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WHITEWALL 2 WHITEWALL 3 WHITEWALL 4 WHITEWALL 5 725599_Max_WhitewallMarchDPS.indd 2-3 2/4/21 12:01 PM WHITEWALL MAGAZINE MARCH 2021LHP WHITEWALL MAGAZINE MARCH 2021RHP THE LETTER Courtesy of Ruth Carter. 800.929.DIOR (3467) DIOR.COM (3467) 800.929.DIOR FROM THE EDITOR The beginning of 2021 has had its troubles—some new, some ongoing—but we are beginning to see the light we’ve so desperately been craving. This time last year, we were filled with dread, anxiety, and a paralyzing fear of what the pandemic would bring and how it would affect us. Sure, there’s still plenty of anxiety to go around, but it feels like we know now the challenge we are facing. We’ve lived with it and through it, and we are seeing the art and creative world make the most of it. That is what we’re celebrating this spring in our first-ever New Era issue. The trials of 2020 have given rise to impassioned causes, reinvigorated practices, and louder calls to action. The pandemic has forced us to address political, social, racial, and environmental issues because life is not carrying on as usual—it can’t. And, as is always the case, artists, designers, and makers are leading the way. Last summer, over the July Fourth weekend, rafa esparza and a collective of over 80 artists took part in the public project “In Plain Sight,” which skytyped messages calling attention to immigrant detention. The Los Angeles–based artist will continue to address America’s culture of incarceration and violence against Black and Brown bodies with a new series of work this spring, while also providing a space for healing and reflection. This year will mark the physical opening of the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI), facilitated by Michael Armitage. The artist, who splits his time between Kenya and the U.K., is dedicating to growing and preserving the presentation of East African art, all while making new paintings that investigate the political and social histories of contentious landscapes. Another art space opening has our attention this spring—Superblue in Miami. It is the first location dedicated to supporting and showing experiential art, with the motto “Created by artists, completed by you.” It launches with installations from James Turrell, teamLab, and Es Devlin. The visitor-activated exhibitions address humanity’s relationship with nature, the body, and place. Also in this issue, you’ll find leaders in Singapore’s design community like WOHA, EHKA Studio, and Olivia Lee; a new sustainable model for the beauty industry with La Bouche Rouge and in haute couture with The Ethiquette; and disruptors to the typical gallery system in Danny Dunson’s Legacy Brothers Lab and Detroit’s Library Street Collective. We hope you’re starting to see the possibility of dreaming again, too, like the creatives in these pages. And if not yet, perhaps their words will light the spark you’ve been searching for. Katy Donoghue EDITOR IN CHIEF WHITEWALL 6 WHITEWALL 7 724763_04_CD_WhitewallMarchSP.indd 1 2/4/21 8:47 AM THE LETTER Courtesy of Ruth Carter. Tickets released in March Discover the best contemporary art May 5–9, 2021 from around the world FROM THE PUBLISHERS At Whitewall, our spring issue, put together at the beginning of the year, has always been a place for new beginnings. It’s our annual art issue, and over the last few years we’ve focused on art being made in specific areas like the Middle East and Africa. Those in-depth looks at international regions have been a source of inspiration and creativity for us. A chance to marvel. This year, as the world continues to suffer from the ongoing pandemic with varying