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In conversation with Belle Hutton, the legendary artist opens up about her “transcendental” performance art, fasting in the desert, and her new exhibition
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In conversation with Belle Hutton, the legendary artist opens up about her “transcendental” performance art, fasting in the desert, and her new exhibition
Stable VicesPhotography by Joanna Piotrowska. Courtesy the artist and MACK The celebrated Polish photographer’s new book explores the complex domestic spaces we inhabit, which are “often built on inequality and violence” May 05, 2021 Joanna Piotrowska’s photographs are often described as ‘unsettling’ or ‘uncanny’, even ‘disturbing’. The Polish image-maker, who is based in London, is known for her black and white works which mine themes like shelter, violence, domesticity and agency. Captured via shots of bodies or structures with a super-sharp focus, the subtext of such id...
Designer Takanohiro Okude tells us how he started LASTFRAME as a celebration of traditional Japanese craft techniques April 14, 2021 Who is it?LASTFRAME, an accessories brand founded in 2018 by designer Takanohiro Okude Why do I want it? The brand’s silk scarves and cult knitted bags are crafted using traditional Japanese techniques, with a focus on quality, practicality and playful colours Where can I get it? LASTFRAME is stocked at MATCHESFASHION and other online stores Who is it? “It all started with an encounter at a silk weaving shop in my hometown in Ishikawa Prefecture which has ...
Joel Meyerowitz, explaining the sentiment behind his newest publication Wild Flowers. Though the book is only new to an extent: published by Damiani, this edition of Wild Flowers is an edited and updated version of Meyerowitz’s 1983 publication, his third book which has become something of a classic in the decades since. Spanning street photography, portraits, still lifes, landscapes, cityscapes and more, Wild Flowers brings together photographs from Meyerowitz’s entire career, from 1967 to 2020, all of which are floral in varying ways. “I like the way it feels now. It feels more li...
Faye Wei Wei, Faye & Leo (Two Peach Stones), 2020Courtesy the artist Artist Faye Wei Wei has collaborated with Manon Lutanie on a small but mighty book of drawings, published with support from Cob Gallery December 15, 2020 The title of a new book from artist Faye Wei Wei takes its name from the shade of green used to create the drawing on its front cover: Hooker’s Green Lake. “It’s by Old Holland and is so strange and mesmerising as a colour, it sinks into paper so nicely and it leaks its binding oils out and becomes quite swampy,” Wei Wei explains over email, ahead of the book’s ...