Ngumu Janka Warnti (All made from rubbish), high-back chair
2020
- Medium
- leather, aluminium
- Measurements
- 146.8 × 58.5 × 60.0 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Thirroul, New South Wales
- Edition
- artist's proof
- Inscription
- engraved and punched (inverted) in metal disc under seat c.: TRENT JANSEN & JOHNNY NARGOODAH / t A (underlined) / P j (in a circle) / EDITION No. (all in a circle)
- Accession Number
- 2021.217
- Department
- Contemporary Design and Architecture
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artists, 2021
© Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah - Gallery location
- Gallery 3
Ground Level, NGV Australia - About this work
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Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah’s Ngumu janka warnti (All made from rubbish), high-back chair was featured in Melbourne Design Week 2020. Made from discarded aluminium mesh, the chair’s slender frame is hand-forged to appear unstable and laminated with brown saddle leather, revealing its geometric structure. This piece emerged from an eighteen-month journey of learning and deep listening, blending Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge to showcase design-led creativity, experimentation and craftsmanship.
