Art
Jenny Lee Fowler’s snowflake-style papercuts capture the storytelling esprit of old-school European scherenschnitte with a good dash of Americana aesthetic. The artist’s brightly colored collection of clients’ family trees and celebratory events are at once deeply personal and universally resonant…
“I create paper cutouts and seek to extend it as a contemporary, global art form that is deeply rooted in Chinese folk art traditions. To do so, I strive for a universal and amalgamated aesthetics that incorporate imagery rich in cross-cultural references and contemporar subtexts. In these very dense and intricate paper cutouts, I explore the universally shared experiences of power, sacrifice, and survival.” – Bovey Lee
OK – please don’t call me predictable, but I’m throwing a little Lo’s List ♥’s Murakami Party – just because: he’s fresh and summery and it’s hot outside! So: first up, the collab’ with “it bag” maître, Louis Vuitton… I’ve never been too into the bags, but love the many other innovations that have come out of the partnership…
I first began following Madrid-born artist/designer Jaime Hayon’s work a handful of years ago when I saw his Showtime vases at The Future Perfect in Brooklyn. The balanced curves and primary shapes of his pieces results in something so easy to gape at…
Kung Fu-fighting, helmet-donning, Rice Krispie-noshing Matt Furie is as wonderfully bizarre as his illustrations of mismatched critters making love, Sesame Street posers, and impeccably fuzzy monster families out for a weekend stroll…
Play Clan, a quirky, experimental, 100% Desi art-design collective & boutique in New Delhi is bounce-off-the-walls bizarro and has won my heart! What might you find? “Painted kicks, sling bags, T shirts attacked by art, wacky journals and diaries, graphic novels…