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30/09/2015
Monica Fierro in La Nacion - Argentina
"My work with books reflects my passions from childhood: classical dance and collage. The books are folded, cut out, with or without covers. Other times I may work them in a geometric way or in groups, or I recover lose pages. They are always second hand books and they become like spaces behind the scenes or mis en scenes where young ladies, gentlemen, flowers or birds crop up, dialogue and disappear, depending on the story I wish to tell. The viewer re-discovers the book as an object, which...
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25/09/2015
Jorge Sarsale's new installation in Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo en Montevideo
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25/09/2015
Kazuhito Takadoi featured in DesignFizz
Minimal yet opulent, the craft pieces by UK-based Japanese talent Kazuhito Takadoi turn grass into art
BY CLAIRE BINGHAM
http://www.thedesignfizz.com/spotlight/2015/8/31/kazuhito-takadoi
Kazuhito Takadoi isn’t a garden designer. He isn’t a horticulturist. Nor is he a florist. An art-loving plant enthusiast, Takadoi...
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25/09/2015
Kazuhito Takadoi featured in &Beyond
Kazuhito Takadoi takes grasses, leaves and twigs from his garden and turns them into beautiful works of art. At his Liverpool studio, each element is dried and then woven, stitched or tied to washi paper to create an eye-catching composition.
Nature is, quite literally, Kazuhito Takadoi's inspiration. He combines elegant design with a fascination for plants - an obsession that started when he was a child. 'I grew up on the outskirts of Nagoya in Japan, which at the time was quite...
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08/09/2015
Charlotte Hodes at the British Ceramics Biennale
Charlotte Hodes has been commissioned by the British Ceramic Biennial to create a major new installation to be shown at the 2015 Biennial. The installation will be the result of many years involvement with ceramics at Spode and a recent Arts Council of England Award 2014 (with artist Paul Scott) for research and development.