Urban Enamel Platter "Man Walking"
Item Number: 455
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Description
This design was featured in Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and Renwick Gallery/ National Craft Museum. Original piece by Boris Bally. Made from used construction signs and other hardware. Unique in style, design and conception. Boris Bally's award-winning work is both witty and innovative employing the use of jeweler's skills on non-precious materials. The Urban Enamel work transforms selected recycled street sign materials into joyful objects for reflection. These pieces celebrate raw American street-aesthetic in the form of useful objects for the home. Pieces are distinctive as signage is collected for its bold imagery and weathered patina.
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Bally's work has received two Rhode Island Council on the Arts Fellowships in Design and a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship. His work is featured in numerous international exhibitions and publications. Public collections include London's V&A Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Renwick Gallery and Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum.