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λ MARC NEWSON (AUSTRALIAN B. 1965) "EVENT HORIZON" TABLE Polished and partially lacquered aluminium Impressed MARC NEWSON/POD EDITION/POD and numbered 6/10 to the underside; further impressed MARC NEWSON POD EDITION EVENT HORIZON and dated 1992 to tabletop 81 x 180 x 97cm (31¾ x 70¾ x 38¼ in.) This example is number 6 from an edition of 10 plus 3 artist's proofs and 1 yellow version, produced by POD Edition, UK. Provenance: Galerie Kreo, Paris Sale, Phillips, London, 25 April 2013, lot 229 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature: 'Tavolo Event Horizon', Domus, Milan, no. 741, September 1992, pp. 67-69 Marie La Fonta, 'Alu Surf', Actuel, nos. 31-32, July-August 1993, p. 168 Alice Rawsthorn, An Australian in Paris, London, no. 104, February 1994, p. 31 Jean Bond Rafferty, Making Waves, Harper's Bazaar, April 1994, p. 140 Simon Mills, Watch this Space, The Sunday Times: The Magazine (London), 27 November, 1994, pp. 60, 61, 64 marc newson : Bucky, dalla chimica al design, exh. cat., Triennale di Milano, 1995, fig. 10 Alexander von Vegesack, et al., eds., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, p. 172 Alice Rawsthorn, Marc Newson London, 1999, pp. 64-69, 213 for a sketch, fabrication images and computer generated renders the magazine of the powerhouse museum: Powerline, Sydney, Spring 2001, pp. 6-7 Conway Lloyd Morgan, Marc Newson London, 2002, pp. 150-51, 157, 170-71 for fabrication images and computer generated renders Louise Neri, ed., Marc Newson exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2007, p. 64 Alison Castle, Marc Newson Works, London, 2012, pp. 58-63 In astrophysical terms an Event Horizon is the boundary of a black hole where the properties of space and time are altered. It is the point of no return, where nothing can resist the immense gravitational pull of the black hole. In giving this work such a universal title Newson not only announces this piece as an important fulcrum or pivotal moment in his constantly developing creative process but also reminds us of the importance of exploration and innovation in his work. As a six-year-old boy Newson remembers watching NASA's Apollo moon landings and feeling "a sense of utopia; a sense of optimism pervaded" and he recalled that "it led me to want to create things, to explore things, to be ambitious." By embracing science and technology as both an inspiration and a fundamental basis for his work Newson inspired a new generation of designers to explore industrial advances in materials, to use more traditional ones in innovative applications and incorporate new digital technology in design and production in the creative process itself. Event Horizon is a clear evolution of the Black Hole Table first designed whilst working in Japan in 1988. The beautiful fluidity of this piece was achieved through the use of polyurethane and carbon fibre. In Newson's best-known piece Lockheed Lounge, from the same year, he looked to recreate this plasticity in what he described as a "fluid metallic form, like a giant blob of mercury". However, he was to admit "I never wanted it to be covered in panels. That was the only way I could think of to achieve something close to the effect I visualized." In Event Horizon he realised the effect in metal that he had only previously been able to imagine. The circumstances of how this was achieved were serendipitous but also fitting to Newson's central design tenets. In 1991 Newson was looking to buy his ultimate car; an Aston Martin DB4, manufactured between 1958 and 1963. He went to view one in a car body shop just outside London that specialised in restoring Aston Martins. There he discovered the highly skilled craftsmen creating beautifully fluid car panels. He commented that "What they do is more akin to silversmithing. They work metal as if it were a piece of fabric or plasticene. What you see is this incredibly sensual and refined object." He showed them one of his