Written for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) You know the old saying, “what isn’t said is sometimes more important than what is.” In architecture a balance of perfection is achieved through the expression of volume and void, the unspoken part of the equation. That is,...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) “YOUR LIBRARY IS YOUR PARADISE” ERASMUS I suspect that the question now is … can anyone live in a world without computers? Has the ascent of the keyboard created the demise of the physical book? Is extinction in the...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) This past Thursday marked the opening of the New York City Collective Design Fair. With furniture, accessories, jewelry, both antique and modern, the show illustrated its great diversity of offerings. The exhibition hall, while somewhat rough in appearance,...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) Not all guests are of the inviting kind. As a friend of mine recently remarked with the arrival of several weekenders to his home, “guests are not always gracious.” Upon entering his home, they exclaimed, “This looks like...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) Photo: Courtesy of Phillip Ennis The modern bath has evolved into a space that is hardly recognizable from its predecessor. What one envisions as the typical loo is now reconfigured, redesigned as an extension of the home. That is,...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) Hauser & Wirth's recent exhibition “Sensitive Geometries,” in exploring three decades of post war art in Brazil, highlights the strong influence of architecture upon art of this period. With such artists as Charoux, Maiolino, Serpa, and Schendel, the...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) An architectural whisper of a statement, reveals are anything but transparent. In fact, they offer full disclose for the areas into which they are set. If that sounds paradoxical it’s because the detail itself is not apparent to...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) While Louis Sullivan had buildings in mind when he coined the phrase “form ever follows function,” it seems equally applicable to the art of making wine glasses. The idea that the shape of an object should be created...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) The value of altering our physical landscape – the home – is an excellent first step towards personal reinvention, paving a visual path to becoming a more positive and happy person. If clothes make the man, then surely...
Read MoreWritten for Art, Antiques and Design (By Gail Green) What are destination points? They are a location spots, in effect, the first visual areas one sees upon entering a space. It is where the eye naturally falls and is drawn into when looking directly ahead into a room....
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