Tag Archive | "Art"
The View From Your Bed?
One of the many things that impressed me on my tour of the Deck House earlier this month was the art wall assembled opposite the homeowner's bed. I've always paid special attention to this prime focal point, one that few visitors ever see but which we enjoy night after night, morning after morning. At the moment my Jules Cavailles still life is propped on the dresser at the foot of my bed along with some cherished family photos. What's at the foot of your bed?
Full post and comments...This Is Paradise . . . On Crack
Monday, June 27, 2011
The all-toile bedroom has been a popular decorative folly since Toile de Jouy fabric was invented in France, circa 1760. Fashion icon Diana Vreeland famously took the all-pattern room to new heights in the 1950s when she asked decorator Billy Baldwin to create a garish red "garden in hell" for her Park Avenue apartment. Toronto artists Elinor Rose Galbraith and John Scott took the concept to another extreme altogether when they created The Bunny Boudoir - Redux (1984-2011), above, which has been installed at the centre of the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art for a new show called This Is Paradise.
Full post and comments...Art Cubes Designed For Display
Thursday, May 19, 2011
For some, necessity is the mother of invention; for Amanda Shapiro it was the door to a new career. Shapiro's fine art education led her to work in the nightclub industry where one of her tasks was to create industrial-strength, plexiglass shadowboxes to display art and memorabilia. It's a specialized area that required Shapiro to source suppliers and fabricators, contacts that came in handy when, as a new Mom, she went looking to preserve her own memories such as daughter Aviva's artwork and baby clothes. Late last year she launched Re-Formed, a fledgling Toronto-based company specializing in what she calls art cubes.
Full post and comments...Second Floor at Elte
Monday, May 9, 2011
What does it say about me that it took me three looks at this sign before I stopped reading Drugs and finally saw Rugs? The neon greets you as you come up the stairs into Elte's newest retail space, the trendy, contemporary Second Floor at Elte. Sex, Rugs & Rock 'N' Roll is a new carpet line featuring of-the-moment styles at mid-range price points. And while the neon signals the general attitude, it's the vignette below that says the most about where Elte's going with the concept; the second floor of the flagship store, which opened Friday, is aimed squarely at lofters and condo-dwellers seeking clean, contemporary interiors with a somewhat minimalist aesthetic.
Full post and comments...Dear StyleNorth . . .
Saturday, February 19, 2011
The power of the internet never ceases to amaze me. StyleNorth reader Sarah recently left a comment on a two-year-old post called The Dog House about my and my former partner's passion for dog art. In the post, Sarah spotted a print titled W.C. Privé, which I found at an estate sale and really love (it hangs in my bathroom, appropriately enough). The point of this post is that Sarah knew all about the art and the artist -- she owns three prints in the series, left -- while I knew absolutely nothing aside from the fact that the estate seller said he purchased the print in Paris. The signature is indecipherable.
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