Artists' Homes: Live/Work Spaces for Modern Makers

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In this beautifully illustrated book, writer and photographer Tom Harford-Thompson presents individual, eccentric homes and workspaces, from a music producer’s studio to an ecowarrior’s treehouse. His evocative photographs show how our life/work spaces, whether a tumbledown cottage, a country farmhouse, or a reclaimed factory, are beautiful because of the lives we live in them. With work no longer separate from home life, we see how these artists function the spaces that inspire them, pursuing the life creative. But he is disappointed with the industry's response to what he argues were two landmark reports into the position of ethnic minorities studying and working in the built environment. "The reports don't seem to have gathered momentum in the industry," he says. "People are not rising to the challenge." In some cases, music can be seen as performing a social function, thus making it Functional art. Think for instance of the music being used for educational purposes. Music is often used at elementary and pre-school levels as a useful tool to stimulate learning. Apart from an educational function, music also serves other social functions and cultural functions. The music in such cases is not only beautiful but also serves a purpose, for example providing a sense of united nationality through a national anthem. Music can also be motivating and encouraging, for example when crowds cheer on athletes with anthems and songs. But is music a Functional art? This question does not have a straightforward answer. Whilst some music is purely created for abstract listening, and thus might not be seen as a form of Functional art, other forms might serve an educational, social, or cultural function and can thus be considered Functional art.

Chrisél Attewell (b. 1994) is a multidisciplinary artist from South Africa. Her work is research-driven and experimental. Inspired by current socio-ecological concerns, Attewell’s work explores the nuances in people’s connection to the Earth, to other species, and to each other. She works with various mediums, including installation, sculpture, photography, and painting, and prefers natural materials, such as hemp canvas, oil paint, glass, clay, and stone. This lavishly illustrated book is an intimate look at the interiors, lifestyles, and houses belonging to a wide range of artists and creatives. Sony Studios in Los Angeles approached the brothers in September of 2010 to do work for them on a small Johnston Marklee project, and as a result, the brand “The Haas Brothers” was born. Since this project, their brand has grown tremendously and has become synonymous with quirky and experimental works, including playful functional sculpture, fine art, fashion, and set design for film and print media. The Mae West Lips Sofa on display at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2017); Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHer work was showcased at the 2019 and 2022 Contemporary Istanbul with Berman Contemporary and her latest solo exhibition, titled Sociogenesis: Resilience under Fire, curated by Els van Mourik, was exhibited in 2020 at Berman Contemporary in Johannesburg. Attewell also exhibited at the main section of the 2022 Investec Cape Town Art Fair. To Health Estates, the benefit of performance-related partnering is that it gets the building it wants at the price it agreed. To the contractor, the benefit is that, if it performs well on the first contract, it is offered the second contract and so on. The catch, though, is that Health Estates expects cost savings of 3-5% to be made progressively on each follow-on contract as a result of the contractor’s experience so far. Cole is keen on the Grove Well Being Centre in Belfast, designed by Kennedy Fitzgerald and Avanti, as it will combine health and social services with a swimming pool and library

The Haas Brothers is a design team composed of twin brothers Nikolai and Simon Haas. The Haas brothers were born in Los Angeles into a creative household with a painter and stone carver father, and a writer and opera singer mother. When they were still young, the family moved to Austin, Texas, where the two brothers learned the skills of stone carving and construction from their father. He added: “That’s not very sensible so we should be sharing our cases that don’t require case worker intervention and try to get people with completion experience to work with difficult cases earlier in the year.” Sunand Prasad founder of Penoyre & Prasad and RIBA vice-president for policy and strategy Les Sparks former director of architecture and planning at Birmingham council and chair of a joint English Heritage/CABE urban panel Mr Grimshaw admitted the current approach was for agency staff to leave larger complicated claims until later in the year when they had “run out of easy things to do”.The Museum of Modern Art’s design collections honors this history through its collection of Functional art objects that stretch over more than eight decades. Fiberglass-reinforced polyester resin core, blind-riveted sheet aluminum, rubber-coated polyester resin The book recommendations below are focused on artists, designers, and institutions that have blurred the lines between functional objects, design, and high art. Some books are more focused on catalogs, whilst others explore more the conceptual side of Functional art. All of these, however, are sure to inspire and broaden our understanding of what is considered to fall under the Functional art definition. Ceramics and furniture are the most common examples of Functional art as they can be both beautiful and conceptual in design and artistry.

An excellent example of Functional art is Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí’s lip-shaped red sofa. The sofa is considered a functional sculpture that is made from polyurethane foam, coated with glossy red paint. The lips are inspired by the actress Mae West, who supposedly fascinated Dalí. Dalí painted the actress in 1935. In this painting, titled Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment, Dalí painted the face of Mae West in the form of a furnished apartment, where the lips were sofa, the eyes as framed paintings, and the nose as a fireplace. If we can put farmer frustration towards the RPA behind us, improve cashflows and help farmers, then that’s great,” said Mr Raymond.

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She received her BAFA (Fine Arts, Cum Laude) from the University of Pretoria in 2016 and is currently pursuing her MA in Visual Arts at the University of Johannesburg. Her work has been represented locally and internationally in numerous exhibitions, residencies, and art fairs. Attewell was selected as a Sasol New Signatures finalist (2016, 2017) and a Top 100 finalist for the ABSA L’Atelier (2018). Attewell was selected as a 2018 recipient of the Young Female Residency Award, founded by Benon Lutaaya. Pressure from the Nazi government and financial difficulties forced the school to close in 1933, but its teachings were so influential that it leaves their mark on art to this day. They are also known for their extensive and unique use of materials, ranging from porcelain and brass to resins, beads, and fur. Their Functional art pieces display both their skill as craftsmen and their curiosity as creatives.