contemporary artists

Friday treat: Artistic Wood

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackJune 27, 2014August 7, 2017

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackMay 27, 2014May 27, 2014

How beautiful are these shoes, above? Sadly, not wearable but part of an experimental Léi Zǔ Shoe Collection, named after the Chinese empress who is attributed with inventing the silk reel, by German designers Nicole Goymann and Christoph John. Read more about their techniques and plans in dezeen: Nicole Goymann and Christoph John … Whilst on dezeen, […]

Walter Batiss 1906-82

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackMay 2, 2014August 9, 2017

Interiors: Merve Kahraman

+B Interiors by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 15, 2014August 9, 2017

Berndnaut Smilde’s Nimbus series

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 5, 2014April 5, 2014

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 4, 2014

A Sculptural Symphony: Germaine Richier

I am feeling very stressed today – too much to do and a poor-health day. I almost skipped over, and am so glad I didn’t, this wonderful five minute video from Blouin ArtInfo on a woman sculptor, Germaine Richier, whom I have never heard of. I urge you to take five minutes from your day […]

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackFebruary 20, 2014February 20, 2014

Robert Yasuda: A Luminous Frame

The paintings currently showing at the sundaram tagore gallery, in New York to 1 March, by Robert Yasuda are just so beautiful. This one, above, I would love to own and would look just great in my home but, sadly, I suspect, is way out of my price range. Nevertheless, lovely to look at … […]

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackJanuary 28, 2014

Inspirational Women: Aleah Chapin

I love the series of figurative works by American artist Aleah Chapin, entitled Aunties, of which The Tempest, above is one. I love the warm happiness, the genuine laughter juxtaposed against the veracity of ageing bodies, sturdy in function, glorious in utility. All denied the status of beauty in a society which values the unblemished firmness […]