Category: Art

Looking around, all the artists seem to not only demonstrate bold dedication to their medium but also an eagerness to experiment and make waves in an industry that often feels impossibly exclusive. With a cheerful and encouraging spirit, the fair wants precisely that: to invite artists and visitors to reposition their perception of what art is and can be. Art-o-rama has a fierce determination to center the southern French scene, well beyond its premisesThis year, Art-o-rama took its ethos a step forward, including contemporary design in the Edition Art & Design section, with 22 international exhibitors—amongst them, French Cliché and 13 Dessert from Paris—plus a special program of conversations and free screenings. Yet its mission does not stop there. The fair has a fierce determination to center the southern French scene, well beyond its premises. The result? An exciting web of events that activates art collectives, independent venues, and public spaces. At the art center Cirva, for example, The Fondation D’entreprise Hermès presents ‘Le Verre,’ with stunning glass works created by the Skills Academy, under the direction of designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance. Elsewhere, at Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille-based Franco-Portuguese artist Wilfrid Almendra reinvents our production and consumption patterns, imagining working-class gardens, peacocks, and roadside flowers as common landscapes.

While ready to embark on his next adventures, Forest remains quite skeptical of the current art landscape, and the way art is nourished and consumed. “People are interested in art because there’s money to be made; few are interested in what it is or should be,” he says with a defeated tone. “Nowadays, you could call it art entertainment. We don’t follow a movement or artists, we follow what algorithms offer us, which is a flow of information,” he adds. “The tricky thing with this connected world is that we want it to go fast yet sustainably. Good things take time. Today, most artists present on social networks have each produced more works than Picasso or “It’s wonderful to have this connected world, but it’s important to remember that we live with it, not in it”Matisse have in their entire lives. I myself have already made more than 10,000 drawings, and that in less than five years.” The solution? For Forest it may lie in simply slowing down and in harkening back to simpler times, before the internet. “It’s a sentiment felt by many. I really appreciate the urge to return to real things, from countryside lifestyles to vinyl records, or clothes designed to last. This is also true for drawing. Simple ink on paper is now resonating more than a digitally crafted illustration,” he says.

Forest leaves us with a nugget of wisdom and a call to action: “It’s wonderful to have this connected world, but it’s important to remember that we live with it, not in it. Life is not something we live through our screen. If you are ever in Paris, go to the Orangerie Museum, walk by the Nymphéas of Monet, and you’ll understand the real power of art and its beauty. Trust me, it will outdo any app.”

Bergemann became one of the most significant representatives of GDR photography. Throughout the 70s and 80s, her work found its way into major exhibitions and publications, including the magazine Fotografie—an organ of the Central Photography Commission (ZKF)—and East German illustrated magazines, such as the more free-thinking periodicals Sibylle, Sonntag, and Das Magazin. Today, her enduring legacy is carried in the photographs showcased at ‘Town and Country and Dogs, Photographs 1966-2010,’ in the rooms of the modern art, photography, and architecture museum, the Berlinische Galerie, in Berlin’s dynamic Kreuzberg neighborhood.

An exciting body of work that is both dream-like and a sensitive documentary, the curated selection of over 200 photographs—30 of which have never been published before—speaks of the passage of time, of the fragile, the intimate, and the undiscovered. Divided into six chapters—‘An Invisible Observer,’ ‘Berlin,’ ‘Women,’ ‘Moscow, Paris, New York,’ ‘The World in Color,’ and ‘Back in Berlin’—the exhibition highlights the photographer’s main themes and recurring motifs, namely cities, women, and dogs. A testament to her mastery of composition and remarkable use of black-and-white as well as color, the images emphasize how Bergemann magnificently conveyed candor and irony in the frame, while serving as a chronological guide to her evolving œuvre, from 1966 until 2010.

The designer and artist creates imaginary interiors that are inspired by liminal spaces. “A liminal space is a place of transition, waiting, and not knowing—hotel interiors, waiting rooms, and parking lots are commonly shared examples,” explains Pike to IGNANT. “Seeing these places out of context, and without people, can make the viewer feel like they’ve been there before.” Pike’s work uses CGI techniques to explore themes of sentimentality, eeriness, and uncanny familiarity. Reminiscent of the iconic 1970s pool by French architect Alain Capeillères, Pike’s own pools juxtapose the serene fluidity of nature with the curving, undulating forms of supposedly human-made structures. Yet unlike the simple, rectilinear design of a stereotypical pool we love to use for leisure, the architecture created in ‘Dream Pool’ depicts multi-storey car parks, meandering hallways, spiralling staircases, and maze-like rooms filled with rippling turquoise water. The otherworldly layouts and illusory proportions of these locations contribute to an enchanting tension in each work that circles back to liminal spaces: this time, existing somewhere between our dream state and waking consciousness.

Unfolding a sacred conversation of histories and cultures, the show brings together sculptural furniture, lighting design, homeware, and decorative textiles and objects in an immersive scenography of sound displays and vibrant sights, created in collaboration with events company House of Kirschner. From the boulder fire pits by Andres Monnier, to the functional scent diffusers by Brazilian firm Studio Roca, it is a multi-sensory experience tailored to engage the viewers’ senses in a meditative environment. Amongst the works on display are Cristián Mohaded’s striking chairs in endemic Argentinian materials, Breuer Estudio’s Brancusi-inspired geometric furniture, a textile sculpture in Amazonian fibers and feathers by Verdi Design, geometric lamps by Mexican designer Manu Bañó, and objects by VIDIVIXI. Highlights with a special focus on sustainability and earth materiality include decorative textiles by Colombian artist Alejandra Aristizábal, Caralarga’s woven designs made from discarded fabric waste, the ecological work of Estudio Raffreyre, as well as smaller decorative objects by Ila Ceramica, Rodrigo Bravo, Casa Alfarera, and Chuch Estudio.

