Nigel Coates - Pandamonium
Nigel Coates
Pandada Table
Pandas, plywood, glass - edition of eight
H 90 x L 95 x W90 cm
Lot no: 15
A glass table top is supported by pandas – a functional but thought-provoking piece that highlights how these animals are struggling with their environment.
The fragility of the ecosystem is echoed through the pandas supporting the weight of the structure. Yet the placement of the glass (severing the pandas) is a raw awakening to the continual destruction of our planet, caused by people’s actions. This work lends hope that we can find creative solutions to these issues.
Estimated value: £2,000 - £3,000
Nigel Coates was born in 1949, and trained at the University of Nottingham and the Architectural Association. Coates is one of Britain’s most consistently original thinkers in architecture, interior and product design, having led a parallel career in teaching, design practice and artistically-driven, internationally-recognised work. Nigel Coates taught at the Architectural Association from 1976-86 and has been Professor of Architecture at the Royal College of Art since 1995.
Selected exhibitions
2009 Battersea Gods Home. Design Museum, London
2008 Hypnerotosphere. 11th International Architecture Exhibition,
British Pavillion, Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venice, Biennale, Italy
2007 Mixtacity. Tate Modern, London
2006 Babylon:don. 10th International Architecture Exhibition,
Italian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy
1992 Ecstacity. Architectural Association, London/
Fondation pour l’Architecture, Brussels
Selected collections
FRAC Centre, Orleans, France – drawings and artwork – National Centre for
Pop Music project artwork – Gamma Tokyo project
Victoria & Albert Museum, London – Architecture Gallery
Victoria & Albert Museum, London – Prints and Drawings Collection
Victoria & Albert Museum, London – Modern Furniture Collection
The auction
The pieces were auctioned on 12 October 2009 at Selfridges, Oxford Street, London to raise funds for WWF.