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GB Tell me why you chose this. FWW I think they’re the most beautiful and precious objects that I own. They’re like jewels to me, except that they’re from nature […]
A snapshot of contemporary ideals of beauty
GB Tell me why you chose this. FWW I think they’re the most beautiful and precious objects that I own. They’re like jewels to me, except that they’re from nature […]
Mohammed Qasim Ashfaq, on his Rotring compass set GB Tell me why you chose this MQA It’s one of two things that I really love. I don’t think I’d let […]
Valerie Jones, animatronic designer, on a bird’s wing GB Tell me why you chose this. VJ I think a bird’s wing is perfectly designed. Not just the feathers but the […]
El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born 1944). Red Block, 2010. Aluminum and copper wire, Two pieces, each measuring 200 3/4 x 131 1/2 in. (509.9 x 334 cm). Courtesy of the artist […]
John Marchant, gallerist, on Jamie Reid’s Beauty is a Birthright GB Tell me why you chose this. JM Jamie and I have been friends for 20 years and we’ve done […]
Ben Ashton, artist, on the heel of his hand GB Tell me why you chose this. BA It’s for practical reasons really, because it allows me to do what I […]
David Hoyle, performance artist, on Claes Oldenburg’s, Soft Drainpipe, Blue (Cool) Version GB Tell me why you chose this. DH It really hit me when I was a kid and […]
Joy Bonfield Colombara, jeweler and sculptor, on the Winged Victory of Samothrace GB Tell me why you chose this JBC When I was about 13 or 14 we used to […]
Franko B, artist, on two works by Andrei Molodkin GB Tell me why you chose these. FB One is a homage to Malevich and the other is a punk statement. […]
Variety artist, Scottee, on his picture, “Dinner at me nan’s” GB Tell me why you chose this. S It’s the aesthetic of being at my nan’s. There’s always a big […]
Terry Pastor is something of an unsung hero from Bowie’s golden age. Although he led the way with airbrush and photographic tinting techniques, creating the artwork for two of the […]
ATM, street artist, on his photograph of Glen Affric in Scotland GB Tell me why you chose this. ATM I just came back from Glen Affric. There are only a […]
Cristina Grajales, gallerist, on her sculpture of a bee. GB Tell me why you chose this. CG We just moved the gallery five weeks ago so when you move you […]
One more article from the latest issue of Gilded Birds paper Early humans figured out how to make baskets a long time before they could make pots. JJ PEET, ceramics master, Sensei and […]
Margot Bowman, artist, on Sarah Sze’s installation at the 2015 Venice Biennale GB Tell me why you chose this. MB I chose it because of everything about it. I came […]
Russell Bennett, fashion designer and artist, on Concorde GB Tell me why you chose this. RB To me, something beautiful should excite an emotion, as though it switches something on […]