DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Does love last?
Diamonds Are Forever, 2008-2009
Rock crystal and marble
Unique work (a pair)
H60 x Dia50cm (each)
© Mark Humphrey
COLLABORATORS
Jumeirah
Osborne Samuel gallery
Pietrasanta Cultural Institute
LOCATION
Park Lane, Mayfair, London, UK
“DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER BRINGS A PAIR OF SIDE TABLES TOGETHER AS A PARTNERSHIP. HAND-CRAFTED FROM ROCK CRYSTAL AND MARBLE, THEIR ILLUMINATED, FACETED TOPS RECALL GIANT DIAMONDS – SYMBOLS OF STATUS, OPULENCE, PRESTIGE AND MARRIAGE. STANDING SIDE BY SIDE, THE TWO TABLES SUGGEST A BOND, BOUND TOGETHER BY THE PROMISE OF PERMANENCE.
EACH TABLE IS DESIGNED TO SERVE AND SUPPORT THE OTHER. TOGETHER THEY BECOME MORE THAN FURNITURE: TWO INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS BECOME A PHYSICAL EXPRESSION OF FRIENDSHIP, INTIMACY AND THE IDEA OF LOVE LASTING FOREVER.
YET THE BRILLIANCE OF THE DIAMOND SITS ABOVE THE DARKNESS OF THE MARBLE. THE CONTRAST INTRODUCES ANOTHER SIDE TO PARTNERSHIP – LOVE AND HATE, HARMONY AND CONFLICT, DEVOTION AND SEPARATION. WHAT INITIALLY APPEARS PERMANENT CAN CHANGE, AND WHAT BEGINS WITH THE PROMISE OF FOREVER MAY NOT ALWAYS REMAIN SO.”
Mark Humphrey
