BY ROMAN ANDRUSENKO
EXCLUSIVELY FOR STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN
NUMBERED EDITION
SIGNED, SERIAL NUMBER AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
MATERIA VIVA COLLECTION
YEAR 2025
UPHOLSTERED IN BOUCLÉ FABRIC
LIGHT OR DARK SOLID OAK FRAME
FABRIC IS NOT INCLUDED
| IN | H | 29.9 | W | 26.6 | D | 24.4 | SH | 17.3 | AH | 25.2 |
| CM | H | 76 | W | 60 | D | 62 | SH | 44 | AH | 64 |
CUSTOM SIZE OR FINISH ON REQUEST
HANDCRAFTED IN ITALY
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THE APOTHEOSIS OF HIS SINGULAR ARTISTIC VISION, ANDRUSENKO’S CURRENT COLLECTION IS DISTINGUISHED BY A BALANCE OF STRENGTH AND PLAYFULNESS, WEIGHT AND LEVITY, PROVOCATION AND CHARM. EACH TANTALIZING WORK IS STEEPED IN ANDRUSENKO’S SIGNATURE SENSE OF IRONY AND ENGAGES THE VIEWER NOT ONLY THROUGH FUNCTION BUT ALSO THROUGH CHARACTER, ANIMATING DOMESTIC SPACE WITH FORMS THAT FEEL AT ONCE FAMILIAR AND SURPRISING
GROUNDED IN THE TRADITIONS OF HERITAGE EUROPEAN CRAFTSMANSHIP YET UNAFRAID TO CHALLENGE CONVENTION, THE SERIES EMBRACES DUALITIES: SOLIDITY AND AIRINESS, BRUTALITY AND TENDERNESS, MEMORY AND INVENTION. IMBUED WITH DRAMATIC PRESENCE AND EBULLIENT PERSONALITY, THE COLLECTION OFFERS AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RITUALS OF DAILY LIFE WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF CHILDLIKE WONDER AND POSSIBILITY
THE TARAS CHAIR IS NAMED FOR THE ARTIST’S BROTHER, AND IT CARRIES THAT DEDICATION IN ITS BONES. FOUR COLUMN-LIKE LEGS—EACH ONE ROOTED TO THE FLOOR WITH THE PATIENT CERTAINTY OF SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER NEEDED TO RAISE THEIR VOICE—ANCHOR A FORM THAT IS WIDE, OPEN, AND WHOLLY REASSURING. THE ROUNDED BACK DOES NOT ENCLOSE; IT RECEIVES. THE OUTSWEPT ARMS DO NOT RESTRAIN; THEY WELCOME. UPHOLSTERED IN A DEEP, TEXTURED FABRIC THAT ABSORBS LIGHT LIKE A KEPT SECRET, THE CHAIR IS SERIOUS WITHOUT SEVERITY, STRONG WITHOUT RIGIDITY. TO SIT IN TARAS IS TO FEEL, BRIEFLY, THAT SOMETHING DEPENDABLE HAS CHOSEN TO HOLD YOU—AND THAT IT WILL NOT LET GO

