“Do you dare to taste darkness? Do you dare to elude your senses? Just one bite, I dare you! I am a smooth voyage, the whispering anticipation, the silent power of a kiss. My creators, Ulrika Bergenkrans and Fredrik Alverén, revealed in jest: ’Our chocolates may give you superpowers!’ The […]
“You can learn a lot from mistakes, miscalculations, misinterpretations. My creator, Louise Olsen, celebrates the perfection within imperfection. The Australian artist playfully expressed: ‘I am so in love with the process, there is so much discovery in the making, there are so many errors that happen along the way.’ I […]
Carolee Schneemann [b. 1939] was one of the first artists to use her body to animate the lived experience and the imagination, addressing gender roles and sexuality. A pioneer of performance art, Schneeman’s multidisciplinary works also includes assemblage, photography, film, video, and installation, while consistently referring to painting. Her works had […]
“How often do you put on a brave face? How often do you face the truth? I am a self-portrait of sober fragility. Born from the rugged mechanics of an old typewriter and dusty carbon paper. My creator, Goekhan Erdogan, is a German Artist, he repeatedly punched his name, over […]
Experience a rare moment of slowness and solitude at Alison Jacques Gallery in London. German-born, Milan-based artist, Irma Blank, presents important questions about the role of the artist and what it means to be alive. Since the late 1960s, Blank’s singular production has focused on the recording of time as […]
“How well do you know your own shadow? The dark side. I am a response to struggle. A conflict between reflection and perception. My creator, Alicia Hannah Naomi, secretly revealed: ‘I was in a dark place creatively and sought solace in the grotesque artworks of Francis Bacon, Nicola Samori and Jesse Draxler.’ I […]
“My creator, Liu Dawei, once whispered intently: ‘I am a hunter. Hungry. Waiting to prey in a network-jungle of images.’ The Chinese artist is always watching from the dark recesses of the internet, the shadows of the media, slicing through each image, and creating a second-hand reality. I am both complex […]
On the rise, Jain [born Jeanne Galice] is an independent voice of our times singing the melodies of diversity, hope, and the power of being a young woman. Sweetly-quirky and jubilant, Jain’s nomadic childhood journey began in France and sequentially between Abu Dhabi, Congo, and Dubai – exposing her to a […]
“Defying all odds, my very being was made possible with delicately, dedicated breaths of life. My creator, Lucy Hardcastle, once sang gleefully, ‘I like to inject happiness into the things I create!’ Fragile and flexible, I materialised through the manipulation of molten glass, a taffy-transparent blob, continuously, rotating elegantly on […]
Born into a family of artists and given a name that means freedom, it is no wonder Pissara Umavijani embraces happy accidents, leading her to a path of self-discovery and a life of surprises with no restraints. Soft-spoken and a self-taught perfumer from Bangkok, now based in Paris, she is a star-in-the-making […]
“Like all great friendships, I stand the test of time. Pure and rare, my origins emerged from an extraordinary friendship between artist and winemaker, between the East and the West. My unique allure began on the hilly slopes of Côtes des Blancs, one of the five main wine regions within […]
“I am the essence of the mythical legend, Queen Boudicca. A fearless warrior. A provocative potion radiating the sensual darkness and depth of oudh. Courage, strength, and beauty diffuse through me with accords of the most poisonous botanicals in history; the rare black hemlock and a touch of raw opium. […]
“Risen from a dream, silently screaming for hope, and longing for home. My creator, London-based Iraqi-Kurdish artist, Walid Siti, internalised my very complex structure. An artist from the lost generation, in exile, and threatened and repressed by decades of uncertainty and war. Today, I represent the deep-rooted violence of a nation, wounded and composed of scorched black earth, twisted […]
