Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah
Saddle Armchair, 2020
Scandinavian leather, plywood, stainless steel, polyurethane foam and brass
75 x 76 x 105 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
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Johnny Nargoodah is a Nyikina man who has spent much of his life working with leather as a saddler on remote cattle stations; Trent Jansen is an avant-garde object designer...
Johnny Nargoodah is a Nyikina man who has spent much of his life working with leather as a saddler on remote cattle stations; Trent Jansen is an avant-garde object designer from Thirroul in New South Wales who regularly experiments with leather and animal pelts in his collectable design work. 'Partu' is the Walmajarri word for 'skin', and is also their latest collaborative project experimenting with unorthodox outcomes resulting from the confluence of their oddly mismatched sensibilities and skills in working animal skins.
Exhibitions
Gallery Sally DGallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Partu (Skin). 11 June, 2020 - 5 July, 2020Virtual Auckland Art Fair, Group Exhibition. 30 April, 2020 - 17 May, 2020
Arc One, Partu (Skin). 13 March, 2020 - 11 April, 2020
Literature
• Briony Downes. 2020. Cross Cultural Exchange Becomes Sinuous Leather Furniture In partu (Skin). Art Guide Australia. 10 March. https://artguide.com.au/cross-cultural-exchange-becomes-sinuous-leather-furniture-in-partu-skin.• Architecture Now. 2020. Auckland Art fair to go virtual. Architecture now. 30 April. https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/auckland-art-fair-to-go-virtual/
• Holly Cunneen. 2020. Partu (Skin) Brings Diversity In Design And Culture Together. Habitus Living. 4 June. https://www.habitusliving.com/products/partu-skin-johnny-nargoodah-trent-jansen
• Design Daily. 2020. Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah's Partu collection at Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney. Design Daily. 10 June. https://www.designdaily.com.au/blog/2020/6/trent-jansen-and-johnny-nargoodahs-partu-collection-at-gallery-sally-dan-cuthbert-sydney.
• Sasha Gattermayr. 2020. A Cross-Country Collaboration Between A Saddler + A Contemporary Furniture Maker. The Design Files. https://thedesignfiles.net/2020/06/art-partu-johnny-nargoodah-trent-jansen/
• Harry Roberts. 2020. Friday Fabulous Five. Belle. 26 June. https://bellemag.e.bauer-media.com.au/view/5958a84f3f92a4540d4257c1ccdck.1yg/a327b692
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