From Lawn Road to South Chicago: Progressive Plywood in Times of Change.
17 November 2020 - January 14, 2021
On November 17th, 2020, R & Company is proud to present the furniture of Norman Teague, including the first realized edition of the “Sinmi” stool, as well as the debut of the “Africana” collection of furniture, in an exhibition at 64 White Street. A designer and teacher, Teague forcefully reinscribes the histories of Black design into the Western canon. To illustrate the bentwood continuum in the history of seating, and to emphasize the importance of community and equity in design, Teague’s designs will be juxtaposed in the gallery with masterworks in bent plywood produced by a small circle of modernists in London in the mid-1930s. Read More
