Loewe x Anthea Hamilton

Loewe x Anthea Hamilton On Tate Britain Commission 2018: The Squash

Tate Britain unveils The Squash, an immersive installation combining performance and sculpture by 2016 Turner Prize nominee Anthea Hamilton. The artist has designed seven costumes in collaboration with LOEWE to be worn by the performers. The Squash has been created for the annual Tate Britain Commission, which invites contemporary British artists to create new artwork in response to the grand space of the Duveen Galleries.

Anthea Hamilton has transformed the heart of Tate Britain into an elaborate stage for the continuous 6-month performance of a single character, dressed in a colourful squash-like costume. Over 7,000 white floor tiles have been laid to span the length of the Duveens and encase a series of large structures that serve as podiums for a number works of art from Tate’s collection, chosen by Hamilton for their organic forms and colours. The tiles create an immersive new environment within the neoclassical galleries.

The artist is influenced by the early 20th century French writer and dramatist Antonin Artaud and his call for the ‘physical knowledge of images’, it is this bodily response to an idea or an image that she wishes to examine in The Squash. Each element of the work has evolved from Hamilton’s interest in a found photograph, for which the original source has since been lost. The viewer must imagine its history and intention and it is here the artist brings together tiles, structures, sculptures and costumes, inviting the performer to explore their own interpretation of the image. Hamilton has designed seven costumes in collaboration with Creative Director Jonathan Anderson from the fashion house LOEWE that incorporate the colours and shapes of varieties of squash or pumpkin. The squash inspired the organic textures of the costumes and heads, that range from hand painted leather to printed silk crepon, while 1970s clothing references shaped some of the silhouettes. Performers will select a costume each day, informing and reflecting their individual presentation ofthe character as they inhabit the space.

Alex Farquharson, Director, Tate Britain, said: ‘Anthea Hamilton has made a unique contribution to British and International Art with her visually playful works that both provoke and delight. This compelling commission demonstrates her ability to seamlessly weave together captivating images and narratives, creating rich new environments in which to encounter works of art.’

Tate Britain Commission 2018: Anthea Hamilton is curated by Linsey Young, Curator of Contemporary British Art, Tate, and Sofia Karamani, Assistant Curator of Contemporary British Art

http://antheahamilton.com
http://www.tate.org.uk

Damien Hirst - Palazzo Grassi Venice

Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable Damien Hirst

‘Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable’. It is the first major solo exhibition dedicated to Damien Hirst in Italy since the 2004 retrospective at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples (“The Agony and Ecstasy”) and is curated by Elena Geuna, curator of the monographic shows dedicated to Rudolf Stingel (2013) and Sigmar Polke (2016) presented at Palazzo Grassi.

The exhibition is displayed across 5,000 square meters of museum space and marks the first time that Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, the two Venetian venues of the Pinault Collection, are both dedicated to a single artist.

Damien Hirst’s most ambitious and complex project to date, ‘Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable’ has been almost ten years in the making. Exceptional in scale and scope, the exhibition tells the story of the ancient wreck of a vast ship, the ‘Unbelievable’ (Apistos in the original Koine Greek), and presents what was discovered of its precious cargo: the impressive collection of Aulus Calidius Amotan – a freed slave better known as Cif Amotan II – which was destined for a temple dedicated to the sun.

http://www.palazzograssi.it

Kenzo RTW Spring Summer 2017

Kenzo Living Statues Installation 

photo Harry Matenaer

Designers Carol Lim and Humberto Leon are known for their creative and innovative presentations.
For their spring summer 2017 collection show they chose the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris's architecture museum that houses casts of French architecture and monumental sculptures both new and old. They added a human element to the set, which resulted in the addition of real-life statues posing among—and sometimes even incorporated into—the works of art and architecture.

https://www.kenzo.com/en/summer2017show

Comme des Garçons - Spring Summer 2017

Rei Kawakubo continues to challange the art of fashion with Comme des Garçons. By showing a collection with sculptural outfits that are denying the female body but at the same time empowering the women to literally take the space. Not engaging to any of the trends, Kawakubo shapes her own authenitic world. 
-> comme-des-garcons.com

Les Deux Garçons - Museum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht

The Dutch artist duo ‘Les Deux Garçons’
are presenting their
their first retrospective ‘PURE’ in Maastricht at Museum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht.

