Bisazza: Hayon Pixel-Ballet

The Bisazza installation created for the Salone is meant to explore the possibilities of mixing art forms with industrial applications. The concept is to present other than the product itself, but instead, the possibilities of the product. In this case, it is treated as a medium for creation. The elements that make up this large-scale installation are part of my personal cosmology, where intuition alters reality creating a scenario far from conventional. The tables rescue elements from car engines contrasted with chic marble tops. The main piece is a butler presenting trays of new Bisazza elements. Plates will recreate possible faces for the face-less butler using mosaic-graphics. A new typology of vases emerges from the combination of ceramic and mosaic. The entire effect is that of an encounter with my world and dreams.

The work of English artist Michael Eden mashes together traditional ceramic ideology with new technology to create objects reminiscent of 18th century decorative tableware. Up until 2006 Eden was known for his slip-cast ceramics but during a two year sabbatical he has been exploring 3D technology and new materials in these works. I like the way that, although abstract in texture the retain their old world charm and I can see them sitting comfortably in my home.

Kusama :)

Yoshitomo Nara ceramic works

Style Stones

Wall illustration (7,50 m x 2,70 m) depicting key points in the history of fashion for the exhibition "fashion talks" at the Museum for Communications in Berlin.

Client: Museum for Communication, Berlin

Year: 2011

Jamie Hayon- Mediterrenean Digital Baroque

Mediterrenean Digital Baroque

The Mediterranean Digital Baroque exhibit opened at the David Gill Galleries in London in October 2003. The exhibit featured creatures that sign and defend the root of creation. The house. The head. Full of fake and plastic characters. Adult games. A virgin army defended by supersonic pigs. Engulfed in a metamorphic fragile traditional ceramic forest. A vital and ironic manifesto about this artist's personal cosmogony that is devised of mature languages from heterogeneous worlds: his birthplace, Madrid and the Francophone culture from his childhood. Skateboarding from cani suburbs and baja California. Gestuality, surrealism, baroque, density, dynamism, intuition, dementia, risk, tenderness, berreber, mathematical warrior of nature, energetic strength, delirium, histrionic exaggeration, emulation and creativity.

Jamie Hayon- The Guest

The Guest

Unexpected, captivating, unique… this is The Guest, a singular character from the Spanish artistic porcelain brand conceived by Jaime Hayon for Lladro Atelier. The Guest project is an invitation to cutting-edge artists from around the world to lend a distinctive personality to this charismatic porcelain being. The outcome of this joint endeavor can be seen in the first pieces from the collection. The Guests come in two sizes, the large in a limited edition of 250 units and the small in a numbered series

FORMA / Choemon Gama porcelain by Hayon

FORMA / Choemon Gama porcelain

Hirotoshi Maruwaka, the producer of Maruwakaya, asked Hayon if he was interested in working with Kamide Choemon-gama, a pottery of one of Japan’s most acclaimed traditional porcelain crafts, Kutaniyaki. The answer was a resounding yes. Drawing from key ideas in Japanese culture concerning relations and links between the people at the table, food, seasons and table wares, the goal was to create pieces that help people recognise these relationships. The resulting ‘FORMA’ series of beautifully crafted bowls, cups and vessels is a sensitive balance between the design ideals and philosophies of two cultures. First shown in 2010 in a palette of rich blue and white with red accents, this elegant white and gold collection for 2012 draws attention away from pattern to focus on the simplcity and elegance of the forms themselves