For a unique view of the artist photographer Cindy Sherman, you only have to consider her provocative portraits.

As her own model, the artist manipulates her image into a multitude of compelling characters, often evoking another era and always challenging the stereotype.

“Her work is challenging, funny, witty, smart. It is incredibly original. I think she will have a great place in art history.”

John Waters, Film Director

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flowing rhythmic architecture was fascinated by spirals, he called straight lines ‘the devils tools’.

“The colourful, the abundant, the manifold, is always better than mediocre grey and uniformity.”

“The work of the artist is very difficult, because it cannot be done by force, diligence or intelligence.”

William Spratling was a modern, forward looking artist and designer of silver jewelry, influenced by Mexican culture and pre-Columbian design.

He is known as ‘the father of  contemporary Mexican silver’ and the developer of  Taxco as a silver jewelry mecca.

It was the 1930s and Taxco, a prosperous silver mining town in the 1700s, was now a reduced, destitute pueblo. Spratling had an idea and a plan.

 With his adventurous spirit and creative designs, Spratling put Mexico silver jewelry on the international map.

His sought after jewelry stands strong in style, incorporating native materials such as amethyst and rosewood into his designs.

Paloma Picasso makes a strong statement through her design.

I discovered Paloma’s bold gold designs at Tiffany’s in 1980 and I was dazzled.

 Her large semi precious stones in brilliant colors with dramatic settings that shimmer their magic added something spectacular.

Sensitively written, an engrossing story of a passionate disciplined life.

I am a fan of Alice Neel the artist, a complex woman with a strong passion.  Phoebe Hoban totally captures the artist’s colorful history.

 Alice’s life was messy, hard, often tempestuous and tragic, yet dedicated and committed to the bohemian artist’s life, with no excuses.

A fascinating story of her lifelong commitment to realism, and how she developed her mature work under an intense critical milieu of the NY art world.

Neel stands revealed as a master portraitist, a ‘collector of souls’ who continued to define the modern realist style.

Neel with her tenacity and passion was constant in her beliefs, not following art world trends.
As a pioneer Neel was a bridge to realism.

 Phoebe Hoban writes a rich, enlightening, well-researched biography, which keeps you curious about a compelling art world.

 A Japanese kimono depicting and glorifying war

with a full striking military scene.

In the years leading up to WW2, Japan was in deep-seated pro-militarism mode

with the third largest navy in the world.

The inner kimono revealed this hyped state to encourage the men and boys

and indoctrinate with adventurous depictions of military glory.

This rare upper kimono available at Hot Moon Collection

Mark Herod is resourceful,

he seeks out old worn textural metals

with bold sculptural forms and vintage colorful glass globes,

reinventing his found treasures into intriguing hanging lamps.

With his distinct style, Herod draws his inspiration from architecture, nature,

found vintage objects and form that together makes a strong statement.

Driven by a love of antiques and a desire to upcycle rather than waste,

Mark’s strong eye for design and his play of color and light

make the perfect complement to his skills as an artisan.

 At  Hot Moon Collection.

Julie Krakowski, a French textile designer planted in Brussels, shows

her intuitive design sense, inspired by marks left by time and embellished

to highlight the notion and beauty of change.

Her  remarkable  Coffee & Cigarettes, the little accidents that she so

lovingly accentuates with intricate embroidery, showing off the unpredictible uniqueness of life.

A classic Ruscha shape #315, designed by Kurt Tschöner and introduced in 1954 with hand applied glaze.

This shape shows both the Bauhaus influence and the influence from Murano glass.

available at Hot Moon Collection

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