We are pleased to announce the publication of “David Wiseman The Four Seasons of Flower Fruit Mountain: An Immersive Exploration in Bronze, Porcelain, Plaster, and Glass”
After working for two decades in the realm of handcrafted sculpture, furniture and installations, designer David Wiseman @dwisemanstudio has created a signature palette of various mediums. The unique mastery of these materials prepared Wiseman to embark on the largest and most cohesive exercise of his imagination thus far: a Gesamtkunstwerk in a Hong Kong apartment comprising of screens, furnishings, lighting, wall and floor treatments. Designed in conversation with two of Monet’s Water Lilies paintings held by the owner, the multidimensional space weaves motifs from the renowned Giverny gardens with ancient Chinese mythological narratives. This publication traces the journey of this “total work of art” from sketch to final installation, with detailed photography and captions on the production process for each material employed: bronze, porcelain, plaster and glass, as well as enamel, terrazzo and wool.
Texts by @sophiealiecehollis & @ariwiseman
Photography by @markhanauer
Design by @oldthingsnewplaces
Copies are available at @artbook (link in bio) and fine bookstores everywhere.
Announcing the publication of ROBERT WILSON: CHAIRS.
For American experimental theater stage director and playwright Robert Wilson (born 1941), theater is a totality of visual, textual and performative mediums. Wilson has incorporated furniture designs into his scenography since his earliest productions in the 1960s. “In almost all of my plays, there is a chair specially designed,” he said. “Often, the chairs are much like an actor.” Wilson’s chairs, with their frequently referential names (the Kafka Chair, Queen Victoria Chairs, the Mondrian Chair), assume expanded significance as the surviving artifacts of each performance.
The works in this publication range from 1969 to 2011, from the stainless steel mesh Parzival Sofa
(1987) to the painted wood Clementine Hunter Rocker (2011). Wilson’s practice as a designer is illuminated by his practice as a collector, with pieces in materials ranging from wood, bronze and steel to taxidermied legs, tempered glass and neon. This publication includes several works never previously exhibited.
Co-published with @raisonne.nyc
Preorder available through @artbook , /9781947359116.html
Special thank you @bob__wilson@owen.laub@martienmulder_studio@jeffreygraetsch@debbieaugust@watermillcenter@glenn_adamson
We are honored to co-publish the catalog for the “OBJECTS: USA 2024” exhibition at @randcompanynyc .
R & Company’s landmark triennial exhibition and accompanying publication features 55 makers from across the United States whose works blur the traditionally understood boundaries of art, design and craft. The exhibition’s curators and the book’s authors, Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy and Kellie Riggs, have organized these works into archetypes that engage with makers’ intentions and driving interests rather than categories related to medium, proposing a new conceptual framework for understanding 21st-century objecthood. The book includes a preface by R & Company principals Evan Snyderman and Zesty Meyers, an introduction by curator Glenn Adamson, an essay by the authors and richly illustrated profiles for each of the featured artists.
Curated by @angelik.wiki and @kellieriggs , edited by @minawh , designed by #philkovacevich, and distributed by @artbook@evansnyderman@zestym@glenn_adamson
SELECTION: ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN FROM THE COLLECTION OF RONNIE SASSOON, now available for immediate delivery. Order link in bio.
@ronniesoon@artbook@artbookhwla@artbookps1
We are honored to publish “SELECTION: ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN FROM THE COLLECTION OF RONNIE SASSOON,” a document of the breathtaking collection of style maker @ronniesoon . Three histories homes, a groundbreaking collection of Italian art and design from Fontana to Mangiarotti and beyond, captured by today’s leading photographers. The book will be available in February and can be preordered at the DAP @artbook website, link in bio.
We are honored to publish “SELECTION: ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN FROM THE COLLECTION OF RONNIE SASSOON,” a document of the breathtaking collection of style maker @ronniesoon . Three histories homes, a groundbreaking collection of Italian art and design from Fontana to Mangiarotti and beyond, captured by today’s leading photographers. The book will be available in February and can be preordered at the DAP @artbook website, link in bio.
We are honored to publish “SELECTION: ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN FROM THE COLLECTION OF RONNIE SASSOON,” a document of the breathtaking collection of style maker @ronniesoon . Three histories homes, a groundbreaking collection of Italian art and design from Fontana to Mangiarotti and beyond, captured by today’s leading photographers. The book will be available in February and can be preordered at the DAP @artbook website, link in bio.
Axel Salto, “budding” vase, 1945. From the current Met Museum exhibition catalog SHAPES FROM OUT OF NOWHERE, available for order, link in bio
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Photo by @robertellisonjr
The exhibition SHAPES FROM OUT OF NOWHERE has officially opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City! It will be up until August 29, 2021. Go see it at your earliest opportunity!
