GREGORY OREKHOV, POST-MINIMALIST LAND ART

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The installations of the Moscow artist draw on metaphorical images, geometric abstraction, pure forms, and lines, like “Red Vertical,” a tribute to Kasimir Malevitch. Gregory Orekhov followed in the footsteps of his father, a renowned sculptor and academician, learning techniques and materials in his studio before his untimely death at the age of 25. After […]

FRANÇOISE PETROVITCH : Between (d)them

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“The world must be romanticized […] When I give common things an august meaning, usual realities a mysterious meaning, what is known the dignity of the unknown, the finite an air, a reflection, a glow of the infinite: I romanticize them,” wrote the pope of German Romanticism, Novalis, in 1798. Applied with varying degrees of […]

FIGURATIONS : Another art of today  

Bodies, faces, sections of architecture, lines and signs… painted or sketched, sometimes erased or crossed out, the elements making up the canvases of Doria Jeridi (who has just graduated from the Beaux-Arts in Paris) collide on the empty canvas with an expressive force and a graphic power evoking the distortions and misalignments of Francis Bacon. […]

RAGA SVARA, A GREEN HAVEN IN INDIA

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This therapeutic wellness center, located in Rajkot in the state of Gujarat, is a perfect blend of aesthetics, philosophy, and ecology. Its “Pause” logo invites clients to stop in time, listen to their bodies in synergy with nature, and recharge in an educational way. The architecture studio Shanmugam Associates takes a biophilic approach here, surrounded […]

A NEW ARTISTS’ RESIDENCE IN URUGUAY

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Casa Neptuna is part of the Fundación Ama Amoedo, created by philanthropist, art collector, and patron Amalia Amoedo. This artists’ residence was created to “encourage creative thinking.” The building, immersed in the natural ocean environment and indigenous forest of José Ignacio, Uruguay, was built by Edgardo Giménez during the pandemic. Its playful structure with bright […]