Markus Friedrich Staab

1900 Chair re-visited and contemporized. Sculptural Design.

Milking stool from Bavaria, painted., multi-lacquered in 2K lacquer, Functional art, art furniture. 2020

Stool ca. 1890 contemporized, painted and multi-lacquered in high gloss 2K lacquer, 2020.

Cees Braakman nesting tables re-visited, cut, painted in black & white pattern alla Grignani, multi-lacquered in 2K high gloss lacquer

1956 Thonet Chairs re-visited, upholstered with oversized Seat and Backrest in Bio Cotton Teddy.

Solid Kitchen Chair, re-modeled and hand painted

Austrian "Bauernstuhl" re-modeled and hand painted

Cees Braakman Lounger contemporized, abraded, painted and lacquered

high work stool, abraded and painted

Gispen Chair reassembled, painted and lacquered

Kunstverein Trinkkurhallen Bad Nauheim

1920's garden chair, abraded, pieces added, painted

 Four czech design chairs contemporized

Bauhaus Design contemporized, handpainted and multi-lacquered. These sculptural design pieces are usable as side-tables or stools

3 legged Chair, ca. 1953, re-modeled. hand painted and multi lacquered

60 Year old Garden Chair re-done, painted, lacquered, leather added, burned.

Bauhaus Design contemporized, handpainted and multi-lacquered. These sculptural design pieces are usable as side-tables or stools

SE 68 re-done, painted, sprayed and lacquered. Backrest replaced, Leather stripes added.

Brush my Broom

Barstool lowered, different pieces added, painted and multi-lacquered

Participation at LCDF created by Margherita Ratti at Sale del Ridotto Como 2019

contemporized Brettlstuhl, multi taped in neon tape

Cooperation between Praunheimer Werkstätten and Atelier Staab. Leather stripes in different colors added to make this stool one of a kind

Ilmari Tapiovaara set of 4 chairs, highered with brass feet to match todays hights

French 40's design, rattan chair contemporized with vintage wood feet and hand painted in blue and green

Ancient austrian Brettlstuhl contemporized, re-shaped, painted, leather stripes and brass foot added, finished with non gloss bio multi-lacquer

A traditionel austrian Brettlstuhl contemporized, burned black, painted pink, reshaped, finished with non gloss bio lacquer, leather stripes and a brass foot added.

3 leged chairs, black and white seat patterns, black frame.round wooden backrest, spraypainted, multi-lacquered in high gloss varnish

Bench cut at the Egdes, black hand painted stripes and brass feet added to higher the seat hights of the too low original Tapiovaara design, finished with organic medium glossy lacquer.

Mauser chair circa 1956. Seat and backrest cut, hand painted, spraypainted and multi-lacquered in glossy finish

Deconstructed set of Rietvelds 116 models. Circumcised, handpainted and finished with multi-layered lacquer .

Nesting tables,reworked, cut, painted with black and white pattern and lacquered in high gloss

Bundeswehr stools, spraypainted, taped in neon tape, seat multi-lacquered in high gloss varnish.

Couch table from a Chicago Hotel used as Newspaper shelf, engraved, painted, lacquered, added glas top

classic dutch design re-edited, abraded, lacquered and colored

set of four stackable chairs, carved, spraypainted and multilaquered

mid-century coffee table, re-formed, multi layered with spraypaint, lacquered with high gloss varnish

oil painting in orig. frame, oversprayed with neon paint

70 design classic, cut backrest, painted, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

60's industrial chairs, re-modeled, spraypainted and multi lacquered

bavarian wood, carved, spraypainted and multi lacquered

german bench from the 60's,  spraypainted, deformed and 12 x lacquered with 2k varnish

sideboard by Kramer, re-visited in Wharton Esherick manner, spraypainted, multi lacquered with 2k varnish

classic chair brought out of shape, different backrest, spraypainted & surfaced with 21 layers of 2k lacquer

Collotation at Frank Landaus Galery in Frankfurt am Main

russian kitchen chair, backrest removed, seat engraved, coloured and lacquered with 12 layers of baots varnish

Painted wood plate

workers bench from my great grandfather, spraypainted & lacquered

Re-work of an early 70's german design contemporized by re-shapeing its original status and mass produced meaning.

back and seat coulored with neon spray, multi-lacquered with 2k varnish

Deconstructed, assembled, painted and lacquered

Layered IKEA chair transformed in shape of a stool

New assembled, painted, spraypainted and lacquered in boat varnish

Reformed, painted and lacquered

piece found on the streets. re-formed and painted in several colours

Antroposophic chair cut to a stool, neon colours, boats laquer

Reworked Artposter, wood, paper, oil paint

Acryl Painting, crouted, painted and varnished

Acryl Painting, crouted, painted and varnished

Jesus loves you more than money, 2 bavarian crosses who reflect the catholic tradition of this german region.

