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Gold from wool and seaweed
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The work3026: Anti-Luxury (Shushanik Droshakiryan / Droshakiryan®), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlImages, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- Crumpled sheets of a golden material with a fuzzy, fibrous surface, catching the light in foldsPhoto: Venus In FuryMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Diagram in three boxes: from far, a metallic sheen in gold, silver and copper; closer, cracks and wool fiber; up close, cracked, fuzzy or see-through and unpolishedImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Droshakiryan press kit 2457; DDW programme page (source lines drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
- Slide 3
- A rippled sheet of glossy gold-orange material with a patch of rust-red texture in the middlePhoto: Venus In FuryMuseum or journal record
- Slide 4
- Folds of a thin silver material, one smooth panel reflecting light like foil, the rest wrinkled and dullPhoto: Venus In FuryMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- A long crumpled sheet of gray and silver material with soft wool-like patches, laid on a white surfacePhoto: Venus In FuryMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Model of the William Rex, Rijksmuseum (NG-MC-651)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record