Adam & Arthur, Elliat Rich, Danielle Brustman: Australian designers turn the heads of traditional art collectors
Save Share The poured concrete floor of Tolarno Galleries is as black and viscous as an oil slick. Perfect to reflect the large-scale oil paintings of Ben Quilty, say, or the luscious photographs of Bill Henson; even the sculptural provocations of Patricia Piccinini take on added impact. Early last year, though, the shiny surface was aâglisten with the eye-popping polychromatic geometries of straw marquetry covering a cabinet, a credenza and a console conjured up by industrial designer Adam Goodrum in tandem with Arthur Seigneur, one of the few straw marquetry artisans working anywhere i...