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Exhibition | May 8, 2008

Block: Turkish Marble Meets Design was an exhibition curated by Murat Patavi and held in the Milan’s Design Library in Zona Tortona during design week. Eighteen designers of international renown created work using Turkish marble, originally from the island of Marmara. These contemporary pieces vary tremendously in scope. Matali Crasset’s vanity shelf is framed by a giant robot-like figure, and Paola Navone gives us a marble sofa. Jurgen Bey created marble packaging for a hair dryer and an iron, and above we have detail from a divider by Marco Kogan. More after the jump by Konstantin Grcic, Michael Young and Simon Heijdens.

Artists: various
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PrettyPretty
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Exhibition | May 5, 2008

PrettyPretty is a series of stools and poufs by Vienna-based artist and designer, Dejana Kabiljo. Luscious heads of hair cascade to the ground, or are tightly set in place, perfectly coiffed. No one rolls out of bed or emerges from the shower in a state of perfection. Time and effort are required to look “just so.” As the day goes on, wear and tear threaten the blow out, and these seats will also need to be combed and cared for, a reflection of personal upkeep.

Artist: Dejana Kabiljo
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cover* versions - Day 3
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Exhibition | Apr 30, 2008

More from the Wallpaper* exhibition. Today's covers are from Design Barcode (above), Marcus Palmqvist with Hussein Chalayan, and Ian Davenport.

"To mark our retail issue, we called upon Design Barcode, a Japanese design collective who have revolutionised the humble barcode. The group offered us a selection of 40 designs to choose from. ‘We came up with the idea to design Wallpaper’s barcode with a global feel, using shapes of buildings from all over the world,’ says creative director Minoru Yoshida.

One of the most technically challenging covers in Wallpaper* history was the lenticular image of Hussein Chalayan’s mechanical dress shot by Marcus Palmqvist. Never one to use technology gratuitously, this technique reconciled the issues of how to aptly communicate the extraordinary qualities of Chalayan’s wondrous yet wearable creation.

Known for his technique of using paint-filled syringes and gravity, Ian Davenport used the graphic number 10 we supplied as a relief, adding his ‘chance paint incidents’ of drips and unpredictable lines of colour. ‘My work is about the organic nature of materials. I’m interested in the mechanical aspect and the contrast between control and random effects.’"

Artists: Design Barcode (above), Marcus Palmqvist with Hussein Chalayan, and Ian Davenport
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cover* versions - Day 2
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Exhibition | Apr 29, 2008

Today's covers come from Richard Patterson, Yuri Masnyj and Zaha Hadid.

"In addition to the pop culture references and Texan overtones, Dallas-based British painter Richard Patterson created a cover piece that also reflected his passion for architecture. ‘The interior was an idealised space I devised which reflected the sensual pleasure and shortcomings I felt were within modernism.’

American artist (and Whitney Biennial alumnus) Yuri Masnyj strikes the perfect balance between detail and abstraction. ‘By combining architectural, geometric and graphic forms and gestural mark making, I hoped to conjure up a feeling of anxiety. Something akin to standing below a big rock, teetering on a fragile edge.’

The design Zaha Hadid created was sketched freehand, then redrawn in Adobe Illustrator. ‘Sketching formed a critical part of my early career, and it continues to allow us our radical approach to architecture. The fluidity of the cover design embodies this exploration of complex curvelinearity, seamlessness and the smooth transition between elements.’"

Artists: Richard Patterson, Yuri Masnyj and Zaha Hadid
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cover* versions - Day 1
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Exhibition | Apr 28, 2008

Wallpaper* magazine’s tenth anniversary celebrations in 2006 sparked the beginning of a series of covers created by the biggest names in art, design and architecture. This limited edition series made for a terrific exhibition in Milan’s Zona Tortona during this year’s Design Week. This week at Art MoCo we will be sharing all the covers that we saw.

