· MIXED MEDIA ·
Marine Hugonnier’s Newspaper ColorblockMarine Hugonnier‘s newspaper color-blocking covers were another great discovery from Art Basel. The French artist, who lives in London created most of her cutouts from Ellsworth Kelly’s book “Line Form Color” for “Art for Modern Architecture”, her ongoing project since 2004 in which she investigates the role of the image by pasting color-block collages on the newspaper front page [...]
· MIXED MEDIA ·
Luiz Zerbini’s Slide Frame CollagesLuiz Zerbini‘s artwork was a very pleasant discovery for us during Art Basel Miami. The Brazilian artist, apparently one of Latin America’s most respected contemporary artists, was represented by Max Wigram Gallery. We immediately fell in love with his large slide frame collages with gelatine and adhesive. There is very little information about him online, [...]
· ART, FINE ART ·
Marjan Teeuwen’s Archief SeriesAt first glance artist Marjan Teeuwen’s series Archief appears to be something very different than it really is. Marjan Teeuwen started out painting until she developed this concept of piling up spaces. She experimented with this theme using various media – drawing, building installations, photography and videos based on these architectural interventions. Initially, her installations [...]
· PAINTING ·
Ignacio Uriarte’s Office ArtI came across Berlin-based artist Ignacio Uriarte’s work at Art Basel and quickly became fascinated by the story behind the work and the artist. Before quitting his day job to become a full-time artist Uriarte worked in business administration, but his transition into art did not veer to far from his daily regimen. Instead he reconfigured [...]
· ART, SCULPTURE ·
Enrique Gomez de Molina’s Taxidermy HybridsDuring Miami Art last week I discovered the fascinating sculptures of Enrique Gomez de Molina. Using the parts of once-living animals, de Molina hopes to bring awareness to the danger faced by a multitude of species: nuclear and chemical waste, over development and deforestation, to name a few. Genetic engineering and human intervention also accounts [...]
· FASHION ·
Reusing Car Parts For The Lexus Fashion WorkshopThe Lexus Fashion Workshop tasks designers with reusing car parts – The four fashion designers (recruited by Lexus) who worked on the collection were Moss Lipow, Eddie Borgo, John Patrick and Alejandro Ingelmo, whose eyewear, jewelry, clothing and shoes will be featured in a six-page advert in Vogue, along with a display at Art Basel [...]
· TECH ·
The Vending Machine of DreamsUnless you have a black card, stay away as change just won’t cut it. Options, which you select from a computer screen and pay for by credit, include Bentleys, Thakoon dresses, and a $250 keychain. My favorite – a corner unit in the Mondrian residences for a cool $1,261,500. Business has been good apparently…
· MODELS, PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Naomi Campbell Photo Career Spanning Photo Exhibit : Art BaselOn the theme of Supermodel career timeline’s I bring to you, The Naomi Campbell 50 – Photo’s Exhibition at Art Photo Expo Miami during Art Basel. Campbell herself will be on hand tonight to unveil the show in a temporarily converted public parking lot…
· ART ·
Art + FutbolFutbol seems to have been a big theme at Art Basel in Germany this round. With the European Championship about to hit, there quite some art dedicated to the sport. SHOWstudio partners with NIKE to challenge established and emerging artists, designers and creatives to devise new