Comments on: Maarten Baas at Contrasts Gallery

By: Arthur

Arthur — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:02:55 +0000

I love the fact that many like/dislike him. Great artists always do.
Maarten Baas is clearly on the edge of art/design.

By: tristan

tristan — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:41:43 +0000

this is the best furniture i have ever seen in my life!! maarten should be voted as the number one living designer. i want to buy everything he makes and mmost people feel the same..

By: Moi Is Better Than You

Moi Is Better Than You — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:29:44 +0000

Stop bitching, get off your large behind, put those cookies away, and do something useful. This stuff is marvellous. Ta-ta :]

By: noes'

noes' — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:00:49 +0000

If you say this is a sculpture I can live with it. Well … furniture it’s not.

By: Serge

Serge — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:40:03 +0000

**edited for typos**
hmmm . perhaps if we view Baas’ work in terms of an artistic *continuum* – that is, he is sculpting. designing, making art, etc all at once, his work deserves more consideration, perhaps even praise. As a dealer, I find the efforts refreshing – he manages to straddle a nice line, with potential clients from the design, “craft”/furniture and “fine-art”/sculpture circles of the Venn Diagram of Art. Those of you who dismiss this work so easily – I’d like to see your works. They may be excellent in when viewed through one lens… but can they stand up to viewing through those same 3 lenses?