Thursday, February 17, 2011

Andy Coolquitt: artist and designer of the rising stars – of both industrial

Ben courtesy Aqua Lisa Cooley fine art

One highlight new art sales Alliance (NADA) display, made pipe topped bits do not match multicolored pole in December during Art Basel Deauville beach resort, one light bulb. Works similar to the pipe segments of the highlights of the annual exhibition design district of MOSS formed a square one (focus Design Miami / fair) this time Quartet.

Was the belief of his Andy Coolquitt to target the same works as both a 12-double exposure of art and design. "I don't believe split row", the location go back and forth between Miami and Miami Beach, 46-year-old Texas says.

You may have purchased on your dining table to be sure, the same Coolquitt a may have discussed art publications. Flash Art recently put sounds, Franz West of Vienna sculptor and collagist, unique piece giant floor lamp you must paint Coolquitt work compared to fluorescent tubes to support the rebar furniture manufacturers. In the last few years, Coolquitt-for-profit gallery million Manhattan Lisa Cooley is graduated from selling art, his work for the $. Blaffer Museum, University of Houston is planning for the Coolquitt work 2011.

Coolquitt, his artistic ambition that belies the attitude in his to create real interest rate environment that is called. While studying sculpture at the University of Texas at Austin, he created a collection of building-his residence — for his thesis project. You art what if people in your House? Professor, one of the "architects; Said I'm not I do not know to grade it, "recalls the Coolquitt.

He took a permanent vacation from UT, but he "containing the objects were collected on city streets, crammed with stuffed" about provides an environment to build, he continued. However, the need for Austin divides his time to his house and his girlfriend's apartment he is he will find his art how to make it more portable.

What we can he set his presence course, give impact so far of proportional to the size of the light. Started using some of the discovery of his Street he — the discarded, as well as the color of metal pipes, lamp parts and Chair components — he participated in the epoxy with the sockets and plugs. Is not fully acting as fixtures, point; in making use of all around them. Says Coolquitt, "walking light in your room you will have the light space has 40 feet distance 4-inch, whether or not".


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