Who knew you could so successfully express yourself with a collection of art objects? From high brow to low brow, gallerist and designer Andy Spade (who founded Kate Spade with his wife) shows us how its done. His Southampton home has been transformed into a showcase for his treasures (it used to be Parsons founder William Merritt Chase’s painting academy!). From vintage exhibition catalogues to antique brass instruments to paintings found in Kansas City flea markets--Spade’s collections exposes an emotion-driven practice of collecting that reveals a dynamic and intensely creative personality.
Most of you probably remember the joy of seeing this:
or this:
These striking crocheted works by Brooklyn-based Agata Olek are hard to forget.
Now in case you need a refresher on Yoko Ono’s 1964 book Grapefruit, let us remind you that in the book, Ono detailed instructions for a performance piece “Painting to Shake Hands,” in which the artist would shake hands with the public through a hole in a canvas. Imagine the work of Olek and this piece by Ono coming together and you’ve got Olek’s new take on Ono’s piece: “Crocheted Grapefruit” just concluded yesterday at Grand Central, where Olek’s yarn-clad assistants shook hands with strangers. If you were one of these passerby—lucky you!
There's certainly something to talk about here (or squeal in adolescent joy over)—Asif Kahn’s installation artwork in Miami:
When asked to create a piece that would provoke dialogue, Asif Khan decided to take an anti-architectural, playful route with his design for an impermanent cloud installation. His cloud machine explores how we can create shaded space where convesations can happen; the machine uses helium gas, water, and soap to make clouds that eventually form a canopy.
Now all we need is a pocket sized replica to carry around for the summer.
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