Dung Ngo & Marta Los Angeles
Marta is a Los Angeles–based, globally–engaged gallery for art and design. Founded by partners and designers Benjamin Critton and Heidi Korsavong in 2019, the gallery makes space for artists to experiment with the utility of design, and for designers to explore the abandonment of function. Marta’s curatorial and publication programs take interest in the process and facilitators of a work’s creation as well as the narrative of its creator(s). Marta embraces the intersection of and the transition between disciplines, advocates for diversity in design, and promotes broad access to the arts.
Marta and design curator Dung Ngo are proud to present KNIFE, FORK, SPOON 3.0, an ambitious new project commissioning and exhibiting twelve contemporary flatware designs, realised in stainless steel, produced via 3D–printing, and given form by some of today’s leading artists and designers, including Rafael de Cárdenas, Charlap–Hyman & Herrero, Johnston Marklee, Misha Kahn, Minjae Kim, Greg Lynn, Nifemi Marcus–Bello, Jolie Ngo, Jacqueline Rabun, Marcin Rusak, SO–IL, and David Wiseman. Presented for the first time at ARK Journal’s DESIGN / DIALOGUE exhibition as part of 3daysofdesign, KNIFE, FORK, SPOON posits and reminds us that cutlery is an intimate part of daily life: a universal touchpoint that transcends culture and generations.
