Wolf Vostell (1932-1998) was a a German painter, installation artist, performer. He was the inventor, in 1954, of the word 'Dé-coll/age' (and of the … [Read more...]
Irving Penn’s Corner Portraits (1948)
Around 1948, photographer Irving Penn began making unusual portraits of a number of writers, artists, musicians, politicians, dancers and other … [Read more...]
Images Come First. Andrea Alberghini interviews Manuele Fior
IMAGES COME FIRST Andrea Alberghini interviews Manuele Fior (MAS Context #20 "Narrative", Winter 2013, available in pdf here.) It is a long time … [Read more...]
James Turrell’s “Autonomous Structures” (1989-2010)
The "Autonomous Structures" are projects defined by artist James Turrell as "just containers for the light; the art is in the experience of the … [Read more...]
Ko. Machiyama’s “Last experiments in America” and Other Illustrations
Machiyama Kotaro (b.1980) is a Japanese painter, illustrator and web designer from the Chiba Prefecture. We love his xeroxed-like coloring and his … [Read more...]
Playhouse of Straw (Peter Stackpole on LIFE Magazine – June 1956)
This very short article about a children building construction kit made of drinking straws, was illustrated by the photographs of Peter Stackpole and … [Read more...]
“Can nature gradually be re-established from cities and civilization, carrying our revolution then?” (Compound Eyes, by Tang Kwok Hin)
Tang Kwok Hin (Hong Kong, 1983) is a mixed media artist, independent curator and writer who has extensively exhibited his work in Asia and abroad. … [Read more...]
The Hidden Order of Design: Covers by Rudolph de Harak
US designer Rudolph de Harak (1924 – 2002) is mostly known for his book covers and for the album sleeves of "Westminster Records" but he also designed … [Read more...]
Thomas Barrow’s Trivia 2 (1973)
Thomas Barrow, photographer from Kansas City, Missouri, studied with Aaron Siskind at the Art Institute of Design, Chicago, and graduated with an M.A. … [Read more...]
On Being Aware of Nature: Mario Giacomelli’s Landscapes
Mario Giacomelli, a self-taught photographer began photographing after World War II. His style, characterized by bold contrasts, was inspired by … [Read more...]
Josef Albers’s Albums Covers: the Provocative and Persuasive Percussions Series (1958-1961)
Enoch Light (1905-1978), a classical violinist, bandleader and sound recording engineer, founded Command Records in 1959, with the precise purpose to … [Read more...]
Moving Boundaries in the Alps: Italian Limes (Venice Architecture Biennale 2014), by Folder and collaborators
After actually visiting the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia, during the last week, we finally had the pleasure to … [Read more...]
Less is (not) a Bore: Illustrations and Designs by Okuyama Taiki
Okuyama Taiki is a Tokyo based, Japanese graphic designer and illustrator born in 1988. His designs are quite minimalist without ever looking … [Read more...]
“I haven’t found a measure yet / To calibrate my displeasure yet”: The design sensibility of post-punk band WIRE
The stark urgency and clean lines of their prose mirrored the light-metal severity of groups like Wire, the Banshees, and Gang of Four, just … [Read more...]
Axonometric Drawings by Icinori
Icinori is a duo based in France, formed by illustrators and graphic designers Raphael Urwiller and Mayumi Otero (the work of the latter was already … [Read more...]
Rhythmus 21, an Early Abstract Film by Hans Richter (1921)
Hans Richter (April 6, 1888 – February 1, 1976), a German avant garde artist who had contacts with "Der Blaue Reiter", Cubism and Dada movements, was … [Read more...]
“Alpi” is a Film by Armin Linke (2011)
Armin Linke (1966 -) is a renowned artist working with film and photography, whose productions sit at the border between fiction and … [Read more...]
Data-driven Imagery: “Conical” and “Stockspace” by Marius Watz (2009)
Marius Watz is a Norwegian artist based in NYC and Oslo who employs generative software processes for the production of abstract visual works. His … [Read more...]
Les Immatériaux (an exhibition by Jean François Lyotard at the Centre Pompidou, 1985)
30 years are passed since a historic exhibition took place at the Centre Pompidou (specifically at the Centre de Création industrielle). Curated by … [Read more...]
The Shape of Poetry /2 : Dom Sylvester Houédard’s ‘Typestracts’
"Mind is being continuously approached by God in the self-gift of His luminous Being, and we try to stop and grasp at short moments of time. But mind … [Read more...]
Theory of Non-Sites, by Robert Smithson (1968)
In 1967 Robert Smithson began exploring the industrial areas around New Jersey and, after assisting to dumper trucks excavating tons of earth and … [Read more...]
Metafisikal Translations by Eduardo Paolozzi (1962)
Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005) was a renowned Scottish sculptor, collagist, printmaker, filmaker and writer. In the late 1940's he made sculptures and … [Read more...]
Nathalie Du Pasquier’s Recent Paintings and Constructions
Graphic and industrial designer, illustrator and painter, Nathalie Du Pasquier (Bordeaux, 1957) was one of the original co-founder of Italian design … [Read more...]
Drawings as an Archive of Oneself: the Freedom of the Unbuilt
Architectural Association's Diploma 9, "the Unbuilt" is a "conceptual laboratory" defined as "the world in which students invent, manufacture and … [Read more...]
