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POUL KJÆRHOLM: PK 0 - PK 111

The BINNEN gallery will open the new season with the POUL KJÆRHOLM: PK 0 - PK 111 exhibition - an assortment of novel furniture selected from the extensive oeuvre of this world-renowned Danish designer. The exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of his PK 22 armchair, an icon of 20th century design, and was put together by KJÆRHOLM experts Josephine Jasperse and Wim Lodder. Besides furniture and drawings, the show also includes several models that have recently resumed production.
POUL KJÆRHOLM: PK 0 - PK 111 runs parallel with the large retrospective exposition organised by the Louisiana Museum in Denmark this summer.

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Exhibition: POUL KJÆRHOLM: PK 0 - PK 111
Period: 30 August to 21 October 2006
Opening: Monday, 28 August 2006 5 to 7pm by Thomas Kjærholm.
Opening hours: Wed - Sat, 12 to 6pm and on appointment. During INSIDE DESIGN the gallery is also open on Sunday, 17 September.

Galerie BINNEN
Keizersgracht 82
1015 CT Amsterdam
tel. 020 - 625 96 03 / fax 020 - 627 26 54
interno@xs4all.nl

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POUL KJAERHOLM (1929-1980) trained to become a furniture maker and studied under famous Danish architect/designers such as Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen. He was quickly attracted to the concepts of the Modern Movement. Furniture designs by Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Charles and Ray Eames particularly influenced him to adopt an industrial approach and make use of steel, which was remarkable in the traditional Denmark of his day where wood was the preferred material.
KJÆRHOLM's rich legacy is still very significant. His superb use of material, subtle details, plain shapes and durable approach is a permanent source of inspiration. Gerrit Rietveld admired his modern, functionalistic viewpoint 'that nipped any extravagant tendency towards luxury in the bud'. In 2004 the Museum of Modern Art (NY) chose KJÆRHOLM furniture for its new wing.