Works on (Toilet) Paper: The Irreverence of Maurizio Cattelan

Maurizio Cattelan may have, as he claims, retired from making art, but his cunning sense of the mischievous and macabre hasn't stopped haunting the public. Consider the new book Toilet Paper (Freedman/Damiani). a collection of surreal, unsettling images (like the one above) Cattelan and and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari created for their two-year-old magazine of the same name. Paired with similarly peculiar texts (among them Jonathan Swift's devilish satire "A Modest Proposal," which suggested that the Irish should eat their homeless children), the volume reads as one long, extraordinarily vivid dream.

Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari, Toilet Paper Magazine, Bi-Annual Issues

Spotlight: Irene Mamiye

“Photography is the only medium that captures reality as it .”

Irene Mamiye Art Gallery, 89 Spring Street,New York City

Irene Mamiye is a New York-based artist who incorporates various digital imaging techniques into her photography. Inspired by light, color and movement, she employs a precise and labor-intensive process to transcend what is expected of the photographic medium. The luminous images harness chance to transform their sources and involve viewers in journeys toward a personal discovery of significance. Irene's beautiful abstracts have been featured in major publications such as Vanity Fair, Elle,  and Architectural Digest, as well an interior design collection called Chroma

Labyrinth188B, 2013

The Lost Art of Jordan Betten

At the helm of bespoke leather atelier Lost Art, Jordan Betten transforms animal hide into meticulously embellished garments – or more accurately, wearable works of art — for a star-studded clientele including Lenny Kravitz and Erin Wasson.

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To no one’s surprise, Betten’s eclectic aesthetic lends itself as much to architecture as it does to the canvas. For an artist not usually associated with New York’s street art scene, Jordan Betten’s murals have a strong presence around Chelsea.  His signature black and white paintings are linear and energetic — mimicking the lyrical styles of graffiti. 

Jordan Betten, Highline Zoo, Chealsea NYC

The same artist behind the Highline Zoo —a rooftop installation of zoo animals cleverly visible to visitors on the elevated park— Betten continues to explore alternative ways of displaying his work within the public realm.  Taking advantage of the art community just at his doorstep, he allows neighborhood visitors to encounter his work without ever having to step foot within a gallery.

In 2005, he launched Betten Art, which was created to foster and promote his use of other artistic mediums.

Betten's work has been featured in major magazines including W, Vogue, Elle, and Rolling Stone, and his art has been exhibited in leading museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; and the Museum of the City of New York.

Print editions Evolution and Embryonic, two affordable favorites from our own collection of his work, are available on now on Peach Editions! 

Great Space- A Marriage of Art and Design

Jeffrey Rothstein, 50x75" Zion Mandala over the master bed

High in the tony hills of Trousdale over looking Los Angeles a client has created a big slice of paradise with the amazing design acumen of Studio William Hefner.

Friend and Artist Jeffrey Rothstein  photographic art is on display in a number of major public buildings in the US and Japan, and in private collections around the world.