Wasserfarbenzeichnung eines jungen Mannes der gleich Glück erfährt

he Pirkka table has been 5cm highered by adding brass feet to give appropriate hights. Table corners are rounded to avoid the original industrial fabrication and give the piece singularity.

Messingtopf neu besucht

Chair made ca. 1901. backrest replaced, colored yellow, seat colored and lacquered

1940's french design rattan chair reworked. Painted and adittional wood feet added

Combination of two 50's Design Chairs.

Painted and lacquered

Oil painting on canvas, reworked. 100 x 140 cm

Metal remake of a classic Thonnet chair, replaced seat, painted and lacquered

proposal for stools, chairs or table tops made out of reclaimed wood and acryl

Aus der Serie der sich Berührenden oder masturbierenden Frauen

Collected wood, steel, paint, Nelson clock ball.

Original oil painting over sprayed

Original oil painting ca.1900, contemorized with neon spray paint

wall unit made of cut plywood pieces, painted, laquered and adjusted.

A hommage to Eva Hesse who changed the view on art. Female fortitude.

60 Teawagon re-decorated in black and white pattern. Paint and high gloss Lacquer

Originaly designed by Jaques Hitier who took L’équipement de l’habitation a step further, produced by Tubeauto in 1956.

Bauhaus Era Steelframe, Backrest from a 40's Thonet, Seat from 60's Industrial Design, painted, spray painted and multi-lacquered

Ex Gym Bank aus den Niederlanden, Beine abgeflext, erhöht und erneuert, pink abgesetzt in der Manie von R. Geiger

einfache Aussteuerkiste,frühes 20ste Jahrhundert, refunkioniert, mit Lack bemalt, Bibelseiten in der Art der chinesischen Klebetechnik verklebt, Hairpinbeiene daran gesetzt

Thonet Coffee House Chair in the Style of Wiener Werkstätte, re-visited by german Artist Markus Friedrich Staab, cut, abroad and lacquered.

SE 68 re-worked, spraypainted, multi-lacquered and re-modeled

50's stool, cut, re-modeled and spraypainted

Ge-el sideboard, spraypainted, lacquered, Georg Nelson Balls added

1948 ergonomic design re-visited, cut, sanded, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

1935 De Witt office chair, re-modeled, cut and spraypainted in black

Participation at the Mintshop Metacraft Exhibition/Brompton Design District. Curated by Lina Kalafani.

Photos: Inge Clemente

very old handcrafted austrian farmers chair, re-visited, cut, painted and multi-laquered

"Alles ist Design" Exhibition at Bundeskunsthalle Bonn 2016

combination of three pieces, drawer, mid-century office chairs spraypainted and multi lacquered with two component lacquer

early Thonnet chair with Bauhaus backrest, spraypainted and multi-lacquered with two components high gloss varnish

Benches for a public location in Brighton

re-worked 50's chair, spraypainted, multi-lacquered with 2k varnish

set of four Egon Eiermann chairs, re-modeled, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

old bavarian chair, remixed, lacquered and spraypainted

set of two stools, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

60's classic, cut, spraypainted & multi-lacqiered

6 stackable chairs, mid-century, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

traditional austrian chair, cut, sprapainted and multi-lacquered

farmers stool, cut, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

work bench, coffee table, branches as legs added, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

old farmers table, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

stackable chairs, cut, sprapainted, multi-lacquered

1930's workers chair, re-modeled, spraypaynted and multe lacquered

fragile custom made plywood chairs from the 50's/ Germay, cut, spraypainted and multi lacquered with 2k varnish

prototypes from the early 60's, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

30's chair, cut, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

Clash of two chairs, painted, spraypainted, abroaded and lacquered

robust 1930's german architects chair, brought out of shape, spraypainted and multi-lacquered with high gloss 2k varnish

farmers stool, remodeled, painted and multi lacquered

upcycled stools, spraypainted, 12 times lacquered

work stool, re-modeled, spraypainted, abraded and multi lacquered with high gloss 2k varnish

60's bench from a Hamburg courtroom,  spraypainted, re-modeled and multi lacquered

taboret, spraypainted, multi lacquered with high gloss varnish

upcycled stools, spraypainted and multi lacquered with 2k varnish

Bundeswehr Besucherstuhl, spraypainted, multi lacquered with 2k varnish

rotating 60's office chair, re-modeled, spraypainted & multi lacquered

Stools for "Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg" 2014

fragile 60's side table, boats table, spraypainted and multi lacquered with 2k lacquer

bavarian stool, remixed, spraypainted and multi lacquered

old bavarian workdesk, spraypainted and multi lacquered with 2k varnish

 bavarian farmers chair without backrest, spraypainted and multi varnished

in the manner of bauhaus stools, reformed, spraypainted, lacquered ca. 12 times

50 Chairs for MMK, Museum für moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main

old garden chair, coloured with neon & lacquered 12 times

nordic design chair, backrest cut, extended legs with plastics neon shucks, spraypainted & lacquered 21 times

