"What is sculpture?" ponders the American potter and designer Jonathan Adler. He's asking, because this once-rarefied genre has had something of an overhaul: "People are taking the idea of art off the walls, and putting it into furniture, objets, nonfunctional furniture… We’re entering into a fabulous free-for-all." What’s more, he adds, "Sculpture used to be the preserve of the wealthy, but there’s been a huge democratization and you can now get it at all price points — this is the era of the great blurring."
Indeed, more and more homes are being decorated with sculpture — and in innovative ways. More than an interior design trend, it’s actually essential with modern architecture, notes interior designer Georgia Collett, who turns to sculpture when decorating open-plan spaces with vast windows and fewer walls: "You can't hang a painting in the middle of the room in the same way." What's more, even if you do have plenty of wall space, your bookshelves probably also need filling: "The move away from physical books has opened up a huge space," says Jonathan.
