CRISTÓBAL MORALES
170 Ten Broeck Lane
Cristóbal Morales returns to Hudson with a whole new collection since his sold-out show in 2012 at TK Home on Warren Street. Represented in nine galleries nationwide, Cristóbal was named amongst the Top 20 "Most haves" by Architectural Digest in 2017. Featured by Mark McDonald at the Park Avenue Armory Antique and Furniture Show in 2017, he was also featured by Ed Lobrano at the San Francisco International Furniture Fair 2019. Most recently he was featured by Alexia Baker at the North Carolina international Furniture show in 2021 and featured by Papas Miron Design Firm at the NY Kips Bay 2022. This weekend will feature all-new works.
Artist Statement
From Modern Magazine:
“It took time and solitude to cultivate [Morales’s] prodigious creativity. Along with becoming an exceptional cook, he made things, often out of found objects, just as he’d made his own playthings as a child. Several years ago, he came across a coffee table book, with text in French, featuring the work of Line Vautrin (1913–1997), the French decorative artist whose costume jewelry and inventively framed convex mirrors earned her the sobriquet “poetess in metal.” Morales was transfixed. After collecting detritus—a wheel from an old tiller, rusted gears, discarded industrial brushes (and mirrors) Morales began framing each mirror by combining two or three of these unlikely objects. The results were striking, eventually winning him sold-out local shows.”