{"id":9948,"date":"2022-07-27T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=9948"},"modified":"2022-07-26T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T13:41:08","slug":"mattias-sellden-at-friedman-benda-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/27\/mattias-sellden-at-friedman-benda-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattias Sellden at Friedman Benda Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish designer Mattias Sellden\u2019s eureka moment, when he settled on his signature use of minimally processed planks of wood to create dynamic furniture items, came from a simple aversion to altering a piece of wood he admired.\u00a0 Calling the creations now on view at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friedmanbenda.com\/exhibitions\/mattias-sellden-thaddeus-wolfe\/\">Friedman Benda<\/a> his \u2018little wooden friends,\u2019 Sellden allows his audience to find use-value in the constructions or simply enjoy them as they are.\u00a0 (On view through August 12<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/7313e68f-4f54-7970-d662-8a44ffcac96f.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2570\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mattias Sellden, Sunset Giraffe, curly birch, birch, varnish, pigment, 50.5 x 23.5 x 17.75 inches, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish designer Mattias Sellden\u2019s eureka moment, when he settled on his signature use of minimally processed planks of wood to create dynamic furniture items, came from a simple aversion to altering a piece of wood he admired.\u00a0 Calling the creations now on view at Friedman Benda his \u2018little wooden friends,\u2019 Sellden allows his audience to &hellip; 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