Artist of the day: June 2023

Friday, June 30, 2023

Artist of the Day, June 30, 2023: Cherie Grist, a British emerging artist [#1841]

Cherie Grist is an emerging contemporary Abstract Expressionist Artist exploring her place in the world through multi-coloured, geometric, abstract expressionist strokes. Each canvas is a sanctuary where she can hide away from the complexities of modern day life and explore a calmer more peaceful world. She sees all her paintings as self-portraits and her process is automatic from the paint used to the method in which she applies her marks

Cherie has been longlisted for the John Moore’s Contemporary Painting Prize, the Cass Art Prize and The National Open Art prize. She studied Fashion Styling and photography at the University of Arts London and in 2015 co-foundered 104 Duke Street Studios an Artist studio gallery space in Liverpool city centre. Her work is in public and private collections and has been exhibited throughout the UK.

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Ms. Cherie Grist

Cherie at work

Untitled, 2013

Fighting, 2015

Breath, 2016

Cant you just be happy, 2016

Free, 2016

Just Be, 2016

Keep talking, 2016

No one’s perfect, 2016

Other People, 2016

Projector, 2016

Ranking, 2016

Use it, 2016

Scatter, 2017

Escape, 2018

Power, 2019

New World pt Nº 1, 2020

New World pt. Nº 2

Words, 2020

Elizabeth, 2021

Replace, 2021

The Woman, 2021

Can we be better? 2022

Our Layers, 2022

Talk me through this! 2022

Keep your thoughts

Spy

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Artist of the Day, June 29, 2023: Marcel Wanders, a Danish product and interior designer [#1840]

Marcel Wanders (1963) was born in Boxtel, the Netherlands, and founded his office in 1995 in Amsterdam. His fame came in 1996 when he designed the Knotted Chair for Droog Design, an iconic armchair consecrated in the history of design when MoMA chose to include it in its permanent collection. Training at the Institute of the Arts in Arnhem in the Netherlands reinforced the talent of this visionary creative. He is now considered one of the most influential designers in the world. His office relies on the creative direction of Gabriele Chiave and an international design team of forty professionals. In almost thirty years, Studio Wanders has undertaken numerous collaborations in the fields of product and interior design, with private clients and leading brands like Alessi, B&B Italia, Baccarat, Barovier & Toso, Bisazza, Boffi, Christofle, Cappellini, Ceramiche Bardelli, Flos, Lladrò, Magis, Natuzzi, Poliform, Roche Bobois, Louis Vuitton, Swarovski, Vondom.

His production of almost two thousand projects is characterised by the unity of a bold and ironic style that combines artisan inspiration, a contemporary outlook, a human dimension and an industrial scope. In 2001, he founded Moooi with Casper Vissers. The brand name derives from the Dutch word "Mooi", linked to the concept of "beauty". The Moooi collections, which range from sofas to lamps, tables and wardrobes, reflect the eccentric and unconventional spirit that characterises Marcel Wanders' poetics. The chairs created for Moooi play a leading role in his vast production. Among the most successful are the V.I.P. Chair, designed for the Hanover Expo in 2000; the Carbon Chair, in carbon fibre created in 2004 in collaboration with Bertjan Pot; and the Monster Chair, a soft seat in black synthetic leather produced in 2014.

In 2005, he developed Lute Suites with chef Peter Lute, creating the first "all over city suites" hotel in Amsterdam - seven suites in seven 17th century cottages all overlooking the Astel River. Numerous projects are dedicated to hotels and restaurants, such as the interiors of Blits in Rotterdam, Thor at the Hotel on Rivington in New York and the Mondrian in Doha. The contract world is an opportunity for Wanders to materialise his dreamlike language, which interprets design as a romantic and human-centred project, respecting the past and cultural differences.

Wanders' most successful products include the Sky Garden lamp for Flos; the Circus tableware collection for Alessi; the Pebbles chairs for Bisazza; the Gentlemen Collection for Poliform; the Calliope chandelier collection for Wonderglass; and The Parents Collections series of children's furniture for Cybex. In addition to MoMA, his works are celebrated in the Centre Pompidou in Paris, V&A Museum in London, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Pinakotheke der Moderne in Munich, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Central Museum in Utrecht.

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