Centraal Museum Utrecht

  • Share
  • Download
Delen
Delen op Facebook
Delen op Twitter
Bank 'The Cross' Richard Hutten, 1994 https://www.centraalmuseum.nl/en/collection/28180-bank-the-cross-richard-hutten https://www.centraalmuseum.nl/@@site-logo/logo-left-v2.svg

Bank 'The Cross'

Richard Hutten, 1994
  • + Object details − Object details
  • Share
  • Download

Richard Hutten’s designs are functional, conceptual and humorous. A good example of these characteristics is this bench called The Cross. Hutten made the bench for a furniture fair in Verona, for which designers were asked to make works inspired by Italy. Hutten chose a political approach with his design. The Cross and S(h)it On It were a commentary on Italian politics. The cross symbolises the close connection between the Catholic Church and Italian politics. The swastika refers to Fascism. Viewers might ask themselves: what do these two have in common?

Show more + Show less -

Title

Bank 'The Cross'

Artist

Richard Hutten (ontwerper) (Zwollerkerspel 1967)
Droog Design (promotor)

Dating

1994

Material and technique

esdoornhout; berkenmultiplex; pvc-coating op polyether

Object number

28180

Object type

meubel, bank

Acquisition

aankoop 1997

Dimensions

hoogte 72.5 cm
breedte 114 cm
diepte 193.5 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • opschrift onderzijde bank op een aluminium plaatje (gedrukt): [vignet met afb. van gebogen mannetje] Richard Hutten PO Box 6005 - 3002 AA Rotterdam, tel. 010-4770665 fax 010-4377891 date 1994 s/no3
  • beeldmerk onderzijde lange zitvlakken (gebrand): gebogen mannetje

Remarks

De bank is gemaakt voor een beurs in Verona, Italië samen met 'S(h)it on it' als commentaar op de politieke situatie in Italë. Met deze banken wilde Hutten de dominante factoren in de 20ste eeuwse geschiedenis symboliseren: katholicisme en fascisme. Alleen de kruisbank werd geproduceerd.

Documentation

  • Droog & Dutch Design : from product to fashion : the collection of the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, [voorw. Sjarel Ex]. [samenst. Ida van Zijl, José Teunissen] (Utrecht, 2000), p. 66, afb. in kleur
  • Droog Design 1991-1996, Ida van Zijl ; foto's Maurice Boyer (Utrecht, 1997), pp. 56-57; p. 2-3, 4-5, 10, 17 afb.
  • Droog Design : spirit of the nineties, ed. by Renny Ramakers and Gijs Bakker. introd. by Paola Antonelli. R. Ramamkers, G. Bakker (red.) (Rotterdam, 1998), p. 26, afb. in kleur

Show more +Show less -

  • European design since 1985 : shaping the new century, R. Craig Miller, Penny Sparke, Chaterine McDermott (London, 2009), verg. p. 205, met afb. in kleur
  • The furniture collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam : 1850-2000 : from Michael Thonet to Marcel Wanders, Luca Dosi Delfini ; with contr. by Jan van Adrichem ...[et al.] ; ed. Jan van Adrichem, Ingeborg de Roode (Rotterdam, 2004), verg. cat. 221, p. 181 met afb
  • A human touch : every product tells a story, ed. Renny Ramakers (Amsterdam, 2006), verg. pp. 96-97, afb. in kleur
  • Simply Droog : 10+1 years of creating innovation and discussion, ed. Renny Ramakers ([S.l.], 2004), verg. pp. 58, 104, 169, afb. in kleur
  • Simply Droog : 10+3 years of creating innovation and discussion, ed. Renny Ramakers, Anneke Moors ; texts Aaron Betsky ... [et al.] (Amsterdam, 2006), pp. 60, 105, 112, 183, met afb. in kleur
  • Smart deco : Droog [Design], ed. Renny Ramakers ([S.l., 2006])
  • Urgent Methods : warum Design? : die Poldermentalität und die niederländische Design(-ausbildung), Louise Schouwenberg, Gert Staal, p. 106, afb. in kleur

Exhibitions

  • Droog Design, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, 2001
  • Droog & Dutch design, OZONE, Living Design Center, Tokyo, 2000
  • Droog Design 1991-1996, een begrip in de Nederlandse vormgeving, Stedelijk Museum Roermond, Roermond, 1998

Show more +Show less -

  • 1991-1996 Droog Design, ACC Galerie Weimar, Weimar, 1997
  • Cool Medium Hot Droog. Architektur und Design der Niederlande, Stilwerk Design Center, Hamburg, 1997
  • Droog Design, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1997

Questions?

Do you have a remark or extra information on this object? Please let us know!

logo-footer.svg

Contact

  • Agnietenstraat 1
  • 3512 XA Utrecht
  • info@centraalmuseum.nl

Opening times

  • Tuesday - Sunday 11:00 - 17:00
  • Plan your visit




  • bankgiroloterij_svg.svg
  • gu-logo-en.svg
Menu
Advanced Search…
  • Plan your visit
    • Practical information
    • To see and to do
    • Venue rental and events
  • Explore
    • Meet the icons
    • Collection online
    • Exhibition programmes
    • Exhibitions archive
    • Collection information
  • About the museum
    • Support the museum
    • Organisation
    • Press
    • Customer service & contact
    • Conditions
  • NEDERLANDS | DEUTSCH