Sculptures of taxidermy, bronze statues and free-style assemblage show the diversity of artists.
Atelier Les Deux Garçons was founded by the artists Roel Moonen (1966) and Michel Vanderheijden van Tinteren (1965). Originally from Limburg the artists met in Maastricht and have been working together since 2000. The duo enjoys international fame with their sculptures of taxidermy, in which mounted animals receive human features.
With their distinctive and intriguing imagery Les Deux Garçons create absurdistic, sometimes moving or humorous objects, made with materials found at the taxidermist, at auctions or at antique dealers.

Reflection
Les Deux Garçons present their deer, lambs, piglets, dogs and other animals often as Siamese twins with accessories such as colourful porcelain, toys and all kinds of useful objects. These symbolize fear, fate and mortality. In their creations, the artists shun no themes, whether it be instinctive, artistic urge or in the prompting by current affairs.

The exhibition is open until 6th June 2016.

http://www.lesdeuxgarcons.nl

For more information www.museumaanhetvrijthof.nl

Andreas M. Georgiou

‘Gestures on anamorphic mirrors’
by Andreas M. Georgiou

Images are courtesy of the artist.
www.andreasmgeorgiou.com

The Fallen 9000

9,000 Fallen Soldiers Etched into the Sand on Normandy Beach to Commemorate Peace Day 

British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss accompanied by numerous volunteers, went to the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils in hand to etch 9,000 silhouettes representing fallen people into the sand.
Titled The Fallen 9000, the piece is meant as a stark visual reminder of the civillians, Germans and allied forces who died during the D-Day beach landings at Arromanches on June 6th, 1944 during WWII. The original team consisted of 60 volunteers, but as word spread nearly 500 additional local residents arrived to help with the temporary installation that lasted only a few hours before being washed away by the tide.

 http://thefallen9000.info

Anthony Gromley

British sculptor, Anthony Gromley (born 30 August 1950), who won the Turner Prize in 1994 and was appointed OBE in 1997, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours List.
His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture near Newcastle upon Tyne in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998, Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool, and Event Horizon, a multi-part site installation which premiered in London in 2007, around Madison Square in New York City, in 2010 and in São Paulo, in 2012.

http://www.antonygormley.com

Daniel Firman

© Photo Marc Domage

Daniel Firman is a French visual artist who was born in 1966. Daniel Firman has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Saint Claude and at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Turenne.
He makes this striking sculpures. If you want to see more of his work:
More work

© Photo Marc Domage

Georgina Santiago at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2013

Fashion designer Georgina Santiago is from Igualada, a town near Barcelona, Spain. She graduated in June 2012 at ESDI, Barcelona. Nowadays, she creates synergies between fashion and art with a constant obsession for color. She was recently one of the finalists for C&A Reimagine Design Challenge.

'Mutation' 
"The mutation of the body into an art space. The idea is to translate the atmosphere of a gallery to clothes and surround them with sculptures. The boundaries between art and fashion get blurry and the body becomes a sculpture itself. The surroundings of the body become part of it and everything mutates into one.

