I wanted to add to my sculptures these antique chandeliers to make them more exclusive and special, both for the brass components value and for the difficulty of the sculpture process that must be entirely done by hand around the piece of the chandelier. To make the composition even more magical I left the electric cable as if it were torn, as if the animal had broken the piece recently, but the light is still on.
WE WROTE ABOUT Mathias Kiss' mirrored sculptures and other work (here) in 2014, but as the new year is often a time for reflection, we thought we might take this point literally and feature a few of our favourite artistic works rendered in mirror.
Fondation Vuitton will showcase more than 200 artworks, co-ordinated by both institutions, tracing the history of the museum through the decades. Displayed throughout the entire 126,000-square-foot Frank Gehry-designed building, the Fondation will present a selection of visual work drawn from MoMA’s six curatorial departments, from paintings like Paul Cézanne’s “The Bather” to films like Walt Disney’s animated short, “Steamboat Willie.”
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-BASED artist, Anna-Wili Highfield, creates the most magical hand-painted paper sculptures. Formerly a scenic painter at Opera Australia, Highfield created her first sculpture, a fairy wren, in 2008
THIS WEEK’S INTERIORS REDUX is also an Artist in Residence and At Home With feature, offering a glimpse into the home of American painter, sculptor and photographer, Edwin Parker “Cy” Twombly, Jr.
ART REDUX : Have you seen the neon type installations by Korean artist Jung Lee? There are two series—Day...
DO YOU REMEMBER Peggy Porschen Cakes in Belgravia? Well, Nina’s Paris, which had come across par hasard last night, is a tea salon à côté...
BACK IN THE OFFICE again after being around & about, appointments and errands and such, and while mine is a...
Artist, designer, and teacher , Matt Shlian, may have failed math and algebra, but his curiosity and ‘affinity for geometry’ lead to the art of paper folding, or ‘paper engineering’, as he refers to it.
Donald Clarence Judd (1928 – 1994) was an American artist associated with minimalism, a term he strongly disavowed. In his work, the artist “sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it”...
. . . a glimpse at a few of the things that have been happening around here recently : an afternoon by the water with p and a few other lovely things . . .
. . . and while on the topic of paris, {as we so often are}, still and always a fascination...
. . . even before the clock strikes midnight, already a nostalgia for the year we leave behind, {although suppose it is always that way with good-byes} . . . and yet, few things are lovelier than the overwhelming excitement and perfect anticipation for the days and months that lay ahead . . .
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