp. 162-163, 2014.
Related literature
- Paul Evans : Designer & Sculptor, Alastair Gordon, 2013.
On the occasion of FAB Paris, we are presenting a rare “Sculpture Front” cabinet by Paul Evans (1931–1987), one of the most radical and poetic figures in American design.
Trained in both sculpture and metalwork, Evans developed from the 1960s onward an experimental production in which furniture became a true medium for expression.
This wall-mounted cabinet, created in the early part of the decade in his New Hope (Pennsylvania) studio, belongs to the iconic Sculpture Front series and stands as a striking example of that vision. Its façade is composed of welded and patinated steel, enriched with insets of brass, colored pigments, slate, and 23-karat gold leaf. The metal is hot-worked, textured, and oxidized according to Evans’s own artisanal technique.
At the time, each of Evans’s works was produced as a unique piece, affirming a deliberately artisanal and artistic approach. His commitment to craftsmanship, coupled with a Brutalist formal language, sets him apart, and today his work is recognized internationally.
In a global design context often dominated by standardized forms, Evans’s creations assert a different relationship to the object: raw, expressive, and intentional. They stir emotion much like a work of art.
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