FREE AI WEIWEI

El patio de Somerset House (Londres) presenta hasta el próximo 26 de junio la instalación del artista chino Ai Weiwei, Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads. Es la primera vez que este histórico lugar acoge una exposición de escultura contemporánea, a cuya inauguración no ha podido acudir Weiwei por encontrarse detenido en alguna cárcel china desde el pasado 3 de abril, cuando las autoridades de aquel país lo arrestaron en el aeropuerto de Pekín.
La instalación está compuesta por 12 cabezas de animales forjadas en bronce que recrean las esculturas del zodíaco chino que en su día adornaron la fuente del Yuanming Yuan, refugio imperial de Beijing.
Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads es parte de un tour internacional que comenzó en Nueva York y que la llevará por diversos países de todo el mundo.
El CAC Málaga se une al movimiento que se ha creado en todo el mundo para pedir la liberación de Ai Weiwei, a quien dedicó todos los actos organizados el pasado sábado 14 de mayo durante la celebración de la Noche en Blanco.
Free Ai Weiwei.

Ai Weiwei – Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads
Somerset House (Londres)
Hasta el 26 de junio

MÁS INFORMACIÓN AQUÍ: http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/ai-weiwei-circle-of-animals-zodiac-heads

INCEPTION CHAIR BY VIVIAN CHIU

"Each chair has hand cut grooves on the inside edges of its seat frame as well as notches in the seat back. These grooves range from 1/2" wide to 1/8" wide."

"The mechanism works so that the pegs fit into the grooves of the chair one size bigger and slides into place so that the horizontal edge between the chair seat and back line up. The simple mechanism allows the chairs to be taken apart and put together with ease."


http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2011/05/17/inception-chair-by-vivian-chiu.php

Yellow Brick House - Vilnius, Lithuania

This residence in the Pavilniai Regional Park, near the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, is one of those that we just have to point out, although it is neither brand-new nor unfamiliar to many readers.

The confident combination of history and modern needs of an upscale family was achieved by the architectural firm G. Natkevicius & Partners.


Located by in the valley of river Vilnia that gave the city its name, the park and the city have a rich history with the oldest written records dating back to 1323. The Puckoriu escarpment in the park has rare rock formations from the Ice Age. A large munitions factory on the site dates back to the 17th century.


It seems that in Vilnius private residents can buy pieces of such storied land, and when the current owner of the site - a banker and collector of antique books - bought it, a single bright-yellow building stood on it. On further examination, the owners found out that the building was part of the cannon foundry and it was built of valuable, historic Vilnius-made bricks.

The yellow house itself was not as big as the four-member family wanted their home to be, so they decided to build their new home of glass and erect it around the historic brick house. The exposed brick adds a tactile sexy feel and softens the potentially cold atmosphere of the glass structure. A sensuous curved opening, cut for the staircase that is outside the brick house, adds another focal point that works beautifully with the square elements around it.


The owners' antique library is now in the basement of the old brick house, the kids' rooms are on the ground floor, the master bedroom on the top floor. The other functions - living, dining, cooking, baths, garages - are all within the new glass structure. As a stunning bonus to the historically sensitive solution, the residents enjoy an amazing 360-degree view of the park. Sigh. - Tuija Seipell.

By:http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1941/yellow-brick-house--vilnius-lithuania

ROTHKO

HERB RITTS

Herb Ritts (Los Ángeles, 1952 – 2002). Sus imágenes son elegantes, provocativas, domina el blanco y negro como pocos, así como el encuadre y el hecho de generar fotografías tremendamente atractivas.

Por todo esto tiene el honor de ser recordado como uno de los mejores fotógrafos de moda. Sus famosos retratos incluyen a celebridades como Kofi Annan, Cindy Crawford, Tenzin Gyatso (el Dalái Lama), Madonna, Jack Nicholson y Elizabeth Taylor.





By: http://eltornilloquetefalta.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/herb-ritts/

2MONOS

2Monos es un proyecto híbrido, auto producido y conceptualmente libre, nacido en 2010 entre un arquitecto y un escultor (Nicoletta Mantoan y Alejandro Dumon Estrades), en el intento de desafiar todas las etiquetas preestablecida de arte, diseño y arquitectura y afinar el sutil campo existente entre ellas.


Estudio 2Monos provee soluciones creativas para proyectos de interior y paisajismo.El estudio tiene un alma ecléctica que le permite explorar distintos ámbitos del proyecto, en escalas diferentes y en continuo dialogo entre práctica cotidiana y búsqueda.




by: http://eltornilloquetefalta.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/2monos/

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