Alex and Viviana Santamaria

Alex, a painter, and Viviana, a designer, began in 1982 working with colorful foam. They started by designing a line of contemporary jewelry and fashion accessories.

In 1987, they introduced Club Mersa, a line of modern home accessories using stainless steel, wood and rubber. For the past twenty years, their work has been shown throughout the United States as well as in London, Tokyo, Majorca and Buenos Aires.

Artist's Statement
The processes we use are somewhat inspired by pre-Industrial methods. We elaborate the concept of bi-dimensional cuts that, with creases and folds, become three-dimensional objects. Our influences come mainly from painters and sculptors of the pre-WWII period, including Miro, Picasso, Calder, Moholy-Nagy, the Constructivist School sculptures and origami. We re also influenced by contemporary electronic music and 1950-60 s pop designs.

www.clubmersa.com

San Francisco, CA

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