Fascinated by modernist ideals and the creativity underΒpinning them, a great many artists in the past two decades have notably looked to architecture and design as particular sources of inspiration. Through techniques of re-use, quotation, and imitation, they have invoked leading twentieth-century designers and architects, Le Corbusier foremost among them. Organized upon the fiftieth anniversary of Le Corbusier's death, the Re-Corbusier show will feature some sixteen artworks from the 1990s to the prΓ©sent-paintings, sculptures, installations-that explicitly allude to Le Corbusier's oeuvre. Re-Corbusier will be on view until July 16 2015 at the Maison La Roche.
Haas Brothers 'Cool World' @ R and Company
R & Company presents Cool World, the first American solo exhibition by The Haas Brothers. The concept of freedom, in particular the ideal of California freedom and sexual freedom, provides the nexus for the new body of work they've developed for the show. Cool World will be on view until January 10 at R and Company, 82 Franklin Street, New York, NY
Design Miami Highlight: Emmett Moore at Gallery Dietmiami
A standout at Design Miami 2014 β Emmett Moore presentation at the Diet Gallery booth. photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper
Paul Smith Celebrates Hans J. Wegner
For the 100th anniversary of Hans J. Wegner's birth, Paul Smithadds his own unique twist to the "smile chair" or Shell Chair β among many other iconic Wegner pieces β which is produced by Carl Hansen & SΓΈn. The whole collection was available to view at the Salone del Mobile in Milan and will be available to purchase later this year.
Jews and Midcentury Modernism
Both native-born artists and Γ©migrΓ©s, most of whom made indelible contributions to American visual culture after fleeing Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in the 1930s, will be highlighted. The exhibition will underscore that these designers, individually talented as they were, did not work in isolation, and that their impact on American architecture and design was rooted in the networks they forged, influential schools and artist colonies they helped found, museum initiatives they shaped, and corporations they modernized with new products, buildings, and advertising campaigns. Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism will be on view at the Contemporary Jewish Museum from April 24 to October 16, 2014, 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA.
[LUXURY] Pyramid Terrarium by Core Deco
This large terrarium from Core Deco takes indoor gardening to a new level of luxury and splendor. Constructed with 3 choice hardwoods: White Oak, Mahogany, and Black Walnut. Vented Lexan Polycarbonate windows. Solid Copper tray will patina and age beautifully over time. Top may be rotated slightly to provide ideal humidity levels. Forage native plants or bring the tray to a specialist for a more exotic assembly. You can inquire about purchasing here.
Modernist Brazilian Architect Oscar Niemeyer Dies at 104
Object(ing): The Art/Design of Tobias Wong
The Museum of Vancouver is pleased to present the first time solo exhibition of internationally acclaimed Vancouver-born artist Tobias Wong whoΒ committedΒ suicide in 2010 at the age of 30. Wongβs work defied categorization, as he engaged with a range of art processes from installations, performances, and furniture making to product and fashion design.Β He was cheeky, playful, witty, and clever. He appropriated, manipulated, manufactured, mass-produced, and re-issued objects, pouring new meanings into them. Like many pioneers, his art both seduced and upset. Object(ing): The Art/Design of Tobias Wong opened yesterday and is on view until February 24, 2013 at The Museum of Vancouver.Β
The Graphic Design of Tony Arefin
A new exhibition at Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England is a comprehensive survey of work by Tony Arefin (1962β2000), a graphic designer who emerged during the late 1980s as one of the most important figures in the British art world. With his numerous catalogues for institutions such as the Serpentine Gallery, ICA, Chisenhale Gallery and Ikon itself, Arefin had achieved such art world dominance by the early 1990s that design critic Rick Poynor described him as βsingle-handedlyΒ processing the print needs of the entire British art sceneβ. Comprising early publications from the YBA movement to seminal advertising campaigns for corporate clients such as IBM, Ikonβs exhibition reveals the intuitive genius of Arefinβs work.Β Arefin & Arefin: The graphic design of Tony Arefin will be on view between September 12 and November 4, 2012 at Ikon Gallery,Β 1 Oozells SquareΒ Β Brindleyplace, West Midlands, United Kingdom
