GALLERY BLOG


The dream-like world of Spanish duo Las Ánimas, now represented by Marion Friedmann Gallery

We welcome the creative universe of Las Ánimas, with both functional and contemplative artworks made from different mediums that range from lighting, tapestries, furniture to vases, created through a language of minimalist, geometric and iterative patterns.

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A Concrete Poetry at Alcova 2023

FAIR PARTICIPATION: A CONCRETE POETRY AT ALCOVA 2023

Marion Friedmann Gallery is excited to be a part of the trailblazing Alcova event in Milan with selected pieces by Stephan Buxbaum and Franz Ferro. A new collection of cast concrete cabinets and furniture that evoke a surprising sensation in contrast to the softness and sensibility of nature and plant specimens cast onto them.

The ’stone’ pieces perfectly blend into the overgrown and concrete beauty and deserted ruin-aesthetic of the Alcova site, where nature has become a charming part of the architecture.

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ZONAMACO Diseño 2023

FAIR PARTICIPATION: ZONAMACO 2023

Marion Friedmann Gallery participated at ZONAMACO 2023, Latin America’s trailblazing art fair in the heart of Mexico City presenting a selection of works by gallery artists Thierry Jeannot, Noémi Kiss, and Julio Martínez Barnetche.

ZONAMACO DISEÑO is curated by Cecilia León de la Barra, this fair features furniture, jewelry, textiles, every-day and decorative objects, as well as limited editions and historical pieces.

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THE EFFECT MAGAZINE - gallery portrait

“They believe in me, and I believe in them,” says gallerist Marion Friedmann as she discusses the designers she represents and the strong relationship that has been built between them. “It is based on mutual trust and collaboration.”

Originally studying economics and living and working in Vienna, Friedmann had always had a personal passion for collecting design and learning about different eras and styles. However, it wasn’t until she took a six-month road trip through Mexico that she decided to change course and explore her creativity even further.

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Marion Friedmann Gallery shows Mexican design at MDF Mexico Design Fair 2022 in Puerto Escondido

Set in the outstanding architecture of the Casa Naila in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Marion Friedmann Gallery presented and exhibited some stellar pieces by representative contemporary mexican artists and designers during the second edition of the fabulous MDF Mexico Design Fair from May 20-22, 2022.

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EGYPT - Jewelry collection by Julio Martínez Barnetche

NOW SHOWING our first Viewing Room on Artsy: EGYPT, Jewelry collection by Julio Martínez Barnetche.

Marion Friedmann Gallery is glad to present a selection of pieces from EGYPT, the recent jewelry collection by Mexican stone sculptor and designer Julio Martínez Barnetche now available on Artsy, the world's largest online art marketplace.

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THIS SPRING IN URUGUAY

VOLUME vs VOID

Gallery participation at art fair ESTE ARTE URUGUAY online, 15 Jan-30 April 2021. The gallery presents 4 artists working on the intersection of design and sculpture. For VOLUME VS VOID, we selected sculptural and design works that play with the notion of volume, void and space. Volume has the power to influence void in a physical, as well as in our emotional ‘self’-space. Volume delivers objects that give pleasure in a void we might experience in such challenging times, like ours.

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AUTUMN APOTHEOSIS

VOLCANIC PASSION & CERAMIC BLISS with a splash of gold for autumn spirit: Over the summer we have been featuring volcanic stone objects and have fallen in love with this simple, yet elegant and versatile material.

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SHADEVOLUME Totems - a light collection by Merel Karhof and Marc Trotereau

ShadeVolume is a collaborative project between acclaimed designers Merel Karhof (Netherlands) and Marc Trotereau (France), which seeks to advance the potential of the classic lamp-shade through processes of creative reconfiguration. Both former students of the Royal College of Art, Karhof and Trotereau are united by their interest in the relationship between objects and their surroundings - design with a focus on living environments.

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Happy World Industrial Design Day!

June 29th is World Industrial Design Day! For WIDD2020 the World Design Organisation has set the theme of ‘design for everyday life’, to celebrate ‘the value and benefits of design on the products and services that make our lives easier and more efficient.’ So today, we at Marion Friedmann Gallery are showing our appreciation to one of Mexico’s favourite automobiles...the VW Beetle!

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SCULPTURES 4 COOKING in QUARANTINE

This May we want to highlight this intriguing steam cooker to you, made of hand-carved volcanic stone with wood. We all spend more time at home due to the current crisis and tend to value our precious objects around us much more. Many of us increased the emphasis on cooking and the preparation of food in this period of time. Rituals are not only giving us stability but also ground us and help us structure a day. The pieces we encounter here, are sculptures for cooking.

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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL Show ‘19

OBSIDIAN - TITANIUM - MATERIAL / PROCESSES / TIME

17-20 September 2019 - at the London Design Festival

Materials: Process and Development in Design focuses on the relationship between materials, the processes that we use to shape them and the development of both over time.

The exhibition showcases Uniform Wares’ recent pioneering work with titanium mesh and Marion Friedmann Gallery presents functional designs made from Golden Sheen Obsidian which were created through a collaboration between artisans in Hidalgo, Mexico and designers from Anáhuac University in Mexico City.

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