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Daybed for Galerie PHILIA
Within the Black Marble Series, the daybed occupies a singular position—functionally domestic, yet formally aligned with the sculptural logic of the collection. Carved from Nero Marquina marble and reduced to a rigorous horizontal composition, it translates the archetype of rest into a monolithic object, poised between furniture and architectural fragment.
The daybed’s low, elongated mass recalls the primal gesture of a stone plinth or threshold, inviting the body while retaining a sense of gravity and restraint. Its surface is interrupted only by precise joints and subtle articulations, allowing material and proportion to define the experience. As with the other positions in the series, the object suggests both shelter and exposure: a place of repose that carries the weight of permanence.
Rather than offering softness through form, comfort is negotiated through contrast—between the cold density of stone and the quiet presence of the body. In this tension, the daybed becomes more than a site of rest; it operates as an environment of stillness, extending the series’ exploration of refuge, mass, and psychological depth into the realm of inhabitation.
The daybed’s low, elongated mass recalls the primal gesture of a stone plinth or threshold, inviting the body while retaining a sense of gravity and restraint. Its surface is interrupted only by precise joints and subtle articulations, allowing material and proportion to define the experience. As with the other positions in the series, the object suggests both shelter and exposure: a place of repose that carries the weight of permanence.
Rather than offering softness through form, comfort is negotiated through contrast—between the cold density of stone and the quiet presence of the body. In this tension, the daybed becomes more than a site of rest; it operates as an environment of stillness, extending the series’ exploration of refuge, mass, and psychological depth into the realm of inhabitation.
Daybed
L.192CM / W.80CM / H.55CM
Black Marble
2025
L.192CM / W.80CM / H.55CM
Black Marble
2025
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Despite their apparent austerity, these pieces cultivate a subtle emotional resonance. They radiate a sense of refuge and stillness, offering a quiet resistance to the speed and volatility of the contemporary. And yet, there is tension too: a latent force embedded in their mass, a held breath beneath the surface. With Black Marble Series, Justus Knut Schomann does not simply sculpt objects, but proposes environments—zones of psychological and physical gravity. It is this oscillation between comfort and severity, between form and feeling, that defines the series and marks it as a significant contribution to the discourse on contemporary material poetics.