FreelingWaters' Collection III is six 18th- and 19th-century cabinets that have been stripped + given a second change at life through paint.

Now through June 17th, you can visit the first American solo exhibition by Dutch design duo FreelingWaters at The Future Perfect’s West Village townhouse gallery. Collection III consists of six 18th- and 19th-century cabinets have been stripped and given a second change at life, each featuring expressive, vibrant geometric patterns and organic decorations. Alongside the furniture pieces there’s also a site-specific mural painted by the artists on one of the gallery?s walls, displaying a pair of twin cabinets.
?FreelingWaters’s wildly unique aesthetic blends their impassioned appreciation for figurative and decorative folk art traditions with the gestural brush strokes of abstract expressionism, the geometric abstraction of Op Art and De Stijl, and the surrealist graphic sensibility of the Chicago Imagists. Their work is saturated with so many references and ideas that they become instantly timeless,” said The Future Perfect?s Founder, David Alhadeff.
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The FreelingWaters duo is Gijs Frieling and Job Wouters ? their moniker a misspelled, slight mispronunciation of their combined last names. Frieling is known for his large-scale murals that bring together painting, folk art traditions, and religious iconography. Wouters is known for his art and penmanship. Since 2020, the two have been upcycling an...