Boat International – August 2019

BOAT LIFE

PHOTOGRAPHY: GETTY IMAGES; DAN ZOUBEK

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Water colour

No one portrays the sea quite like

Gerhard Richter, says Lucia Ferigutti

eafaringartloversshouldnotmissthe

GuggenheimMuseumBilbao’ssummer

exhibition,whichbringstogetherthe

largest-evercollectionofseascapesby

GermanartistGerhardRichter.CuratedbyLucía

Agirre,theworksondisplaywerecreatedbetween

1968 and 1998 andweresourcedfromprivateand

museumcollectionsworldwide.

LikemuchofRichter’swork,theseseascapesare

photo-paintings–worksbasedonphotographsthat

theartistfoundortookhimself.Aseriesofoilpaintings

oncanvas,someresemblephotographythanksto

theextremelysmoothsurfacethattheartistobtains

byapplyinghighlydilutedpigment,whichalsomakes

Gerhard Richter was

born in Dresden in

1932 and defected

to the West in the

1960s. He was drawn

to the “mindless”

nature of the sea

having concentrated

much of his work on

German history and

political unrest

Bauhaus lives

Florence hails past masters

This year, the centenary of

Bauhaus has been widely

celebrated across art,

fashion and all disciplines

of design. One project

to look out for is the

collaboration between two

Berlin-based companies:

luxury accessories brand

Lutz Morris and porcelain

manufacturer KPM Berlin,

who have come together

to create a joint capsule

collection.

Inspired by

works by

Bauhaus icons

including Mies

van der Rohe and

László Moholy-

Nagy, Lutz Morris

created a limited

edition of five of

its signature intarsia bags

(below), hand-painted by

KPM master painter Atris

Schultz and featuring a

numbered and signed

porcelain plaque inside.

Meanwhile, KPM produced

10 special-edition tea

sets and ten porcelain

to-go cups (above),

equipped with a Lutz

Morris leather sleeve,

designed by Marguerite

Friedlaender and Thomas

Wenzel respectively.

Available exclusively from

matchesfashion.com

Every other year, Biennale dell’Antiquariato draws the biggest collectors and dealers of antique Italian art

to Florence. The 31st edition will take place from 21 to 29 September at Palazzo Corsini, with 80 carefully

selected exhibitors invited to participate. In past years, some of the masterpieces presented during the fair

have found new homes in the most prestigious museums in the world. biennaleantiquariato.it

S

the images appear slightly blurred, as if they were

shot on camera.

Some pieces are based on a collage of two

photographs – a technique inspired by the work of

19th-century French photographer Gustave Le Gray.

An image of the sky and one of the sea, taken at different

times, are paired to create a landscape: as a result, these

compositions have a sense of light and perspective

that grabs the attention of the viewer. You will never

gaze at the horizon in quite the same way again.

Seascapes, until 9 September, guggenheim-bilbao.eus

Gerhard Richter’s 1998

Seascape, and (below)

Seascape (with Olive

Clouds) from 1969.

Right: the Guggenheim

Museum Bilbao

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