November 17th, 2020
64 White Street New York City
NYC Fam, Tuesday Nov’17th ⠀
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R & Company presents ⠀⠀
“From Lawn Road to South Chicago:⠀⠀
Progressive Plywood in Times of Change” ⠀⠀
The opening exhibition for Chicago Contemporary Artist, designer, Globetrotter fam and feature alum Norman Teague. (@normanteaguedesignstudios) (@norm_design22b) ⠀⠀
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On November 17th, 2020, R & Company is proud to introduce the "Africana" collection of plywood furniture by Norman Teague @NormanTeagueDesignStudios in an exhibition at 64 White Street. A designer and teacher, Teague forcefully reinscribes the histories of Black design into the Western canon. ⠀
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To illustrate the bentwood continuum in the history of seating, and to emphasize the importance of community and equity in design, the "Africana" collection will be juxtaposed with masterworks in bent plywood which were produced by a small circle of modernists in London in the mid-1930's. Like many of the small progressive design firms of the 1930’s, Teague’s practice is intertwined with the local community, in his case on the South Side of Chicago.⠀
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