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ing and reorienting these
expressions of utility and
simplicity, overturn their
original impetus. Questioning the endurance of the
meanings of these icons,
Simon Starling’s, Barbara
Visser’s, and Elmgreen &
Dragset’s strategies are to
present designs that were
conceived as pristine and
timeless as if they were
worn and tired, and Bakker’s paintings explore this
from another angle, through
eBay. Jordi Colomer’s videoed performances pit a
runner’s endurance against
the endurance of the icon’s
message. Constantin Boym
marries two divergent ethos,
high modernism and Sears.
Brian Jungen embellishes
iconic designs with crafty
and incongruous accretions. Olga Koumoundouros’s constructions defy the
ker in rough painted wood.
Others—Edgar Orlaineta,
Gabriel Sierra, Kendell
Carter, and Fernanda Fragateiro—take touchstone
designs of the era by designers such as Charles and
Ray Eames or Mies van der
Rohe, and, by manipulat-

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Clarissa Tossin,
White Marble Everyday, 2009;
2-channel HD video,
© Clarissa Tossin.