Fernando Mastrangelo - SURFACE

DESIGN

These​ ​Beautiful​ ​Rugs​ ​Were​ ​Inspired​ ​by​ ​Climate-Change​ ​Anxiety Fernando​ ​Mastrangelo​ ​addresses​ ​the​ ​precarious​ ​condition​ ​of​ ​the​ ​planet​ ​in​ ​a​ ​new collection​ ​of​ ​floor​ ​coverings,​ ​out​ ​today,​ ​for​ ​Edward​ ​Fields.

BY​ ​ALLIE​ ​BISWAS October​ ​02,​ ​2017 Topographical​ ​textures​ ​are​ ​the​ ​subject​ ​of​ ​American​ ​artist​ ​Fernando​ ​Mastrangelo’s​ ​first​ ​collection​ ​of floor​ ​coverings,​ ​12​ ​rugs​ ​created​ ​with​ ​legendary​ ​carpet​ ​manufacturer​ ​Edward​ ​Fields,​ ​officially​ ​available today.​ ​“The​ ​pieces​ ​needed​ ​to​ ​be​ ​sculptural,”​ ​he​ ​says​ ​of​ ​“Reverence,”​ ​which​ ​references​ ​the​ ​organic forms​ ​that​ ​define​ ​his​ ​work​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​natural​ ​phenomena​ ​including​ ​glacial​ ​genesis​ ​and​ ​volcanic​ ​lava flows—renderings​ ​through​ ​which​ ​Mastrangelo​ ​channels​ ​his​ ​larger​ ​anxiety:​ ​climate​ ​change.​ ​“It​ ​should​ ​be the​ ​most​ ​prominent​ ​human​ ​concern​ ​of​ ​our​ ​current​ ​time,”​ ​he​ ​asserts.​ ​“There​ ​is​ ​the​ ​looming​ ​inevitability that​ ​these​ ​landscapes​ ​will​ ​no​ ​longer​ ​be​ ​around​ ​in​ ​the​ ​future.”