Castello di Sammezzano is a rainbow castle atop a hill in Tuscany, that is sadly now abandoned. Built in 1605, the castle was once the home of kings and is decorated in astonishingly elaborate Moorish decorative style. Every inch is tiled and engraved with patterns and colours, not even fairytale could dream up something this beautiful!
Geometry, colour and light are the basic principles of New York based sculptor Phillip Low‘s perspex and acrylic sculptures. Shaded with gradients and bright bolts of colour on each surface, the transparency of the material allows these colours to blend and reflect so that each sculpture to looks different from every angle. This kinetic effect,… Read more »
While it may not be fair to say that summer is fading, we love this series of photographs for perfectly evoking those still, warm and calming moments of summer when the heat of the day begins to fade, the crickets purr and everyone is plastered with a sleepy smile. Titled ‘L’été se meurt’, the series… Read more »
Kour Pour is half British and half Persian. His father owned a rug shop and would hand dye faded antique rugs, passionately preserving their history and meanings. Moving from London to LA he felt a sense of displacement and began working on recreating the magic carpets he became so familiar with as a child. Trawling… Read more »
Melbourne artist Lucas Grogan works with different medium – paint, needlepoint, enamel, engraving – exploring Islamic pattern, Aboriginal art, and modern day vernacular. Trawling social media and newspapers Grogan identifies expressions and statements that he includes in his work with irreverence and humour. We loved his collaboration with Rittenhouse, creating digital prints for the Sydney-based… Read more »
Happy New Year! We hope all our customers and readers had lovely break with their families. To kick off 2014, we have the gorgeous work of digital artist Petra Cortright to feast on. Born in 1986, Petra defiantly considers herself an artist of the digital age sourcing all her material from the Internet. Her first solo… Read more »