In this new collection I decided to use industrially-made fabrics as my next step is to offer my creations to the audience, even though almost all of them are hand painted. The fabrics I created for my graduate collection were completely hand made and the costs and maintenance were just impossible for that. That's why I decided to create a collection that can be wearable combined with interesting accessories/sculptures around the body. This makes possible to separate the experimental aspect of the clothes themselves, but as well have an interesting final image, which for me is the most important part."
http://cargocollective.com/georginasantiago

Hubert Duprat

Artist Hubert Duprat Uses Insects to Create Golden Sculptures

Hubert Duprat has become known in the early 1980s through his work on the larvae of caddisflies Trichoptera also known that the particularity to build a mobile composite sleeve with external accessories found in their environment life (twigs, leaves, gravel, sand, sediments, shells and other snails). Speculating on the constructive capabilities and specifically reconstruction of these larvae, Hubert Duprat has designed an experimental device in which it forces them to work with unusual materials: glitter, gold nuggets and gold son, pearls and precious stones and semi-precious cabochon or faceted (diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, turquoise, opal, lapis lazuli), insects becoming goldsmiths and jewel pieces, goldsmiths.

 

Koishi, unique and handcrafted jewelry brand

I am familiair with designers from Serbia but in most cases with emerging fashion designers. Koishi caught my attention recently with their intriguing jewellery designs and also with the sculputural presentation.
Designer behind the label is a Belgrade based Ivana Damjanović. She graduated from Faculty Of Applied Arts at University of Arts Belgrade in 2008, taking interior and furniture design as a major subject. During studies Ivana developed interest in sculpture and costume and combined her knowledge to create unique jewelry. In 2009, she launched her brand "Koishi".
What I like about the designs is that they are strong on their own and can be displayed as an art piece and on the other side all pieces are wearable and in a dialog with the human body.

Have a look at the website for more information and more images: http://www.koishilamat.com/
Or read more about the the designer on Not Just A Label.

Included images are by photographer Jovana Mladenović.

Martine Rose spring summer 2013

It's been a while since London ss2013 fashion week but this collection is too pretty not to share.

“The collection is based on Bernini’s sculptures, in particular The Rape of Persephone. The collection is derived from abstract form, the appearance of fabrics that defy their nature – like sculpture.”

This collection breathes retro. Oversized and stonewashed jeans outfits are mixed with sportswear pieces. The smart combination of fabrics (neoprine with jeans) and the embroidery details makes it very fresh at the same time.
And of course the styling that makes the models look like marching sculptures; stunning!
http://martineroselondon.wordpress.com

Dressing Room Project at FAT Toronto 2012

Dressing Room Project: A virtual & on-site multimedia art experience. 12 site-specific artist spaces presented work ranging from live performances, broadcasts and video projections to interactive photo booths and more.

Here are some highlights.
For more have a look here: http://fashionarttoronto.ca/2012-schedule/dressing-room-project-installation-exhibit/

Jordan Askill

Take a look at the beautiful work of Jordan Askill.
Designer Jordan Askill has had a prolific rise over the last few years, steadily building a well honed, timeless aesthetic.
Jordan Askill studied at the Sydney Institute of Technology. He worked at Ksubi back in his hometown of Sydney and also at Christian Dior before setting up his own label. Further to the creation of jewellery and sculpture, the designer is also involved in film, working with his brothers, directors Daniel and Lorin Askill, art directing short films and video installations, and styling other projects such as commercials and music videos.
http://www.askillprojects.com







Meadham Kirchoff SS/10 Accessory Collaboration


These New Puritans video 'We Want War'


Battle Cat Sculpture, London Fashion Week, 2009




THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME from ASKILL PROJECTS

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Stunning work by Kevin Francis Gray

Kevin Francis Gray, born in 1972 in Northern Ireland and based in London.
Studied at (1995) National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland; (1996) School of Art Institute, Chicago, IL; (1999) MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK.


Goth Girl, 2008
Fibreglass Resin, Glass Crystal Beads, Automotive Paint, Wood


Hold Tight, 2006
Fiberglass Resin, Glass Crystal Beads


Face-off, 2007
Fiberglass Resin, Automotive Paint, Wood




Hanging Tree, 2008
Fiberglass Resin, Automotive Paint, Glass Crystal Beads



Go to the website and see the rest!
http://www.kevinfrancisgray.com