Valentin Loellmann

Poetic work from Valentin Loellmann. I hope to visit his studio soon. Have a look at all his work www.valentinloellmann.de

Sarah Schönfeld

Looking for art for my client, i remembered the work of Sarah Schönfeld which impressed me a lot. This is what she says:
"Wende Gelände is my pho­to­gra­phic record of import­ant pla­ces from my childhood that fell into decay as a result of the Wende [the col­lapse of com­mu­nist East Ger­many and the crea­tion of a uni­fied Ger­man state] and the sub­se­quent struc­tu­ral chan­ges.."

Visit her website!

Formes et Utopie

Picture taken at Formes et Utopie, concept store and gallerie. Beautiful selection of Design. Knitted light object 'Matt' from llot llov.

Arpin 1817

In the Savoie last week, our friends told us to go to Arpin 1817. The factory has been classified as a living heritage company. 14 machines are listed on the National heritage register and in active service....
'It is these machines, and the hands that operate them, generation after generation, which give Arpin fabrics all their individuality and their unique qualities, as striking to see as to touch. Master wool worker, Master weaver, overseer, upholsterer, quilter…. these noble, ancestral trades continue to live on within the Factory. '

Volkskrant Magazine

 

 

Last Saturday in Volkskrant Magazine, the house of Marina van Goor. I am not going to try to catch her interior in words, her talent for beauty, eye for old and new. Enjoy. Ontwerpstudio Marina van Goor. Pictures by Jeltje Janmaat.

Marian Cramer

Dutch photographer Jeltje took these photos at Marian Cramers house which resulted in an article in the Residence, March 2012. Styling by me. Marian's family home is, apart from an amazing mixture of antique, design and art, also a home gallery. An inspiring and sophisticated place. Do visit her website and gallery,
www.mariancramer.com.

Louise Bourgeois

Last weekend in the Kunsthalle in Hamburg, so impressed by the work of Louise Bourgeois. Her spider 'mamam' is an homage to her mother, who worked as a restorer of tapestries. Restoring and rebuilding of woven material, just as a spider does, also becomes a symbol for endless, always repeating, renewing life in general. Louise Bourgeois' visual language expresses fear, dependancy, memory, sexuality, love and death. 

http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/index.php/louise-bourgeois/articles/louise-bourgeois.html

Her fabrics gathered in a book called 'ode a l'oubli' are so moving, personal and intimate. Louise embroidered odds and ends of material and clothing found around the artist's own household. From precious monogrammed napkins to huckaback-weave dish towels, colorful bits of silk, twill curtain liner fabric, and old nylons.
http://peterblumgallery.com/editions/louise-bourgeois/ode-l-oubli

Artist

This week inspired by a tour through the Ateliers, an independent postgraduate artists' institute where new selected talent can work for two years. Picture taken at the Atelier of Fritz Bornstück,
www.de-ateliers-exposities.nl. Today home brocante at Maria de Haan's place, she and Lammy Snoeken are artists in gathering beauty.

Fine Little Day

Inspired by Elisabeth Dunker's blog Fine Little Day. These beautiful photos belong to a series of pictures Elisabeth took in Vietnam. Enjoy all of her work on www.finelittleday.com!

At Marian Cramers'

Yesterday at Marian Cramer Projects. On the wall Painting, Tim Ayres www.ayres.nl, lighting Tom Dixon www.tomdixon.net.

Marian Cramer Projects

Tim Ayres is one of the artists presented by Marian Cramer Projects. She is part of a new wave of gallerists like in New York and London who have made art galleries out of their homes. Like 17th-century salonistes, they aim to spur discussion and create a deeper connection to the artwork, www.mariancramer.com

Tim Ayres, Lise Haller Baggesen, Jurriaan Molenaar

Marian Cramer Projects

Chopinstraat 31

Sat. 11h – 18h / Sun. 12h – 18h

Opening: Sat. 16-18 h in presence of Tim Ayres and Jurriaan Molenaar

http://www.rijksakademie.nl/NL/home/nieuws/rijksakademie-alumni-exposeren-in-de-stad-amsterdam-galleries-during-rijksakademieopen

Bart Lodewijks in Brasil

Blackboard chalk on white walls, Rio de Janiero 2011, by Bart Lodewijks. Bart is a dear friend of the lucky Dutch owners of this beautiful house. He found the perfect title for his piece of art: Black chalk on white walls in exchange for eternal friendship. More of Bart Lodewijk's fascinating work, www.bartlodewijks.nl.

The Rietveld Building

Some interior details I like at the Rietveld Academie. The main building was designed by architect and furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld between 1950 and 1963 and completed in 1966. It is the largest of Gerrit Rietveld’s buildings. There was a long period of preparation between its commission and its completion, during which important developments took place in Rietveld’s way of designing. The academy moved into the building in 1967, www.gerritrietveldacademie.nl.

L'Art dans la rue

Graduation exposition last week at the Rietveld Art Academy. Tape pattern on the bridge,
www.gerritrietveldacademie.nl

Interior Paintings

Waiting to be posted since I visited Art Amsterdam and saw the impressive and beautiful work of Frank Lenferink. In muted brown, green and mustard-yellow colours he paints a cabinet, lamp or table, in a precise, sober stile, www.franklenferink.nl.

Tefaf Maastricht

Shelves/room divider designed by Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouve and Sonia Delaunay, 1953

The Factory

Heeringa & van Kalsbeek, Sugar City - The Factory