Charles Krafft did some wonderfully subversive pieces,back in 2004,depicting,vases with bunnies clutching hand grenades and fire arms in the blue and white porcelain originally developed in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries,to much ironic effect.
Rem Koolhaas,the iconic Dutch architect behind some of the most amazing retail spaces,namely his collaboration with Prada,recently used it to line the gallery walls within the Casa da Musica,in Porto,Portugal to amazing effect.
The Victoria and Albert Museum recently had a exhibition called “The Power of Making” where Delftware featured predominantly,one of the featured pieces even landing on the front cover of the British bible of cool,I.D.
Fashion,not one to be ever left behind of any emerging trend featured Canada’s own Coco Rochas strutting it,in the pages of Vogue Mexico,wearing an amazing Roberto Cavalli gown,with matching shoes(!)
Delftware is definitely having it’s moment.We would advise that it might be time to raid grandma’s curio cabinet,who knows what treasures we might find.
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scott davidson
ReplyDeleteDecember 31, 2012 2:48 AM
What an interesting blog, introduced by a thought-provoking photo. The unusual wall painting of the dwellings is also a strangely modern interpretation. Something like this hieroglyphic view of a park by Swiss painter Paul Klee, http://EN.WahooArt.com/A55A04/w.nsf/OPRA/BRUE-8LT475.