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Spaces Left Behind: Paintings by Zsofia Schweger

July 1, 2018 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

Zsofia Schweger is a Hungarian artist who currently lives and works in London. Her still life paintings of empty interior spaces talk subtly about the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Housing the Isolated Individual, Visual Atlas Tagged With: colors, domestic, Interiors, map, still life

Tim Mara’s Prints Narrative

June 27, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Despite his focus on ordinary scenes and everyday objects, Irish artist Tim Mara (1948-1997) always rejected the qualification of Pop artist and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Interior Landscapes, Territories, The Everyday Uncanny Tagged With: Interiors, printmaking

The Everyday Life of the Bourgeoisie: Watercolours by Josabeth Sjöberg

May 18, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

After the death of her parents, wealthy Josabeth Sjöberg (1812-1882), formerly daughter of a clerk in a Swedish government department, became poor and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Interior Landscapes Tagged With: bourgeoisie, central perspective, Interiors, painting, watercolours

François Marius Granet’s Spaces Under Vaults

November 19, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

French painter and watercolourist François Marius Granet, (1775-1849), a scholar of Jacques-Louis David, lived and worked for several years of his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Interiors, light, monks, shadows, watercolors

Liam Cobb, “Reflections” and Other Drawings

August 30, 2016 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Liam Cobb is an illustrator and comic artist we have already featured on Socks. Here we collect a series of sketches, croquis, half finished … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media Tagged With: comics, Interiors

The Temporary Inhabitant (L’Habitant Temporaire) by Thomas Batzenschlager

August 28, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

"L’Habitant Temporaire" is a project by Thomas Batzenschlager, a French architect living and working in Santiago (Chile), which takes the form of an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories, Visual Atlas Tagged With: Black and White, Interiors

Infinite Sequence of Interior Space: John Soane’s Bank of England (1788-1833)

April 26, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

From 1788 to 1833, Sir John Soane was the architect and surveyor of the Bank of England, his first major commission and the biggest work he had until … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: bank, gandy, Interiors, ruins, soane

Corporate Uncanny: Paintings and Installations by Stephanie Wilson

April 13, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Australian artist Stephanie Wilson produces paintings and coordinated installations about contemporary corporate spaces. Her images show alienating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: installation, Interiors, Paintings

A Collection of Tessenow’s Interiors Drawings

March 28, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 3 Comments

Tessenow's drawings are immediatly recognizable for being straightforward and yet precise in the description of a building or a space. The essence of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Black and White, drawings, Interiors, modernity, rationalism

“Café Samt & Seide” by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich (1927)

February 29, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

In 1927 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe together with his professional and personal partner, architect and designer Lilly Reich, was commissioned by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: exhibition design, Interiors, textile

The View From Inside: Tiny Interiors Paintings by Eleanor Ray

November 9, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Although still very young, artist Eleanor Ray has already established herself as an important voice in modern painting. What contrasts with her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Interiors, painting

Evil House: Monochrome Drawings by Morten Schelde

July 24, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Morten Schelde is a renowned Danish artist born in 1972 in Copenhagen. His linear drawings, prints and etchings employ a colourful yet limited … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, The Everyday Uncanny Tagged With: drawings, Interiors, pencil, surreal

“Light, Time, Silence” by Keisuke Yamamoto

March 23, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Keisuke Yamamoto (1961, -) is a Japanese print artist who worked on a series of interesting lithographies called “Light, Time, Silence”, which include … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories Tagged With: Black and White, chairs, drawings, Interiors, lithography, tables

“An Extended Moment, a Slightly Displaced Presence”: Miwa Ogasawara’s paintings

October 23, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

Critics consider Miwa Ogasawara's paintings as representational but without narrative. The unspectacular works of the Japanese born, Hamburg based … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories Tagged With: Interiors, intimacy

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