[Objet D'Art] Nigel Coates' Aviator Mirrors
Aviator Mirrors by Nigel Coates available at Grey Area
Marc Newson's Complete Works by Taschen
Coming soon by Taschen, Marc Newson's complete works to date in a hefty 600 page monograph. He has designed chairs, restaurants, boutiques, cars, planes, and even a spaceship. For Australian industrial designer Marc Newson, the sky is no limit. From mass-produced objects to limited edition furniture to fashion, Newson has blurred boundaries, mapped new territories, and made himself an international superstar. This comprehensive tome leaves no stone unturned in cataloguing all of Newsonβs works to date, from early pieces such as Lockheed Lounge (which holds the world record for the highest price paid for a piece of designer furniture, at over two million dollars) through designs of household objects and more recent, large scale projects such as the interior of Qantasβs A380 and the Aquariva boat.Β Marc Newson's Works, edited by Alison Castle, will be available by Taschen in August 2012, and a limited art edition is available now.Β
Palm Springs Modernism Week
Today is the second day of the 2012 Modernism Week in Palm Springs, a 10-day festival that celebrates mid-century modern design, architecture and culture, and features over 80 events including home tours, films, lectures, fashion, and swank receptions at locations rarely-seen by the public. Modernism Week willΒ commenceΒ on February 26.
Maison Martin Margiela, LOVE, etc.
At Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, Maison Martin Margiela will present Love, etc., an off-site installation in the Miami Design District situated near its Miami retail location. This exhibition will feature the Maisonβs Line 13, dedicated to objects & publications. Line 13 also explores the Maisonβs relationship with interiors. November 29 through Saturday, December 3,Β 4141 NE 2nd AvenueΒ Miami, FL 33137.
Baptise Viry for Yellow Velvet
Yellow Velvet is a unique, niche purveyor of cushions, throw pillows, and home dΓ©cor curated by Carole Dugelay β who previously created textiles for the fashion houses of Christian Lacroix and Kenzo. Each quarter Yellow Velvet commissions a designer for a new capsule collection. This time around Yellow Velvet has teamed up with 28 year old, Parisian designer Baptise Viry for a collection, entitled Absolutely Fabulous, inspired by, "hidden vices, misappropriation, [and] losing oneβs point of reference."
Joy-Art: Ladislav Sutnar
The Czech-American designer Ladislav Sutnar (1897β1976) created many internationally-acclaimed design icons. At the age of 65, he delved into painting. Now on view at Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague, U.S. Venus is the first independent exhibition of Sutnarβs art in forty years and presents his paintings of female nudes never shown before. Sutnar called these works Venus and exhibited them under the label Joy-Art. In this art manifesto, he formulated his concept of art for the 21st century β as vigorous, humanistic and joyful. His geometric figures rendered in contrasting colors reflect American painting of the time, namely Pop Art. U.S. Venus is on view until October 8.Β
Carlo Mollino: Un Messaggio dalla Camera Oscura
Born into a Turin architect and civil engineerβs family, Carlo Mollino studied art history and architecture and made a name for himself as a skier, racecar driver and aerobatic pilot, as an author and photo artist. Yet his international renown is primarily based on his work as a designer of furniture and exclusive interiors in the spirit of the gesamtkunstwerk β the German philosophy of total art. His organic language of forms was not least inspired by the form of the female body β as particularly evidenced by the part of his photographic work he always kept private: over 1,000 Polaroids portraying beauties of Turinβs night life in the nude in mise-en-scΓ¨ne settings. The pictures were part of the preparation of his βHouse for the warriorβs restβ (today: Casa Mollino), a villa in Turin on the Po River.Β An exhibition, opening at this month at the Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna,Β will juxtapose furnishings of the villa with a selection of these Polaroids for the first time. It explores the boundaries and bridges between this universal artistβs male erotic imagination and his intellectual and artistic attitude. On view at theΒ Kunsthalle Wien from August 31 to September 25.
The Phoenix Hotel
Location scouting: The Phoenix Hotel, aΒ mid-century, kitsched out motor-lodge in the heart of the Tenderloin in San Francisco. Photography by Oliver Maxwell Kupper.
[MOMENTO MORI] Chalkboard Skulls