1960's church chairs re-visited, cut, abreaded, spray-painted with graffiti cans and varnished

reshaped mid-century chairs, coloured with spray paint & lacquered 12 times

old solid wooden stool, spraypainted & lacquered with 12 layers of boats varnish

Strumpffabrikstühle, remixed with spraypaint and 2 k lacquer, legs enhanced

30's kitchen chair, spraypainted, cut seat, multilayered with varnish

stool, assembled, pre-added, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

table top of building timber, spraypainted with neon colours and multi-lacquered, frame from fleamarket

classy chair with one arm rest removed, spraipainted, handpainted & multi lacquered

Egons chair, black colour draged away, new backrest, coloured & lacquered 16 times

iron & wood working stool, seat re-shaped, spraypainted and multi layered with 2k laquer

working stool brought out of shape, spraypainted and lacquered several times

uralter milchhocker, umgeformt, besprüht mit Spraypaint & klarlackiert

200 years old table, re-designed, re-shaped. spraypainted & lacquered with 12 layers of boats varnish

stool re-modeled, legs from side table, seat from bar stool, spraypainted & lacquered with 16 layers of 2k lacquer

Thonnet chair, different backrest with grip hole, coloured & layered 16 times with 2k lacquer

Spraypaint and 2 k varnish added on a 50's classic, seat brought out of shape

classic 70's chair, seat cut, spraypainted & lacquered with clear varnish

60's church chairs, coloured with paint spray, lacquered with 8 layers of car varnish

chair from a doctors office

spraypainted, lacquerded with boats varnish

ex barstool, remodeled, cut, spray painted with graffiti colours & lacquered

combination of two norwegian chair models, remodeled, spraypainted & multi lacquered

industrial chair, remodeled, spraypainted and multi lacquered

old table, spraypainted, decorated & varnished a million times. co-work with sonjasofiayakovleva

high working stool, remodeled,  spraypainted & lacquered

side table, re-visited, spray-painted and multi-lacquered

taken from the cologne series

commissional work for Wahaca Restaurant, by Alice Lund for Softroom Ltd.

Exhibition at Galerie 1A, realized by Kulturamt Frankfurt, curated by Kristine Listau.

Lamp sculptures by Stefan Wieland

the original green surface is ruff abraded. Coloured in neon. New varnished style

collapsible stool, plastered with colour tape, boats-lacquered, used as a sewing box or obscure retreat

Hommage to Andy Warhol. Simple smal 50's table toped with several neon layers, spray & paper

original surface erased to show the pure wood. alarm shape and warning colours

Six 60's design classics. stackable. the original surface is ruff abraded. sprayed in neon colours. multi layered with boats varnish

re-furbished midcentury design classic/Sweden

original nordic design craft. seating surface ripped off. modernized in neon colours and layerd with boats varnish

original shape. seat applicated with three black icons. multi layered with boats varnish

Original 60's HENNINGER barstool from the famous redlight disttrict in Ffm. The legs been cut to chairsize, touched with neon colours.

stolen from the cellar of a friend. retouched with graffiti colours and varnished in 8 layers of boats varnish

industrial  80's chair, with stickers from a graffiti artist, cut to new shape, spraypainted &  multi lacquered

probably a german GASTHAUS STUHL from the 30's. re-furbished with graffiti colours and layered with boats varnish

1950's style stool with the slidest touch of modernity

fascinating original 50's design turned into a racing car

workers chairs from a clothing factory

re-decorated grandmas kitchen chairs, spray-painted

Africa meets Jacobsen. culture clash with a bavarian heart in the chairback

table remodeled, colours added, boats varnished and polished

Jaques Hitier design, set of four, reshaped, sparse black outlined and finished in gloss varnish

freely assembled stools in different hights. Seats from dansk design classics, spraypainted and multi-lacquered

Mid-Century design re-visited by Atelier Staab 2019.

Eames Adaptations, contemporized by re-shaping and coloring.

Austrian farm stool, ca. 1900, contemorized

Side Chair, cut, painted, multi-lacquered

Ancient italian workboard revisited and contemporized, spraypainted and multi-layered in high gloss varnish

Exhibition of re-worked paintings. Curated by Marc Peridis

reworked mid-century table base, stone old bavarian farm door added as table top, blackened, painted and multi-lacquered.

Over painted oil painting.

Oil painting of a couple arround 1930, contemporized.

50's kitchen chair with very shabby surface, spraypainted & lacquered 12 times