Berlin (not Cleveland)
What a beautiful office in the Berlin home of film director and producer Jan Schmidt-Garre. Chief Wahoo approves.
More at Freunde von Freunden
Doors of Perception
At the Frieze New York Art Fair, doors made of statuary marble by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (according to Art Review magazine, the most powerful figure in the art world). I’ve no doubt there’s a deeper cultural and artistic significance, but in purely aesthetic terms, those are some awesome doors.
On the right is an inverted fiberglass sun by Anish Kapoor. Don’t stare at it too long, I hear it can fry your retinas.
Abstract Art Chart
I’m not sure of the origin of this chart, but I love the look of it. Although I must say, as an instructive tool I find it more confusing than clarifying. Perhaps that was the intention?
Ink Flow
For his series a due Colori, Alberto Seveso photographed ink underwater. Gorgeous colors and fluid forms.
Underground Trompe-l’oeil
Here’s a subversive use of trompe-l’oeil. Berlin based artist EVOL created the illusion of an underground city in a meadow outside Hamburg for the MS Dockville Music & Arts Festival.
Understated Trompe-l’oeil
Trompe-l’oeil painting dates back to Greek and Roman times. Throughout history it has been in and out of fashion in interior design, having its most recent surge of popularity in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Fashion designer Martin Margiela has utilized it to great effect in his design of the La Maison Champs Elysees hotel in Paris. He had rooms painted in a subtle gray on white trompe-l’oeil, adding character and a touch of understated elegance to the otherwise simple rooms. It goes to show that sometimes a little can go a long way.
Lucy in Walnut Jeans
Our niece Lucy modeling a pair of low rise walnut jeans made by our master craftsman, Aaron.
And no, the abstract expressionist painting on the right isn’t a Robert Motherwell. Lucy painted it – when she was two years old!
Kraftwerk at MOMA
The pioneering electronic band Kraftwerk are playing at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Called Retrospective 12345678, they will perform eight of their albums on eight consecutive nights for an audience of 450. Their futuristic and prescient music is hugely influential. As they rarely perform live, their amazing visual imagery is less widely experienced. I had the good fortune to see them in San Francisco in 2004 and it was utterly mesmerizing. Concertgoers at the MOMA shows will be outfitted with 3D glasses. Whoa.
