As part of the United Nations ‘Year of Glass 2022’ initiative, the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, UK, presents an exploratory exhibition about glassmaking in all its states of matter. Exhibition curator, Clare O’Dowd, spoke with TLmag about what makes this medium so unique.
Anders Herwald Ruhwald on what drew him to the work of Swedish modernist ceramicist, Carl-Harry Stålhane, and how his current exhibition, “Ruhwald vs. Stålhane”, explores this relationship through clay and glazing. The exhibition, curated by Love Jönsson, is on view at the Rian Design Museum through April 24th.
In the Spring of 2020, at the height of global lockdowns, Marc Fuestel interviewed Kenya Hara about one of his new projects: High Resolution Tour. With its subtle images and thoughtful, personal texts, High Resolution Tour was just the thing the world needed to be absorbed by and reflect upon – putting forward essential questions about reconsidering how and why we travel.
For contemporary artist Pernille Braun, the process of glassmaking and the material itself, holds a sense of wonder and freedom, which allows her to create her distinctive sculptures. She presents a selection of new work at Puls Gallery through March 12, 2022.
Equal parts artist and activist, Cian Dayrit sat down with TLmag to explain why his art – usually in the form of embroidered textiles – fights against all forms of oppression across the globe and becomes a place of hope where social justice can survive and thrive.
Studio Wieki Somers (Wieki Somers and Dylan van den Berg) were invited to curate the design section of The Roaring Twenties, an exhibition which explores parallel themes between the 1920s and 2020s in Design, Art and Fashion.
Through an engaging body of work that includes murals, video, research and design, Rebeca Méndez, faces up to climate emergency and shows us how the migration of a bird connects deeply to the health of the environment.
Meet the new generation of African creatives taking the continent’s textile culture into the future. Helen Jennings reports.
Between February 7- 25, in a performance/pop up project in London, Anton Alvarez will experiment with grinding down clay sculptures made in a previous exhibition to make new work with the remaining materials using his Extruder machine.
For TLmag36, Emanuele Coccia spoke with Sibylle Grandchamp about his ideas on nature, the role that culture can play in our understanding of the landscape, and how artists can help guide us to better engage in the seismic changes the world is experiencing.
Darshana Shilpi Rouget launched Alba Amicorum with a unique vision of bringing artistic minds together. Both the atelier in London and their engaging website offer a platform where artists, artisans, collectors and collaborators can meet and discover something new.
TLmag gave Brussels-based artist, Sophie Whettnall, carte blanche to create a special feature for TLmag36: All Is Landscape. “My Quick Little Story About Landscape Painting,” is a series of red ink on paper drawings inspired by iconic landscapes from art history, many of which were directly connected to other themes in this issue, including Flemish landscapes and active volcanoes.
