Gessler Clothing Rack

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The Gruppe Pentagon was a Cologne-based design collective founded by Gerd Arens, Wolfgang Laubersheimer, Reinhard Müller, Ralph Sommer and Meyer Voggenreiter. These founding artist s eschewed the prevailing style of German design in the 1980s, which prized functionality, industrial-production and ideas surrounding “good taste”. Their revolutionary ethos represented a radical departure from the traditional bourgeois approach, instead exploring imaginative and playful forms of experimentation to bridge the gap between art and music. German designer Hermann Becker was a part of the post-modern group. Reenvisioning the clothes valet, he designed and produced this Stummer Diener entitled “Gessler”, a wink to Wilhelm Tell by playwright Friedrich Schiller. The large, brutal clothing rack is made of solid metal, yet softened by felt hanger covers in navy blue and crimson. Though a common household item, Becker’s “Gessler” is also a substantial and formidable functional sculpture. Year: 1989 Material: Metal, felt Dimensions: Ø 31 1/2 x H 67 in Show more