Modern Art
FRAGILE FUTURE III tells the story about the amalgamation of nature and technology. In the distant future these two extremes have made a pact to survive. FRAGILE FUTURE III combines an electrical system with real dandelions in a light sculpture that is predestined to overgrow a surface.
This system is different from the earlier versions because they can build up 3D constructions with the newly developed modules. Therefore they have total freedom in creating different light installations. This project is a collaboration with the London based Carpenters Workshop gallery. The installations are limited and can be bought true them.
One module is a visible circuit with 3 dandelights. This module system is ease to attach to the next one (in unlimited different ways), meanwhile the power will always continue correctly true the installation. So it is possible to create a composition from just a few, up to 500 modules, according to the space and atmosphere.
FRAGILE FUTURE III is far less fragile then FRAGILE FUTURE I and II. Therefore easy to install and maintain. FRAGILE FUTURE I, II and III are limited and built by their company.
For info and rates please contact: Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 23 January, 2012
Impressionism with a modern twist, this is a way of describing the work of Martina Nehrling, who makes her mark with bright bands of acrylic.
“My paintings are visual rhythms inspired by the cacophony of daily life, at once the weight and the flimsiness of it. Compelled by the pulsation of the beautiful and horrific relentlessly clashing I create compositions of accumulation. Grouped or tangled together, I use multiple distinct brushstrokes for their graphic directness, but highly saturated chroma in order to heighten the effect of color’s imprecise language. I am utterly seduced by the formal complexity of color while I revel in its emotive slipperiness and enjoy mining its controversial decorativeness. The inextricability of these aspects unique to color, continually spurs my engagement. Additionally, color is significant to a striking auditory experience during my painting process. To develop the tenor, tonality and rhythm of a piece I listen to the spatial relationships and interrelation of color, often combining both sonorous and percussive qualities. I use particular color relationships to interrupt or punctuate the tracking of patterns of value and intensity, creating moments of concord and discord, taking pleasure in syncopation and visual rhyming. With color that refuses to be ignored in patterns akin to lists, sentences or notes, my paintings operate as lyrical musing, lush celebration, high pitched lament or raucous rebellion”.
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 9 January, 2012
Jon Allen’s stunning sculptures have brought new meaning to the concept of modern art. These incredible collection of fine wall decor and free-standing sculptures, as Jon Allen reveals innovative metal designs to the world of contemporary art.
“Art exists as an intangible theory when hands are idle;
only an engaged hand can visually exchange the theory to others.” – Jon Allen
It is a natural-silver, hand-textured multiple panel original metal abstract wall art. He skillfully hand-craft each limited edition piece of art with high grade, environmentally friendly aluminum metal. The intricate textures he hand-grind and polish into the metal reveal layers that build dramatic illusions of depth and dimension. It is designed to expressively reflect 3-D mesmerizing qualities and light-capturing brilliance.
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 3 January, 2012
Belgian designer Anna Torfs studied interior design at the Sint-Lukas School for Architecture in Brussels.
In 2002 she began designing her own glass collections. A signature of Anna’s work is her use vibrant colours and the deconstructed way she reveals the layers of each form, showing how an object is built through unconventional cutting techniques. Every vessel she makes explores the contrast between inside and outside, the vibrant centre and the sober skin.
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 27 December, 2011
Billy Criswell is a sculptor, painter, and printmaker based out of Los Angeles, CA. His works have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States, including the Museum of Art in Columbia, SC; Feiffer-Dunham Gallery in Houston, TX; Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH; and the Regent Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. In addition, his work is in many public and corporate collections, including those of the Chicago Arts Council, the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Tokyo, Japan; and Pfizer Corporation in New York, NY. He’s a recipient of the 2010 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, as well as receiving a 2011 United States Artists Foundation Project Grant, and has been a guest art consultant at the Pasadena Art Center from 2007-2011.
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 19 December, 2011
When Vahram Muratyan began his online travel journal, Paris versus New York, he had no idea how quickly it would become one of the most buzzed-about sites on the Internet-it garnered more than a million and a half page views in just a few months, and the attention of savvy online critics. Now Muratyan presents his unique observations in this delightful book, featuring visually striking graphics paired with witty, thought-provoking taglines that celebrate the special details of each city. Paris versus New York is a heartfelt gift to denizens of both cities and to those who dream of big-city romance.
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 12 December, 2011
Via Tricia Wright “This is a series of small, intimate works on paper. They are pinhole drawings, made by pricking the design through the reverse of the paper. The drawings themselves reference lace, doilies and other decorative materials closely associated with the domestic realm, and into these I embed prosaic, assertively functional household objects and component parts. The series examines the relationship between decoration and function, and the value judgments attached to each; and it looks at the dichotomy between perception and reality that permeates the lives of ordinary women. The title for this series—True Value—is a direct reference to the chain of hardware stores where I buy my materials, and underscores the questions driving the work.”
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 29 November, 2011
French-born japan-based designer architect Emmanuelle Moureaux has developed ‘toge’ (which means ‘thorn’ in japanese), A modular product that can be interlocked to each other, allowing one to freely create a variety of textural spaces. Its use as an architectural module can be applied in the formation of walls or partitions, or for creating free-standing sculptural pieces. To demonstrate its structural potential and adaptability, Moureaux created a wedding dress composed of 500 of the colorful thorn-like bulbs at designtide tokyo 2011.
‘Toge’ comes in 14 color varieties as well as white. the main materials it is composed of is piano wire and epoxy resin.
Each individual module weighs 2 grams and measures 147 mm in diameter.(via)
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 22 November, 2011
Morgans Hotel Group and Paula Cooper Gallery are pleased to announce a permanent outdoor installation of photographs by Sol LeWitt at Mondrian SoHo, entitled: SOL LEWITT: On the Walls of the Lower East Side.
The installation on the wall of Mondrian SoHo (150 Lafayette Street) consists of 120 photographs of New York’s Lower East Side taken by LeWitt in 1979. The grid of photographs is grouped in threes that have been printed on vinyl and installed on a wall measuring 20-feet high by 60-feet wide. This marks the first time that this body of work has been exhibited in New York.
In continuing Morgans’ history of collaborating with both distinguished and emerging artists, the Sol LeWitt installation by the Lafayette entrance to the hotel will mark the launch of a new initiative to further enhance the guest experience through their relationship with art, and to embrace the neighborhood’s downtown surroundings.
Images by ©Estate of Sol LeWitt / ARS. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 21 November, 2011
Caroline Wright is a modern artist who graduated from Brown in the year 2004. She has a double major in Visual Art and Art History. After she finished college, she went to Paris to further her studies in fashion design. She wound up living in an abandoned state building in Belleville where artists from all over the world come together.
She overhauled a studio out of several secretarial offices that were locked down since the year 1980s using a crowbar. The residents of the abandoned building defended their project on a constant basis to the mayor of Paris. As the youngest and the only American contemporary artist, she also defended herself as she confronts a lot of cultural differences.
Posted by JackieAzuela at 4 November, 2011
