Brooklyn-based welder + designer Micah Rosenblatt's body of work entitled 'City Block is radically whimsical, striking balance between utility and l'objet d'art.

Architecture is to building as the soul is to the body, and the same goes for the esoteric sculptures by Brooklyn-based welder and designer, Micah Rosenblatt, who presents a 16-piece body of work entitled City Block recently on view at The Front in his debut solo exhibition. The objects ? an amalgam of steel, illuminated glass block, and upholstery ? are a means to explore modernity and myth as the contemporary phases into antiquity. Largely inspired by New York City?s most endearing and sometimes controversial architecture, it considers the legacy of a skyline constantly captivating global audiences. High Rise Column Chair; Column Chair; Forum Dining Table; Floral arrangement by WIFE NYC
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?I love walking around New York City, getting lost, and simply looking up at the architecture in dialogue. There are so many weird facades, architectural compositions, and connections,? the designer says. ?I wanted to take this dramatic and industrial scenery, and bring it to a smaller, domestic scale.?
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High Rise Column Chair
Each personal fixation becomes a sculptural furnishing informed by Rosenblatt?s knowledge of Jewish mysticism articulated through industrial materials in whimsical forms. Architectural elements are presented in a beguiling showcase comprising an upholstered loves...