16/12/2011

Sette Giorni by Manuel Agnelli & Marco Klefisch

Sette Giorni by Manuel Agnelli & Marco Klefisch

Manuel Agnelli (leader of Afterhours) and the illustrator Marco Klefisch are the protagonists of the first book of the series called Caratteri, published by the editorial studio Ready-Made, which will be presented this evening at the Triennale in Milan. The project thought as way to create dialogue among creative people with different backgrounds – Music and visual Arts – starts with a volume came out from two years of informal meetings among the two contemporary artists. Entitled Sette Giorni (Seven days), as the days of the week, it refers to the main time unit of measurement of the human beings’ lives.

This series of books is based on the ambitious idea of combining modern and more traditional printing methods – texts are laid out and printed using digital technology, while the illustrations are produced following to traditional techniques (press, etching, silkscreen, woodcut). Sette Giorni (Seven days) is a unique issue, which creates a connection between the run off Manuel Agnelli’s texts and the more rational and raisonne 7 etchings by Marco Klefisch (one per day). Marco’s work reflects his point of view and interprets Manuel’s thoughts in a non-literal way in a sort of brainstorming, which conveys in a prestigious and totally innovative way of perceiving artist books.

The presentation at the Triennale in Milan (December 16, 8pm) will be accompanied by an installation by Marco Klefisch that recalls the illustration made for the book and a performance by Manuel Agnelli and Xabier Iriondo (vocals and guitar of Afterhours).

Monica Lombardi

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13/12/2011

Where They Create by Paul Barbera – Book Launch

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Where They Create by Paul Barbera – Book Launch

Does space influence the way people work? This is the issue behind Paul Barbera’s project that documented, through images and interviews, creative working spaces all around the world. With Where They Create, the Australian photographer – who started taking pictures of interiors almost by accident: “it’s the thing I do without thinking” – changed his voyeurism into a sort of anthropological research. Looking for absurd and hidden things, Barbera entered 32 studios of international creative people – artists, AD, architects, designers, stylists, editorials – and captured all the details of their personal stories and artistic processes.

From Wallpaperand Fantastic Man studios to Matali Crasset design space, Olaf Breuning’s atelier or fashion house Acne (and many more), the Australian photographer peeked into different places with their peculiarities: organised, chaotic or dominated by a chaotic order, empty or with people working, sober or recalling a teenage bedroom.

Barbera’s curiosity, naturalness and good eye for interiors, together with his ability to transmit emotions and warmth make this project unique. Creatives need to transform their offices into intimate spaces (like a home), and to keep his/her own things close to be able to create. Other could work anywhere, travelling with the bare essentials as does Paul. But everybody, even if for a while, leaves personal traces, aspects that don’t pass unnoticed… if you are able to catch them.


Initially thought only as a blog, Where They Create turned into a book thanks to the interest of Frame Publishers.

Presented in NY on September 2011, this sort of diary will be presented in Italy, for the first time, at DesignLibrary (via Savona, 11 Milano) on December 14, from 6 to 10pm.

Monica Lombardi – images courtesy Frame Publishers

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09/12/2011

Signs (Metamorphosis) / Bouke de Vries

Signs (Metamorphosis) / Bouke de Vries

Bouke de Vries had an extended stay in Milan recently while he exhibited in a solo show, Signs (Metamorphsis) at the always on the vanguard Maria Gloria Gallery. De Vries is an artist polymath, his career shifting across mediums and his work always remaining devoid of compromise. His trajectory has taken him from restoration of art to the spotlight of the pop culture art scene, commercial art, jewelry (he released a line in collaboration with Anoushka earlier this year) and on to political activism. His most memorable works are perhaps those which openly criticize chairman Mao Zedong, and . His pieces look like otherworldly pastiches of a hedonistic, ethereal dreamscape, and they showcase flaw to great effect.

“In this flawed world, perfection seems to be an attainable goal… But not-quite-perfection is often easily dismissed and discarded…”

Bouke De Vires Filmed by Matteo Cherubino

For the occasion of his stay, 2DM’s Matteo Cherubino filmed and interviewed the artist among the eerie, surreal backdrop of his recent sculptural work: surreal cross sections and self-contained worlds of a parallel universe. Or a Cherubs. Butteflies. Cigarettes. Dramatically combined with porcelain. In conversation, the artist reveals inner working of the artist’s mind, his depth of perception, and his extraordinary and unbound working process.

De Vries also presented together with Gloria Maria Gallery at this year’s MiArt, showed at Artissima this year, and often exhibits at his home gallery, London’s Vegas Gallery.

Tag Christof – special thanks to Bouke de Vires & Gloria Maria Gallery

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