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Combining visually appealing modern design aesthetics with Ergonomics, the well-tried wooden bead mat is the godfather of the o432 Lounge Chair from furniture designer Jean-Frederic Fesseler. Flexible wooden beads make up the seat and backrest, which have an effect similar to that of acupressure and are meant to relax and stimulate. Continue reading Eye On Design: o432 ‘Acupressure’ Lounge Chair By Jean-Frederic Fesseler
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For his mixed media assemblage, Koh-i-Noor (2005) Hew Locke (Scottish, born 1959) arranged thousands of cheap plastic toys and trinkets — disposable products of the new global economy — into one edition of a series of portraits of Queen Elizabeth II (entitled the House of Windsor Series), one of which was among the most extraordinary works in the Museum’s exhibition, Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art (2007). Locke, born in Scotland but raised in Guyana, created these works in response to ethnic tensions within contemporary British society, often growing out of Great Britain’s colonial history, with that history now brought home to Britain. Continue reading Hew Locke, Koh-i-Noor, Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
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Do you enjoy the work of artist Nick Cave? I sure do. I especially like his very fun Sound Suits, but I also enjoy that he can change it up while maintaining his very distinctive design aesthetic. Nick Cave!
Detail from Above Work
On view now at Jack Shainmans’s West 24th Street space is Cave’s body of work entitled Rescue. The series includes sculptures that incorporate found ceramic dogs sitting on furniture within elaborate grottos or dreamlike dens.
Continue reading Nick Cave Rescue at Jack Shainman
Happy Place (All Photos By Gail)
Sally Curcio’s Bubbles series artworks – 12 x 12-inch, domed fantasy world dioramas created with colorful beads and other repurposed objects – are a new passionate favorite thing of mine that I discovered accidentally through a referral from another artist, with whom Curcio and I share mutual acquaintanceship. Thank god for happy accidents.
Continue reading A Redefined Existence Featuring the Art of Sally Curcio at J. Cacciola Gallery
Skullin!
Skull jewelry is so on trend right now (and, well, always), so this Skull Bead Bracelet is a fashion accessory that you really don’t want to be to without.
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