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Aybar Gallery  works side by side with the most acclaimed and influential Designers and Artists, able to transform ideas and concepts into products and projects , the gallery, exhibits, produces and commissions original designs and offers Curational Services for Museums, Cultural Institutions, Private Galleries and Collectors  

Aybar Gallery is founded on the principle of creative collaboration between designer and  gallery and is proposing a selection of  Unique, Limited Editions and One-of-a-Kind works collaborating directly with the designers on site-specific projects which are featured in solo shows in its space in Miami and with International apparitions at the best Collectors Fairs.
 

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Image : Detail of  925-Silver Mirrors by Studio ThusThat

" What does it mean when the material value of a thing outweighs its value as an object? What about the artistry, its history, its craft or the emotional values attached to it? In this project, ThusThat explors silver through forgotten objects, left behind to be meled down and recycled. Heirlooms, wedding rings, cutlery, tableware, coins and even teeth are melted, dissolved, and repurposed into standard forms. Inscribed names, silversmith adornments, artist signatures and historical dates are erased in the process of homogenisation and refining. These objects have one thing in common: their material makeup is more valuable than the thing itself.

How do we reconcile this fragile notion of value? How can a simple metallic ingot be more valuable than the same amount of metal intricately crafted in the 19th century as a teapot?The answer lies somewhere in the notion of liquidity, or its ability to be bought/sold. Liquidity becomes a signaller of perceived value. “925” explores this fluidity of value through silver, its history, its uses, and the nuances that emerge today.

In this series of mirrors, we return to the age-old technique of silver mirroring on glass. Silver objects due to be recycled are dissolved and purified, and the silver is then poured in liquid form onto glass. The liquid transforms in a matter of minutes into a thin layer of metallic silver, resulting in unique, organically shaped mirror. "