why not?

Elspeth Diederix photography…

Cloud, supernatural project

Posted on January 30th, 2007 by marica zottino
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Yinka Shonibare, How to Blow up two heads at once (Ladies), 2006. This is a pic I took at Artefiera, Bologna.

If you want to see more from this artist, here’s Shonibare’s website…

Posted on January 29th, 2007 by marica zottino
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Galliano Geishas meet Hokusai and ancient Japanese paintings and arts, redefining the 1947 New Look in the occasion of the 60^th anniversary of the Maison…

As usual… outstanding Galliano!!!

Video and images

Posted on January 24th, 2007 by marica zottino
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Narcis Virgiliu’s  photography…

Posted on January 18th, 2007 by marica zottino
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Disturbing and fascinating at the same time… Justin Novak’s disfigurines…

Quoting from Justine’s statement:

“…Whereas the figurine has historically represented the dominant culture’s norms and ideals, the disfigurines aim to expose the damage inflicted by those very same expectations.The fine line that exists between the “tasteful” and the “grotesque” is precisely the course that I strive to navigate. It is in the haunting tension between the two that seduction and repulsion inhabit the same space, where the very function of “taste” is perhaps suspended, and the politics of these gleaming white aesthetics are laid bare.” 

 

 

Posted on January 17th, 2007 by marica zottino
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Frame or necklace? Rahmen, by Judith Hoefel…

Posted on January 16th, 2007 by marica zottino
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Get cosy cushions and Get inside blanket by the german duo Bomb design…

…I want ‘em!!!!

Posted on January 15th, 2007 by marica zottino
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Amazing ceramics by Louise Hindsgavl…

Material Girl

Posted on January 12th, 2007 by marica zottino
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The Tango rings by Susanne Klemm are “comments on the role of the ring as a gift and as a symbol”…

commitment

wishfull thinking

Posted on January 11th, 2007 by marica zottino
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Nicole Tran Ba Vang in her works explores the theme of the obsession for a perfect, custom-made body…

Posted on January 10th, 2007 by marica zottino
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Found objects reassembled ad modified in Dan Levin’s works…

“I see where it began. My need to salvage the relics and artifacts that have been discarded as no longer viable.”

 Tyra, hydro-kinetic sculpture

Posted on January 9th, 2007 by marica zottino
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The most famous project by Karen Ryan is probably  custom made furniture, but second hand is the one I like the most…

Quoting from her website:

“ I take discarded plates, bought from charity shops and second shops, jumble sales and car boot sales. Each plate is individually chosen, perhaps the willow pattern more than others. … I use these plates as my canvas, they are already full of the language of domestic aesthetics and tensions.These existing domesticaesthetics are juxtaposed with emotive words that are both ironic and poignant. The words become the only remnant of the original pattern as the remaining surface is removed.”

Ornamental Plates, Second hand project

Posted on January 8th, 2007 by marica zottino
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