Quicktake: Rodarte Exhibit

Cooper-Hewitt curator Gregory Krum on how the Rodarte sisters work together, installing the show, and their many influences

by Anna Carnick Opening tomorrow, “Quicktake: Rodarte” at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum presents an installation celebrating one of fashion’s current dream teams, Rodarte. Sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy started the label as a passion project, but their experimental, conceptual collections, each more daring than the last, have garnered acclaim among the upper echelons of fashion and on indie blogs alike. Born of eclectic and often …

Katherine Morling’s Sculptural Ceramics

Katharine Morling reinvents ceramics with a touch of the surreal

Working out of one of South London’s hidden creative hubs, the mystical New Cross and Deptford, Katharine Morling creates whimsical and often outlandish sculpture from porcelain and ceramics. A world away from the often stuffy stigma of the form, her work attracts a solid base of admirers on the strength of her imagination alone. Lately the designer has moved her collection on a notch, following …

Mark Jenkins: Meaning Is Overrated

Mark Jenkins takes his eye-catching installations from the public realm to an L.A. gallery

Blatantly funny, out of place and eerily real at times, artist Mark Jenkins‘ installations in the public domain are well deserving of the triple takes they get from passerby. In “Meaning Is Overrated,” opening at L.A.’s Carmichael Gallery, we get a dose of his new shenanigans with site-specific works. Focusing on the human body and practical uses in this new solo show, Jenkins successfully interrupts …