Flash Art uses cookies strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the website, for its legitimate interest to enhance your online experience and to enable or facilitate communication by electronic means. The collectible design object has taken on new significance over the last few years. More than ever, unique, one-of-a-kind objects appear to straddle the worlds of art and design. Design obviously is a daily part of our lives, mostly in an unconscious way.
Was this a work of design or art? Does it even matter? Approximately 3, collectors, dealers, and art-and-design aficionados made their way to the dreamy mountain village of Samedan. Works on view included both contemporary and historical pieces, and works utilizing old and new techniques and unique materials.
All were brought into previously unseen visual dialogues. What does Nomad offer that other design fairs do not? Intimate encounters full of aesthetic discoveries that merge the contemporary with the historic and the avant-garde with the traditional. It all boils down to an emotional experience of design and art. The rooms of the Chesa Planta married the functional with the nonfunctional, intoxicating the eye and the heart.
Inspired by Brazilian natural diversity, the alluring multilevel assembly was made in a variety of different woods evoking a rich earthy sheen. First-time Nomad participant The Invisible Collection, a gallery based in London founded by Anna Zaoui and Isabelle Dubern, revealed an immersive installation paying homage to the tradition of the French salon.
Mimesis, generally speaking, means imitation. Yet Plato and Aristotle spoke of it regarding the representation of nature. According to Plato, all artistic creation is a form of imitation.
