Mayfair Gallery

Does design belong with art?

Art In Life, 2012
Mixed materials and media
Unique works
Various dimensions
© Mark Humphrey

COLLABORATOR
Osborne Samuel gallery

LOCATION
Mayfair, London, UK

“ART IN LIFE IS A SOLO EXHIBITION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER HOMEWARE AND FASHION OBJECTS AS ‘MASTERPIECES OF ART AND DESIGN’, COINCIDING WITH THE BERKELEY SQUARE PAVILION ART AND DESIGN FAIR. THE COLLECTION BRINGS TOGETHER WORKS DEVELOPED FROM 2000 ONWARDS, CONCEIVED, DESIGNED AND MADE ACROSS ENGLAND, ITALY, SOUTH AFRICA AND INDIA.

DIFFERENT CULTURES, CRAFTS AND ARTISANS COME TOGETHER THROUGH A PRACTICE IN WHICH ART AND DESIGN ARE NOT SEPARATE DISCIPLINES. FURNITURE, LIGHTING, OBJECTS AND FASHION BECOME VEHICLES FOR IDEAS, COMBINING FUNCTIONALITY WITH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

THE WORKS EXPLORE PEOPLE AND PLANET THROUGH FAMILIAR OBJECTS, USING THEIR FORMS, MATERIALS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP TO ADDRESS WIDER GLOBAL TOPICS. EACH PIECE BEGINS WITH AN IDEA, ALLOWING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN SCULPTURE, DESIGN, FASHION AND EVERYDAY LIFE TO DISSOLVE.

ART BECOMES PART OF LIFE. DESIGN BECOMES PART OF ART. THE DISCIPLINES BECOME ONE.”

Mark Humphrey