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Idea, design, prototype and actual installation. All this is “Solar“, last artistic work of accessorieswhich represents the solar system, for LaDouble J’s house Jennifer Jane Martinpresented in recent days on the occasion of Milan Design Week 2024, at Palazzo Belgioioso.
The composition, put on display with dancing plates and glasses was imagined by the visionary Max Siedentopf and made, with great creativityby the multifaceted artist from Maccagna Max Brainafter following the guidelines of the American journalist and Milanese by adoption: he managed to complete this artworkcomposed by sixteen different mechanismsa table that rotates with some elements, as with plates and other accessories, that seem to sprout.
In total, the installation, made with metals, ceramics, wood and glass in Maccagno con Pino and Veddasca, represents the “rebirth and the power of the mother star of the solar system, with a collection of 16 pieces, including plates, bowls, textiles, glasses and Murano glass vases“.
«Having created this installation, for me, is truly a source of pride – comments the artist from Maccagna -, collaborating with professional figures such as Jennifer Jane Martin and Max Siedentopf was truly anopportunity that Michela Croci gave me. Thank you so much. I took care of all the mechanical partthe fundamental one to set in motion all the equipment imagined and created, which had to move in a synchronized way”.
Max BrainTherefore, he used different materials and stratagems to fine-tune the entire composition, without ordering custom pieces that would have served to lighten and make creation easier. «I “stole much of the material” from machinery and tools that I use daily in my laboratory, which have served me to perfect the technicalities and mechanical systems», continues the artist from Maccagna.
A painstaking and meticulous jobcarried out for almost a month from dawn to late at night inside his laboratory, having to “face” and manage even the greatest and most demanding joy one can experience, namely that of birth of a sonthe small Ulysses. «It was complex, but the result was worth it and I am very satisfied with this week of “Fuori Salone”. Putting myself on the line to transform a drawing into an installation of this type was stimulating, a great undertaking. I hope this is the first of many works together with them.”
