Much of the time, we tend to focus on bold contrasts, like this, this and this. Though, subtleties are just as interesting, if not more wearable. Here are a few pieces from Steven Alan‘s spring delivery – the collection’s a sophisticated menagerie of neutrals. We’re particularly keen on the blue cotton geometric slack and the pale pink polyester/cotton dress. What do you think? Are you ready to toss the winter wardrobe in the under-bed bins? We certainly are…
Meet Eva van Ooijen, a Dutch photographer, collage artist and trend researcher. Her portfolio recently found it’s way into my inbox, and while streaming through her work, I was drawn to her Wired series. More people than ever are choosing to live in cities, close to one another, between stone walls. This collection reminds us of the structural reinventions that are continuously reoccurring from generation to generation. Does it look like your metropolis?
The artists in this week’s gallery picks brood about the intricacies of life and art in moody, muted palettes.
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1. Collaging ephemera collected from New York City sidewalks with artist Simon Evans’ own notes, the artist’s abstractions resemble dense, gestural almost-landscapes. Their expansive accumulation parallels the omnipresent digital cloud, archiving the trace elements of human experience to map a collective consciousness at James Cohan Gallery
2. George Condo has explored the relationship between the directness of drawing and the controlled methods of painting. His new works on paper are characterized by a dark brooding palette and a return to the figurative in subject matter at Skarstedt Gallery
3. Ross Chisholm distorts traditional portraiture with interventions and various manipulations – such as injecting geometric abstraction, combining figures from different centuries, or even updating a noblewoman’s fashion with 1980s punk accents at Green Art Gallery
4. For The Bestiary, Phlegm creates a modern bestiary within his own universe through an immersive and large scale installation in wood, clay and plaster. at Howard Griffin Gallery
5. Tiffany Wollman raises questions about the impact of the oil & gas industry and the Harper Government on fresh water in her latest work at AVALANCHE!
6. “Drawing is explosive, it is direct, and it is amoral. Drawing is honest, and deceitful, it is raw, out of control, and it is measured, it is the pristine page of a notebook and also debris of the studio floor. Drawing is the wellspring of the mind pouring onto the page – the most direct form of visual communication.” at Greenpoint Terminal Gallery
Off the heels of President’s Day, we thought we’d share a collaboration that hits an interesting cultural mark. Miyako, the creative director behind the women’s workwear brand, M.M. Lafleur, along with mixed media artist, Mark Wanger, have teamed up to create an impressive piece of wearable art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OuvQvAgMy4
Made entirely from collaged currency, Wanger’s peacock entitled, Bird of Fortune, is a departure from his regular editorial and media collaborations. Merging masculine and feminine along with capitalism and anarchy, this monetary creation is a beautiful deconstructed piece, filled with innuendos. The elegant wrap and flow obscures the obvious, spurring interest and intrigue. We’re big fans. What do you think? Click here to explore and/or purchase.
1. DIY floral letters via Honestly WTF
2. Tata Naka and Matisse mash up via Miss Moss
3. Making hearts with circles via design*sponge
4. Really attracted to these copper chairs via SF Girl By Bay
5. Intrigued by HUXHUX Design’s “Tectonic Fields” wallpaper via design-milk
6. Interview with artist Michael Muir via The Design Files
7. Pretty oxidized copper mirrors that double as wall shelves via Trendland
8. Buildings that look like other things via Present & Correct
9. Oh Joy’s party collection for Target looks like so much fun via Oh Joy!
10. Sweet watercolor valentines via Design Crush
11. These mobiles are pretty adorable via Poppytalk
12. Lovely floral illustrations via Colossal
Contributed by Emily Gup
A few years ago, I shot a little snow series, documenting the varied textures that follow a storm. Before the dirt and invisible ice puddles set in, we have beautiful serenity blanketing our streets. I thought I’d pull it up from the archives to share. Enjoy and hopefully your commute’s painless today…