Archive for June, 2011
Traditional Home: Best of Showhouse
How exciting to get the July/August issue of Traditional Home magazine in the mailbox last night (complete with the 2010 Hampton Designer Showhouse “Best of” feature)?! Here are three of our faves from designers Kevin Isbell, Arden Stephenson, and Joe Lucas & Parrish Chilcoat!
Kevin Isbell's Master Sitting Room; Traditional Home July/August2011
Arden Stephenson's Guest Bedroom; Traditional Home July/August 2011
In the words of Martin Lawrence Bullard, this wallpaper is DELICIOUS. Joe Lucas & Parrish Chilcoat's Artist Studio; Traditional Home July/August 2011
Pet Friendly
We’re gearing up for this summer’s Hampton Showhouse and just had to feature one of our fellow designers at this year’s house, the very impressive Eileen Kathryn Boyd. We can’t wait to meet Eileen and see the beauty she has in store for her room at the Showhouse! One of our most memorable features of Eileen’s work was her her own tres chic Long Island home in last December’s LonnyMag. As color fanatics, we simply l-o-v-e this house in its entirety, but can you get over how her pet portrait looks so regal perched above the Living Room mantle?
Eileen Kathryn Boyd's pet portrait in prime position! LonnyMagazine December 2010
Dallas (Tilton Fenwick’s Westie – seen here in TradHome) is now hoping a commission of her own portrait! We’re loving these custom portraits from the talented artist and illustrator, Happy Menocal.
Valuable Art
Mark Wagner, "Rub-A-Dub," 2010 Currency collage on panel, 24" x 24; Pavel Zoubok Gallery
In April, we were lucky enough to participate in a Chelsea gallery tour hosted by Doris Athineos, Senior Art and Antiques Editor of Traditional Home magazine. One of our stops was to the Pavel Zoubok Gallery on 23rd Street – one of the few (he may have even said ONLY?!) galleries in New York to focus solely on collage, assemblage and mixed media installation. We were especially taken with artist Mark Wagner, who uses actual US dollar bills to create collage. The artist views this medium as a way to address ”cultural, social, political and symbolic roles that money plays in our society.”
Mark Wagner, currency collage
Each piece we viewed had a huge impact – the thought of collaging with actual currency seemed like quite a shock at first thought, but as the gallery pointed out, any other artistic medium would have simply been purchased with those dollar bills.
Mark Wagner "Self Worth," 2011 Currency collage and mixed-media on panel, 16 x 12 inches; Pavel Zoubok Gallery
Mark Wagner "Pretty Please," 2011 Currency collage on panel, 12 x 16 inches
And, of course the peacock motif Wagner collage…
Mark Wagner Currency collage
We were intrigued to see this very related installation at the Guggenheim Museum over the weekend: 100,000 one dollar bills attached to the walls of a gallery hall. After winning $100,000 from the Hugo Boss Prize last November, German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann decided he would make a statement by tacking it all, in $1 increments to the walls of the Guggenheim.
Hans-Peter Feldmann $100,000 dollar bill installation currently on view at the Guggenheim Museum; photo credit unknown
In an interview with the NYTimes, Feldmann says: “I’m 70 years old, and I began making art in the ’50s. At that time there was no money in the art world. Money and art didn’t exist. So for me $100,000 is very special. It’s incredible really. And I would like to show the quantity of it.” It’s a powerful installation and one, along with Mark Wagner’s work, which makes quite a statement on the value of a dollar.
Emily Amy Gallery
We are so thrilled to be borrowing a beautiful painting from Emily Amy Gallery in Atlanta for our room at the Hampton Designer Showhouse this summer!
Emily Amy Gallery Entrance
Jen Bradley's "Luna" 36" x 48"
Margie Stewart's "Inlet Summer" 36" x 36"
Floor Play
Our friend, Robert Passal, decorated the most beautiful room at the Decor by the Shore Showhouse in Deal, New Jersey. There are so many gorgeous details to take in- from the amazing wallpaper to the lovely painted black door, but we were especially smitten by the chic painted floors:
Robert Passal's Study
Some other fun, patterned floors we are loving!
Robert Brown & Todd Harris
Image from Cottage Living
David Netto
Miles Redd