Exhibition catalog printed to coincide with Martino Gamper & Adam Pogue at Blunk Space, October 21 through December 3, 2023.

The exhibition brought together new work by London-based designer Martino Gamper and Los Angeles-based artist Adam Pogue, informed by JB Blunk's philosophy that "the process is the doing, the bringing together.” Having both spent time at the Blunk home and studio in Inverness, California, the two artists each committed to working without preconceived ideas, creating intuitively and allowing the materials to govern the resulting works, most of which were conceived or executed on-site. Gamper used salvaged wood from local wood sawyer Evan Shively to produce cutting boards, wood-framed mirrors, and a series of benches for Pogue's patchwork cushions. Based on his residency at the Blunk House this summer, Pogue made a large-scale hanging screen, an assortment of sculptural cushions, and two stuffed chairs. Like Blunk’s, their work is playful and resourceful, infusing their intentionally designed objects with the chance of abstraction. The need to make something useful yet creative is a puzzle to be intuitively resolved.

The catalog features photographs of Pogue & Gamper working in-situ at the Blunk house, the final artworks, and installation images from the exhibition. A conversation among Pogue, Gamper, and JB Blunk Estate and Blunk Space Director Mariah Nielson reveals the similarities in the artists’ processes and the influence of Blunk's art and home on their work.

Designed by Kajsa Ståhl of Åbäke and printed on non-archival newsprint by Newspaper Club in London, UK.