georges jouve sculptures

Georges Jouve

Sculpture

1960

I ran across these while trying to document

a piece of French ceramics today.

I didn't include them in my last post on

George.

Wonder why?

Anyhoo, thought I should post

them today since I am way, way behind in my

bloggity blogging this year....

Georges Jouve

Sculpture

1960

Georges Jouve

Sculpture

1960

Georges Jouve

Sculpture

1960

Georges Jouve

Sculpture

1960

All images from the nice book:

"Georges Jouve"

by 

Jousse Entrerprise

More on the

"Prouvé of ceramics"

HERE

apartamesso #9

Well, I am finally posting on the new

Apartamento #9.

My friends Brian and Elizabeth

got to, along with I think only 4

other stores around the world,

"pre-release" it.

I finally dragged my sorry ass over there to get it 

this weekend.

It's a great issue,

as you can see mine is already

dogeared and olive oil stained,

so go git one at 

Project No. 8

if you are in NYC.

Classic, 

the photographer even got the cat in there....

This is José Léon Cerrillo's place 

in Mexico City.

Nice windows Jeff Rian.

Tierney Gearon

puts a bay under plastic.

I will refrain from saying something here....

I think this is just really a mess,

not a contrived mess like some of the other places.

Love this roof.

Nice, some male frontal nudity.

 Look closely....

I know the feeling....

johnson trading gallery moves to queens

My friend 

Paul Johnson

of

Johnson Trading Gallery 

has moved his base of operations

to Queens.

It might seem like a surprising move,

but Paul is always two steps head of the 

rest of us, 

so it really didn't surprise me that 

he would do something so "radical"....

The place is a former 1940s theater.

Huge great quirky space.

It is loaded with killer stuff....

That's Mission Control up there.

Let's go check it out....

Detail of the office.

Now we are talkin'!

This was the lounge area of the theater.

Check out that ceiling.

The whole room is dedicated

to our late friend

Robert Loughlin.

Robert, Robert everywhere....

More RL in the office....

Let's go back downstairs....

Did I mention this place is huge?

Rafael de Cárdenas 

and 

Kwangho Lee

KrAzY Kool Sectional Sofa 

from

Max Lamb.

I forget who did these....

UPDATE from PEACHES:

These were designed by

Mario Ceroli

for Poltronova in 1972.

Lots more Mad Max....

Kinda love this chair.... Max again.

Aranda/Lasch 

"Modern Primitives" Screen

Aranda/Lasch 

"Quasi Console" detail.

Sweet 

Mario Dal Fabbro 

sculpture.

I LOVED this thing!

Mario Dal Fabbro coffee table model.

More Mario....

Wendell Castle stands guard by the door.

Richard Woods door,

Max Lamb stool

and Paul on the move....

Ok, time to head back to Manhattan.

Paul, 

next time we take your 2002

instead of a cab!

Check out

Adam Lindemann's 

visit

HERE

plane furniture opening and lecture

My good buddy 

Michael Boyd 

is giving a lecture and having an opening

for his new line of furniture,

PLANE furniture

at

Edward Cella Art + Architecture.

If you are in Los Angeles,

reserve your seats now for the May 12th lecture

 because the seating is limited.

The opening is this Saturday,

wish I was gonna be there....

More

HERE

ruth asawa: genius with wire

Ruth Asawa

1952

I've been thinking about 

Northern California a lot lately....

So when I saw this Ruth Asawa book

hiding on a low shelf I wondered

why the fuck I hadn't posted

anything on her yet.

Ok,  

maybe there have been a few mentions here and there,

but she is one of my all time favorites

and definitely an inspiration when it 

comes to obsessiveness and the ability for tedious

mind-expanding repetition...

traits greatly admire.

So, 

get into these shots, and expect more from

me on Ruth soon....

Ruth Asawa in her studio.

San Francisco

1959

 Ruth Asawa

Life magazine feature

1954

 Ruth Asawa's living room

1970's

Buckminster Fuller with an Asawa sculpture

in his Dymaxion House.

1964

Ruth Asawa's wedding ring designed by

Buckminster Fuller

and made by Mary Jo Slick Godfrey.

1949

Ruth Asawa working on a bed.

Photographs by her friend

Imogen Cunningham

1957

(Imogen took most of the photos in this post.)

Ruth Asawa and Imogen Cunningham

1975

Ruth Asawa made this wearable gold crown 

for Imogen Cunningham.

Late 1950s

Ruth and her children at home.

1957

Ruth Asawa

1957

Ruth Asawa

1952

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.210)

1958

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.089)

1950s

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.250)

1950s

 Ruth Asawa

Group of "Untitled"'s

1950-60s

Ruth and her husband Albert in their living room.

1970s

(You think those lucite sculptures may be by Bucky?)

Ruth Asawa

The living room ceiling at the Asawa-Lanier home.

1990s

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.272)

1950s

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.250)

1950s

(detail)

 Ruth Asawa at work.

1956

All content from the AMAZING book

"The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa"

But it!

(It's about 30 bucks on Amazon, such a deal!)