ARCHIVE MAGAZINE ISSUE 02
Caroline Absher
BROOKLYN. NEW YORK. JULY 2023.
I just read Vonnegut’s “Bluebeard” recently and loved it. It’s such a great book for painters and artists, for so many reasons! I was born in North Carolina, USA. I live and work in Brooklyn, New York. I have a cat named Leeloo…
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Javier Mariscal
Barcelona. JULY 2023.
When people ask me about Barcelona, my city, I tell them about its clichés. The beautiful architecture, where the modernist style, among others, covers façades and roofs with dragons or seabeds. The colourful markets and amazing restaurants…
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Instant City
IBIZA. MEDITERRANEAN SEA. JULY 2023.
The VII International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, ICSID 71, was held in 1971. The project was conceived as a point of convergence between design and the most experimental forms of art and architecture…
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Matt McCormick
NEW YORK. USA. JULY 2023.
Matt McCormick’s visual language is familiar, even to a European like me who grew up without being able to avoid the great American icons of the past. Perhaps somewhat nostalgic, like the cowboy figures and their background landscapes…
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Miró Picasso letters
MONTROIG – PARIS. JULY 2023.
Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso maintained a long friendship for years and a close relationship with the city of Barcelona. Coinciding with the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of the artist from Malaga…
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Gabriela Meunié
BORDEAUX. FRANCE. JULY 2023.
I am not a big fan of art theories, but I am totally committed to the research of new artistic techniques. I believe that in painting, modification of technique inevitably leads to modification of form…
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Freixas Building
BARCELONA. JULY 2023.
The empty and undivided spaces of old industrial buildings on the outskirts of large cities are the ideal place for artists to find a cheap space with a creative atmosphere that inspires their work. Spaces worn down…
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Pie Herring
UNITED KINGDOM. JULY 2023.
Whilst in Morocco I travelled to the Essaouira coastline, Agafay desert and the Atlas Mountains in order to get a sense of the different landscapes and the culture of people inhabiting these areas…
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Miquel Aparici
THE ALCHEMIST OF NOAH’S ARK
One of the things I am most passionate about when I travel around the world is getting lost in the flea markets that appear in cities and towns, magical places where you can find relics or strange objects…
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Palau de Casavells
BAIX EMPORDÀ. GIRONA. JULY 2023.
Those places between borders always give me the feeling of no man’s land. Wild places of people forged by slow fire, who live in villages and houses with special character, like the so-called “masies” in Catalonia…
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Brynley Odu Davies
LONDON. UNITED KINGDOM. JULY 2023.
In 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic put a sudden stop to Brynley’s burgeoning career as a music photographer, he inadvertently found his calling. With little else to do, he began taking studio portraits of local South London…
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Laurent Martin “Lo”
PARIS. FRANCE. JULY 2023.
To have a sculpture by Laurent Martin “Lo” in front of you is visual poetry. The lines he draws in the air with bamboo are incredibly powerful and fragile. A balance that invites you to fly…
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Juan Haro
THE SOUL OF THE ARTIST
My father learned to carve stone when he was just a child, under the sun, with the marble workers and stonemasons of Montjuic in Barcelona. He quickly absorbed the techniques, honing his skills to master…
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Clément Mancini
PARIS. FRANCE. JULY 2023.
My work is really inspired by the vibration of the city and what surrounds me in my everyday life.I always liked drawing, but my attraction to painting really started with graffiti…