Displaying the original aesthetic of Reisinger, ‘Winter House’ was created in vivid detail to convey a feeling of tranquility for the cold season: “a winter heaven in the metaverse,” explains a project statement. Characterized by clear geometric lines and soothing colors, the house is composed from a combination of different architectural movements, including seminal German designer Dieter Rams’s early 1960’s designs. The residence’s contrasts and dualities are vital elements to create a distinctive habitat that revolves around intimacy and seclusion. “The various areas of the house are designed to seem open and immersed in the winter landscape, while at the same time, convey a sense of intimacy and warmth,” the statement continues.

“We envisioned what the cold season could look like in the metaverse, gathered all the feelings of quietness, stillness, and comfort we associate with winter, and translated them into a residential form,” Reisinger goes on to explain. Car tyre marks and tree branches covered in soft, powdery snow, bright natural light pouring in through floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and a fire burning under a suspended fireplace, are just some of the beautiful details painted by the artist in this poised and contemporary setting. ‘Winter House’ represents another tangible step towards the digitalization of interiors and real estate, being the preliminary project of a metaverse architecture company Reisinger is in the process of establishing with other partners. Take a preview at the sublime images below.

“Yahya al-Shirvani al-Bakuvi” by Faig Ahmed

Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed is identified for his mesmerizing textile masterpieces. He debuted Uncertainties, an intricate crimson tapestry in 2020 immediately after COVID-19 interrupted his creative exercise. Now, three new works sign up for the piece on exhibit in a solo exhibition titled Faig Ahmed: PIR at Sapar Up to date in New York. This exhibit incorporates three textile pieces impressed by spiritual minds that are really influential in Azerbaijani lifestyle, as nicely as a online video from the artist himself.

Entitled Shams Tabrizi, Yahya al-Shirvani al-Bakuvi, and Nizami Ganjavi, the three textile works of PIR surface nearly liquid. Each individual piece descends the walls of the gallery, pooling on the ground like rivers of paint. The gallery describes the pieces as “sites of [Ahmed’s] possess cultural geography, a tapestry of cultural and political historical past, language, spiritual values, and art.” Viewers are all at once entranced by colour, record, and mysticism.

The title of the show, PIR, draws upon the background of the three mystics and poets, in addition to the land of Azerbaijan itself. Pyr means “fire” in Greek, and Azerbaijan takes its identify from the holy fire of the historical Zoroastrian religion. Pir in Persian and Arabic indicates a Sufi non secular information. As these types of, the new textile is effective deliver jointly the rich record of Azerbaijan.

PIR is at this time on check out at Sapar Modern day in New York right until January 17, 2022. Ahmed also has an upcoming solo exhibition at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Artwork (SLOMA) in California starting up on February 12 that will run by way of May well 15, 2022. To master much more about these attractive will work and the artist guiding them, explore Ahmed’s web-site.

Textile artist Faig Ahmed generates melting carpet installations in amazing woven types.

“Doubts”

Ahmed is inspired by the history and lifestyle of his homeland of Azerbaijan.

“Nizami Ganjavi”

“Speech of Birds”

He is fascinated by the customarily woven carpets of his tradition and how they are translated to modern art.

“Gautama”

“Shams Tabrizi”

“Yahya al-Shirvani al-Bakuvi” at Sapar Up to date

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Photos by Faig Ahmed and SLOMA.

With this collection of works, Mühlenbrink is investigating the ambiguity of reality through an execution of natural optical effects in paint. His fogged window panes with figures and illustrations seemingly drawn out of condensation, for example, are in reality oil on canvas and exist both through the illusion they produce, and the material of which they consist. “These fogged windows are a balance between a celebration of painterly illusion and dystopian iconoclasm,” explains the artist to IGNANT. “The fog panes—with their pristine surfaces disturbed by finger marks—at once become images-within-images, and demonstrate what can be seen through them.”

We are speaking in the concrete nave; the upstairs gallery of König with its towering high ceilings and original stucco walls, from its former use as the Brutalist St. Agnes Church. Created “My interest in archaeology is one about uncovering the past”especially for the space, the dramatic works were inspired by the enormity, raw form, and unusual scale of the room; here, history, religion, architectural intervention, and classical antiquity come together in a world where society as we know it has either changed or vanished. “The works are kind of perfect in this gallery in particular,” he says, “for the way the space feels, how it sounds, its texture, even the light, are so important for building a universe around the work. This space is so unique for that.”

“For Koolasuchus, luxury is found in space, in timelessness, and in the individual beauty of every piece in the space,” the studio explains. Approached as gallery space, their interiors are directed by object design; “a specific piece of furniture, lighting, sculpture, or artwork can be the ‘lightbulb moment’ that initiates our work,” they say. In their latest project ‘Aurora’, for example, Koolasuchus started with the Achilles Chair by Pool Studio, and added spatial and design elements that would harmonize with and complement the statement piece, and vice-versa. “The statement quality [of the chair] was subdued by a minimalist tonal palette for a more relaxed atmosphere,” they explain. Other recent eye-catching spaces, including ‘Faberge Apartment’, ‘Cabinet’, and ‘Stair’ follow the same method, combining lightness, pared-back furnishings, and material textures, to create a unique multi-sensory experience.