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Ken Landauer

 
Ken Landauer

American 20th-21st century Activist sculptor and woodworker
(ca. 1965 – )

Currently active as principle of FN Furniture, Landauer brings 30 years of art and woodworking to the design and fabrication of minimalist, no-waste furniture. MFA in sculpture from RISD, 1993. From Dunkerley Dialogues website: "Ken Landauer makes furniture, sculpture, and cabinets, and is the founder of FN Furniture, which he opened in 2017 with the mission of creating inexpensive, zero-waste plywood furniture. Inspired by the Occupy Movement, his practice involves modern geometries, simplicity, sturdiness, yoga-inspired comfort, ecological materials, and local production. Ken’s furniture can be seen in numerous museums including The Tang Teaching Museum, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, and the Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, New York. He lives and works in a house and studio he built in Stone Ridge, New York."

1 objects

Pair of Picnic Tables

1996
wood and hardware
Archival Collection of Marion Boulton Stroud and Acadia Summer Arts Program, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Gift from the Marion Boulton "Kippy" Stroud Foundation
2018.10.204.1-.2