Rona Kobel, who was born in Freiburg in 1982 and studied at the University of the Arts in Berlin, creates her shiny, politically charged objects from unique KPM porcelain. In the limited-edition works "couRAGE" and "Freedoom", the artist designs each unique piece by hand, using a subtle clou that helps the Jewish designer Marguerite Friedlaender to make a quiet comeback.
COURAGE
"couRAGE" is available in white solid cookie and metallic lustre color, limited to 15 and 9 pieces respectively. The relief letters of the Biscuit extend across the entire height of the vase and were worked out by hand by the artist in varying thicknesses.
"Tackling uncomfortable topics using fine materials—that creates a sense of unease. Encasing moments and stories of horror in something as beautiful, precious, and valuable as porcelain draws special attention; the three-dimensionality compels us to engage with the work, and it breaks through the barrage of media we’re constantly bombarded with—we start looking again.”—Rona Kobel
"Translating uncomfortable topics into fine materials—that creates a sense of unease. Encasing moments and stories of horror in something as beautiful, precious, and valuable as porcelain draws special attention; the three-dimensionality forces us to engage with it, and it breaks through the barrage of media we’re constantly bombarded with—we start looking again.”
- Rona Kobel
FREEDOOM
"Freedoom" comes in 5 colors and is limited to 9 pieces each. The sugar-sweet effect of the objects only lasts a brief moment until you become aware of the desperate eyes in the double O - which are even pierced in the pistachio green version and can therefore cry. The artist has completed each unique piece by hand.
"PUBLICITY, FAME, AND THE SPOTLIGHT ARE AS FLEETING AS CLOUDS, BUT A GOOD VESSEL WILL LAST FOR CENTURIES."
- Friedlaender wrote in her autobiography, published in 1973
About the Halle
In 1931, Marguerite Friedlaender designed the HALLE, an icon of the Bauhaus tradition in terms of its proportions, lines and simple curves. However, the Jewish designer was initially denied the recognition she deserved with the rise of National Socialism.