Thalia: And these dragon scales, how were they created? He is leaving his imprint, that’s how you should run the story. I used my thumbprint from the top to the bottom of the box to create the water texture. Peter: Yes! And I am leaving a literal imprint as the big gold boxes have my literal thumbprint on them. Thalia: It is as if you are leaving an imprint on the world They are going to be there forever and that is appealing as an idea to me. Imagine if I had made something really appalling, think about that! Its not Louis XIV ‘s time where we are going to have to melt them down to make cannons, with new age technology bronze is not used to make armour anymore so no one is going to melt them down.
This also puts a lot of pressure on my shoulders though, they better be good as they are going to last forever. Even paintings and bits of wood wood shrinks and paintings fade, these bronze boxes are going to last a very long time. Maybe it’s my age, I started these in my fifties, but how many people can say they’ve made something that’s going to last a thousand years. They weigh thousands of kilos to begin with and there is a long lastingness that really attracts me. Every guy wants a little bit of immortality and these, well unless there is an atom bomb, are just about indestructible. What is really cool is that my bronze boxes are going to last longer than you or I will. Peter: There are a couple of reasons, for one it lasts. Thalia: Can you tell me more about your want to work specifically with bronze for this series? One of the first and strongest documented materials in human history, the use of bronze appears throughout art-historical traditions a material that outlasts entire civilisations, Marino pays homage to the metal, combining both the architectural and the ornamental to create boxes which are simultaneously timeless and rebellious.
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The series also reveals Marino’s obsession with bronze and the traditions of bronze metal work. The boxes, which weigh tons and are virtually indestructible, are a means by which he is able to leave his imprint on the world, as they will last for decades. Here, Marino reveals how through this series, which took him three years to complete, he has succeeded in every man’s desire of immortality.
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Jacques, part of the Foundation de Coubertin, the French national institution for crafts, manual work, and trades. The boxes, which are functional storage items, were handmade at the Atelier St. His third collection in a series of sculpted bronze boxes, this latest series features boxes crafted with exquisite designs inspired by organic and mythical forms such as water ripples, dragon scales and rough stone, some of which were created by Marino’s own thumb print. Marino’s new show, Fire and Water, at London’s Gagosian gallery has brought him back to his fine art roots. Originally trained in fine art, Peter Marino is now principal of Peter Marino Architect, an architecture and design firm renowned for their spectacular designs, from New York’s towering Four Seasons Hotel, to conceptual retail spaces for the likes of Chanel and Dior.
Top image: Dragon Scale Commode (2017) by Peter Marino.
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