Today we open with Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Reinstated Apple. " ‘The bite from the apple represents the disconnection of human creativity from the natural sphere,’ says Pistoletto. ‘In my apple, artifice is reintegrated within nature.’ The work expresses Pistoletto’s concept of the Third Paradise, where reconciliation between the artificial and natural worlds takes place as a crucial factor for human survival."
Also after the jump is Marian Bantjes Wishing You All the Best in the Future.
"Bantjes’ intricate linework is reminiscent of medieval manuscripts, yet the cover she created for us was filled with futurism and humour. ‘It has rockets and sputniks blasting out from the centre, with 16 spokes containing quirky, but hopeful wishes for the future.’"

Artists: Michelangelo Pistoletto and Marian Bantjes
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Celia Suzanne Sluijter for ICE by Femke Goossens
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Exhibition | Apr 24, 2008

A collection of rugs inspired by a poem about the Netherlands was the subject of a soothing exhibition in Milan’s Zona Tortona last week. Rugs by Celia Suzanne Sluijter for ICE by Femke Goossens were representations of the low country’s landscape, weather and seas. The land was there, as were the leaves in the trees, the waves of the sea and the crystals of ice that form in the winter. The colours were soft and the scenes brought to life the words of Dutch poet Hendrik Marsman.

Artist: Celia Suzanne Sluijter
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"DIG: An Imagined Archeo-logism"
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Ceramics | Apr 7, 2008

DIG: An Imagined Archeo-logism is an exhibition of ceramics by Sierra Pecheur, based on the artist’s belief that “history is made of skulls and bones and hearts.” During this show of about 400 pieces, the skulls and bones are sold by the pound, so Pecheur has had to keep up production in order to keep the DIG stocked. The installation has been set up to bring to mind an archeaologcal site, but the finds are not exactly typical. Pecheur explores myths and belief systems, basing her work on a combination of imagination and questioning.

Artist: Sierra Pecheur
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IDS 2008: Lauri Lynnxe Murphy
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Exhibition | Mar 12, 2008

Lauri Lynnxe Murphy’s Scattershot installations are immediately eye-catching, a multiplicity of small stone-like pieces scattered across a wall. The colourful resin sculptures evoke ideas of a rainbow of candy drops, but something as prosaic as a rock-climbing wall can also come to mind. Collectors can choose a desired quantity from a variety of colours and patterns and play with the arrangement so that it suits both the space and the personality. The hard part would be making those choices …

Artist: Lauri Lynnxe Murphy
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Magic Pony
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Exhibition | Mar 10, 2008

Not only is Toronto’s Magic Pony a terrific store for art books that we love, but there is a gallery space at the back half of the store as well. Magic Pony curated an installation during the Gladstone Hotel’s recent Come Up To My Room exhibition where the theme was a grandmother’s house, all upholstered furniture and knickknacks galore. The picture above is of Tania Sanhueza’s window display for the store and those after the jump also feature the work of Julie Moon.

Artist: Tania Sanhueza & Julie Moon
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"Spirit"
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Exhibition | Feb 27, 2008

Spirit is a series of cheerleading photographs by Nora Herting in which the artist has removed the original background. Instead Herting places the activity upon the image of a flocked wallpaper background or a plain one, in order to highlight the individuality of the participants. Herting is most drawn to the girls who allow their own personalities to shine through the choreography of the routines, despite the costumes, the repetition, the make-up and the performance.

Artist: Nora Herting
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A Band Of Bugs
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Exhibition | Feb 14, 2008

The Gallery Nucleus in LA is featuring a group show, Band of Bugs, that revolves around bugs. The artists in the exhibition are Amanda Visell, Michelle Valigura, Alex Kirwan, Lou Romano, Megan Brian, Anna Chambers, Don Shank and Chris Rabilwongse and all are showing bug-themed work that certainly jollies up our insect friends. Actually, there is no mistaking the theme, from metal sculptures, paintings and even soft sculpture pubic lice. Shown above is Mantis & Ant by Lou Romano.

Artists: various
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