“No Soy Florero – Rosa” (2023), fabric, thread, batting, stuffing, spray paint, and acrylic paint, 77 x 37 x variable inches. All images courtesy of the artist and Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, shared with permission
Seven architecture and design events in February from Dezeen Events Guide
Madrid Design Festival and Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this February.
Moooi furnishings “tell a different story on every floor” of Lisbon hotel says Rebelo de Andrade
Father and son architect duo Luís and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade explain how they furnished Lisbon’s Art Legacy Hotel entirely with Moooi products in this video produced by Dezeen for the Dutch furniture brand.
Radio Juxtapoz, ep 131: Ozzie Juarez at the Pulse of Los Angeles Art
Los Angeles is a big place. Sprawling is the description most give it, and that feels so apt once you spend a few days here. It’s not a top to bottom type of city, but left to right, almost like a city laid out like a book. A city of narratives and chapters. And right now, there aren’t many an artists who seem to be writing a tale quite like Ozzie Juarez. As a painter, curator and incubator, Juarez and his Tlaloc Studios is telling the modern story of LA to not only the rest of the world, but to itself. It’s LA about LA; and it’s unlike any story being told today.
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Nathaniel Oliver “My Journey Was Long So Yours Could Be Shorter” @ Karma, NYC
Karma presents My Journey Was Long So That Yours Could Be Shorter, an exhibition of new paintings by Nathaniel Oliver, on view through March 2 at 188 East 2nd Street, New York.
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Turning Back the Clock: The 1951 Bell Manual for Operating a Rotary Telephone
In 1951, Bell Telephone System introduced a guide titled “The Telephone and How We Use It,” designed to aid elementary school students and others in understanding the operation of classic rotary dial phones. The guide detailed everything from basic phone use, handling emergencies, to polite phone manners.