Dans le magazine ART AUREA, vous trouvez sans cesse des comptes-rendus passionnants concernant les arts appliqués et le design. L’art de Künzli montre que nous faisons parti du monde nous entourant, bien que beaucoup de relations internes ne soient pas visibles. Le court tracé de texte suivant (en anglais) donne envie d'en savoir plus.

... Minimalist yet profound, sometimes ironic and always displaying superlative craftsmanship: the works created by this jewelry artist, who was born in Zurich in 1948, were recently showcased in Tokyo ...

Credits Text et Photo: Noriko Kawakami, Miriam Künzli

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Dans le magazine ART AUREA, vous trouvez sans cesse des comptes-rendus passionnants concernant les arts appliqués et le design. Le prochain article permet au lecteur de participer à l’exercice d'équilibre d'un créateur averti qui fait le grand écart entre les beaux arts et les arts appliqués. Le court tracé de texte suivant (en anglais) donne envie d'en savoir plus.

Christof Lungwitz – Walking a Fine Line

.... This avid collector has developed a fervent passion for combining curiosities that originally don’t belong together, also in the form of still lifes. This focus on the figurative – also in smaller formats – will no doubt be something new for connoisseurs of Lungwitz’s work. A platter featuring an arrangement of wooden objects that he painted in white – a cactus, a pear and a few apples – testifies to his new predilection. He also collects toys, and his latest purchase is an old dollhouse. Do we go back to our childhood when we grow old? “To some extent, yes. My father, a sculptor, was rarely at home, and we had hardly any toys.” He points to a few books about his father, whose covers he helped to create. “His creations can be found in many public places in the Ruhr region. It took a long time for me to get over that.” He quickly changes the subject to his current work, speaking with care and passion (“fantastic” is one of his favorite words) – qualities that can also be sensed in his objects. ...
Credits Texte et Foto: Agata Waleczek, Judith Büthe

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