Architectural painting emerged as a genre in Europe as early as the 16th century. A few decades later, with the invention of the camera in the 1830s, people started documenting their …
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Bara Prasilova’s images play with viewer perception. The surreal compositions teeter on the edge of absurdity and humour, using real props to create authenticity and physical tension. The models are …
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The Julia Stoschek Collection is installed in a modern industrial architecture building, which dates to 1907. Before 1945, it was used first as a theatre workshop, then as an engine …
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The term “home” features prominently in our daily language and brings about different emotions. Phrases such as “A hard truth hits home” or “Home free” are popular idioms that carry …
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In 1960, a devastating earthquake destroyed much of the modernist Moroccan city of Agadir. Multimedia artist Yto Barrada addresses the process of reinvention through film, sculptures and a series of …
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From innovative materials to conscientious production models, this collection of sustainable fashion labels offers alternative solutions from brands around the world. neubau eyewear Austrian brand neubau combine urban aesthetics with …
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“Colour helps to express light—not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist’s brain.” So stated Henri Matisse. Jordan Pope’s images use colours as …
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“Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are …
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The term “soft power” is used to described how political rhetoric is deployed through art and architecture. Multidisciplinary artist Jasmina Cibic (b. 1979) examines this rhetoric, using moving image, sculpture, …
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The story of architecture in photography is being written. Vitra Design Museum foregrounds what’s next through the lens of one key image-maker. This article appears in full in Issue 115 …
