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The Royal Porcelain Manufactory has collaborated with Tadan to create the two-part work "Horse Power." The starting point for these two unique pieces are the porcelain figures "Centaur and Nymph" and "Triton Embracing a Nereid" by Paul Scheurich (1883–1945). The porcelain figures were left in their original condition as found in the archive. Material losses, firing cracks, and missing parts were not restored, but accepted as part of the object's history. The Geh
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Tadan was founded in 2022 by Stella von Senger, Sebastian Hoffmann, and Cecil von Renner and works with spaces, objects, and art. In this role as "decorators," they design apartments and installations and conceive exhibitions—including in the shop windows of KaDeWe. They understand spaces, their objects, and light as a narrative medium that goes beyond a classical understanding of decoration.
The Royal Porcelain Manufactory has created the two-part work "Horse Power" with Tadan. The starting point for these two unique pieces are the porcelain figures "Centaur and Nymph" and "Triton Embracing a Nereid" by Paul Scheurich (1883–1945).
The porcelain figures were left in the condition in which they were found in the archive. Material losses, fire cracks, and missing parts were not restored, but accepted as part of the object's history. The housings for the white bodies are steel structures specially manufactured by Vinter Design, whose formal reference to classic table lamps is only fulfilled in their silhouette: The surfaces are coated with silver-colored Ferrari paint ("Aluminio Lucido") and the integrated lighting technology is not designed for practical illumination. It serves to accentuate the sculptural appearance. At the same time, the larger of the two objects, "Centaur and Nymph," is so massive that it leads to absurd proportions in the conventional relationship between light and space.
"Horse Power" moves between historical porcelain sculpture, installation, and lighting. The works use the medium of light not in the sense of functional product design, but as a means of shifting perception, scale, and expectations of use. The objects retain their sculptural character while entering an expanded space of meaning.
Both works are unique.
