At any moment, architect and designer Gregg Fleishman is probably thinking about how geometry influences collectible design and inhabitable structures. One look at his work, which is on display at Sky Portal X in DTLA as part of Los Angeles Climate Week, and visitors can view his answers.
ANTIDOTE, his solo exhibition, presents large-scale geometric installations and sculptural furniture. Since 1975, Fleishman has been crafting chairs. Works such as “New Wave” and “Skyrocker” demonstrate his signature interlocking “panel puzzle” system, in which precision-cut plywood components assemble without nails, screws, or glue. The furniture is lightweight and structurally resilient, crafted from Baltic and European birch plywood.
“When I started at my first studio, I was working on structures,” said Fleishman. “I added furniture in 1975 and after four years, I had 11 chair designs. After another five years or so, I had three more chair designs. European birch plywood is very strong, which allows flexibility, and the chairs can be assembled in different ways to reduce the number of different parts. The chairs were the bulk of what I showed publicly in my early efforts. I showed at functional art galleries.” . . .
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Jessica Koslow 