The downtown Columbus gallery known as w/ — meaning “with” — returns with its second exhibition that honors five years of collaboration between designer Jonathan Nesci and the local Noblitt Fabricating business.
As a formative example of the inspiration for the w/ space — born from the legacy of production across Nesci’s career and the importance of those who have enabled the realization of his practice — the partnership between the Chicago-born Nesci and Noblitt includes more than 20 projects.
It began in 2014 with the production of 100 Variations, a site-specific installation at Eliel and Eero Saarinen’s First Christian Church in Columbus, just a few blocks from Nesci’s gallery.
Composed of 100 unique, mirror-polished aluminum tables following a parametric grid, the work references the original reflecting pool and the Saarinen’s commitment to the golden ratio — or divine proportion. The collaboration continued in 2015 with the Present Perimeter System — a tangram-inspired body of work utilizing the components of one hexagon, three half-hexagons, three rhombuses and three triangles, and includes mirrors, vases and tables executed in powder-coated steel.
An opening exhibit reception will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the gallery at 609 Washington St.
