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8.27.2013

Giuseppe Penone takes Madison Square Park in New York City

Good afternoon contemporary art lovers! 
Get ready New York City... As you may know French public got a chance to admire works made by this incredible artist in Versailles:
 http://www.hauteliving.com/2013/07/giuseppe-penone-takes-versailles/376679/


Penone is an Italian born artist (1947) who started working professionally in 1968 in the Garessio forest, near where he was born. He is the younger member of the Italian movement named Arte Povera.  Artists from this movement attack the values of established institutions of government, industry, and culture. Penone's work is concerned with establishing a contact between man and nature. He still actively produces new work.

Renowned Italian artist Giuseppe Penone will be presenting three monumental, 40-foot tall bronze trees in NYC's Madison Square Park from September 26, 2013 through February 9, 2014. The installation, titled Ideas of Stone, is part of the Mad. Sq. Art program – the free, contemporary art program of the Madison Square Park Conservancy.

Known for his work with natural materials and forms to explore relationships between man and nature, Penone has crafted twisted, deconstructed, and hollowed trees that incorporate nails, boulders, carvings, and more to convey the effect of human interaction with the natural wœorld. The three works are titled Triplice (Triple), Idee di pietra – 1303 Kg di luce (Ideas of stone – 1303 Kg of light), and Idee di pietra–Olmo (Ideas of stone – Elm).

8.24.2013

Warhol meets Dior!!

Good morning contemporary art lovers!
Please allow me to give you some advice... THE must have ready-to-wear collection everyone should buy this season: Raf Simmons got very inspired by Warhol and the result is simply awesome!
See by yourself...

http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/news/warhol+meets+dior,22793

8.20.2013

Eating Contemporary Art

Good afternoon contemporary art lovers!
As you all know contemporary art is on sale but now you can eat it!!!

Designer Ida Skivenes decided to use toasts as a support for her works. She chose to reproduce famous paintings such those made by Pablo Picasso, Frida Khalo, Edward Munch among others...
Don't be stressed waiting for your breakfast but it is actually way more funny for breakfast, cocktail hour, and appetizers... Don't you think?

http://idafrosk.blogspot.fr/p/the-art-toast-project.html