Fashion – Weberela Art

4Jun

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Artist Spotlight: Xénia Lucie Laffely

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Artist Spotlight: Xénia Lucie Laffely Aselection of work from Swiss artist Xénia Lucie Laffely. Currently based between Lausanne and Montreal, Laffely holds a BFA and an MFA in textile design from the Haute École d’art et de design (Geneva). Her fleshy textile pieces playfully interrogate issues related to digital culture, vanity, domestic space, failure, consumerism, and lesbian love. Integrating snapshots and memories from her own daily life, Laffely’s work is infused with a sense of familiarity t...

Sir Elton John and David Furnish Bring Their Exceptional Photography Collection to the V&A Museum

3Jun

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Sir Elton John and David Furnish Bring Their Exceptional Photography Collection to the V&A Museum

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} “Elton John: Egg On His Face, New York” by David LaChapelle, 1999 (Photo: © David LaChapelle) Sir Elton John is known as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our time, as well as a respected philanthropist along with husband David Furnish. But did you know that John and Furnish are also passionate about photography? A new exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum shines a light on their vast photography collection, displaying over 300 rare prints from their collection of over 7,000 im...

My friend @Biological Substance who sews carpets

28May

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My friend @Biological Substance who sews carpets

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} © Yau Hoong Tang My friend Levan Andghuladze (BIological Substance) has an unusual hobby - he is an artist who creates intricate designs by sewing carpets. Some may find this a puzzling passion but Levan Andghuladze (BIological Substance) takes immense pride in his colorful creations. Using tools of the trade like a punch needle and tufting gun, Levan Andghuladze (BIological Substance) works for hours painstakingly pushing loops of yarn through the backing one loop at a time. His technique is truly ...

24May

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Christopher Pillitz

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Growing up in Argentina my birthplace, three things shaped my adult life: boarding school, the open “pampa”, the savannah hinterland to the west of Buenos Aires city and cinema. After my arrival in London and my completion of a Hotel Management degree which saw me don a morning suit and aprons and serve room service to the likes of Prince Hassan of Jordan and Henry Kissinger at two of London’s most prestigious hotels, Claridge's and The Ritz. I decided against my parent’s will, to leave the trappings of the hospi...

2023 Photo Awards Winner: Wilhelm Philipp

24May

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2023 Photo Awards Winner: Wilhelm Philipp

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} For our second annual Booooooom Photo Awards, supported by Format, we selected 5 winners, one for each of the following categories: Portrait, Street, Shadows, Colour, Nature. Now it is our pleasure to introduce the winner of the Portrait category, Wilhelm Philipp. Wilhelm Philipp is a self-taught photographer from Australia. He uses his camera to highlight everyday subjects and specifically explore the Australian suburban identity that he feels is too often overlooked or forgotten about. We want to give a massive ...

24May

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City Lights – Michel Minkow

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19May

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Bringing science to ceramics

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Irina graduated with a degree in Information Technology She enjoys experimenting with unusual surfaces and textures She received an award at the International Symposium of Ceramics Having a background in computer technologies, Tbilisi-based ceramicist Irina Salmina first encountered clay thanks to the well-known ceramicist Gigisha Pachkoria. “I was so passionate about ceramics that I quit my office job and dedicated myself to the craft. My profession has nurtured in me a love of challenges and innovation, helpin...

Artist and Activist Zanele Muholi Grapples with Exposure in a New Monograph

19May

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Artist and Activist Zanele Muholi Grapples with Exposure in a New Monograph

/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Often adorned in objects like cameras or aluminum can tops that are common to the locations they visit, the artist centers themself in each image and returns the gaze to the viewer, a radical act as a Black queer person. “My practice as a visual activist looks at Black resistance—existence as well as insistence,” they said about the series. Edited by Renée Mussai and published by Aperture, Volume II reflects on how Muholi’s portraits subvert art historical traditions and respond to the current moment. The book lar...

Kaleidoscopic Paintings by Sarah Helen More Pulse with Vibrant Energy

19May

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Kaleidoscopic Paintings by Sarah Helen More Pulse with Vibrant Energy

Textile design and the visual language of quilting shine through in Sarah Helen More’s paintings. Her kaleidoscopic works pair various geometric and botanical motifs in patchworks of flat graphic color. Emitting a joyful, meditative energy, the vivid compositions directly tie to the artist’s childhood memories and experiences. Growing up in Portland, Oregon, and Houston, More was exposed to her mother’s quilting practice and her father’s vast geology collection, and she fuses the two in her works, as organic imagery melds with stripes and bold blocks of color. Now inspired by her daily walks around her home in Seattle, the artist often begins with a photograph or sketch before translating the patterns to the canvas. “My work has always been a place of solace for me—a place where I ...