degrees of intensity, we decided to take an optimistic approach, finding the good in an otherwise challenging moment. In these pages, we look to artists, creators, and designers all around the world that are using these unprecedented times to reinvent themselves, find new solutions to current and THE SHED, MANHATTAN potential future issues, and give us hope for better days ahead. This first-ever New Era issue is really the result of the entire Whitewall team’s reflections and aspirations for a new beginning. The season holds a new chapter where creators and artists alike will inspire the world to do better and be better. We can only hope that the devastating effects of this pandemic are in their final months, and that we will be able to restart and rejoice in the idea of real-life, human interactions once again, bringing with us what we’ve learned over the difficult past year. Wishing everyone is safe and well, and a happy spring. Michael Klug & Laurent Moïsi FOUNDER, PUBLISHER, EDITOR AT LARGE COO, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Global media partner Global lead partner Deutsche Bank WHITEWALL 8 WHITEWALL 9 WHITEWALL 10 WHITEWALL 11 Whitewall spring D westside 03 20.indd Tutte le pagine 27/02/20 16.36 WHITEWALL 12 WHITEWALL 13 design Mario Bellini - www.bebitalia.com WHITEWALL 14 WHITEWALL 15 Whitewall 20,5x13,75_Dcamaleonda.indd Tutte le pagine 01/03/21 12:21 PRINT COVERS SUPERBLUE COVER WITH ES DEVLIN ES DEVLIN, RENDERING OF FOREST OF US, 2021, COURTESY ES DEVLIN STUDIO. MICHAEL ARMITAGE MICHAEL ARMITAGE, MKOKOTENI, 2019, OIL ON LUBUGO BARK CLOTH, 86 5/8 X 66 15/16 INCHES, PHOTO © WHITE CUBE (THEO CHRISTELIS), © MICHAEL ARMITAGE. NEWS RAFA ESPARZA RAFA ESPARZA, CHUMASH CHAIR, 2020, SOUTH WILLARD, LOS ANGELES, WHAT TO SEE, DO, BUY, AND WEAR THIS SEASON. CA, PHOTO BY GRANT GUITERREZ, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. DIGITAL COVERS SUPERBLUE COVER WITH TEAMLAB 20 TEAMLAB, UNIVERSE OF WATER PARTICLES, TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES, 2017, INTERACTIVE DIGITAL INSTALLATION, SOUND BY HIDEAKI TAKAHASHI © TEAMLAB, COURTESY OF PACE GALLERY. MARTINE GUTIERREZ CHINA DOLL, A FILM BY MARTINE GUTIERREZ, 2021, © MARTINE GUTIERREZ, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND RYAN LEE GALLERY, NEW YORK. WOHA OASIA HOTEL DOWNTOWN, PHOTO BY PATRICK BINGHAM-HALL, COURTESY OF WOHA. REVIEWS WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE MUSEUM?, “RUTH E. CARTER: AFROFUTURISM IN COSTUME DESIGN,” 24 SUNRISE FROM A SMALL WINDOW. “Stop. Breathe. Lower your heart rate.” PROFILES DANNY DUNSON, JJ AND ANTHONY CURIS, NICOLAS GERLIER, LORING RANDOLPH, ANA KHOURI, SHAHAD AMEEN, ALEXANDER US, YUKI KAWAE, 30 JAMES WHITNER. TO WATCH 44 INÈS LONGEVIAL, MARK GRATTAN, JOLIE NGO. It might be time to take off your smartwatch. ATELIER VISIT HERMÈS DEBUTS H24, AN INNOVATIVE FRAGRANCE INSPIRED 52 BY THE MODERN HERMÈS MAN. FOCUS AYA MACEDA & JAMES CARSE, GT2P, DAVID/NICOLAS, EHKA STUDIO, YOON AHN, ELENA FEIT, OLIVIA LEE. 54 THE ALL- NEW LC 500 CONVERTIBLE SUBSCRIBE AT WHITEWALL.ART Options shown. Arrives Summer 2020. ©2020 Lexus WHITEWALL 16 WHITEWALL 17 MARTINE GUTIERREZ DEBUTING A NEW FILM, CHINA DOLL, THE ARTIST USES GAMER 70 TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A DIGITAL SHOW. RAFA ESPARZA CAPTURING THE PEOPLE WHO FEEL WHOLE TO HIM, THE ARTIST PAINTS ARRESTING PORTRAITS ON ADOBE AS A PLACE FOR 78 RESTORATION. TARA DONOVAN DISCUSSING A NEW INSTALLATION OF IMMERSIVE WORKS, THE ARTIST SHARES WHY SHE IS A VORACIOUS OBSERVER OF HER 84 SURROUNDINGS AT ALL TIMES. WOHA THE SINGAPORE-BASED DESIGN STUDIO SEES A WAY TO USE THE 92 CITY TO GIVE BACK TO NATURE, THROUGH BIOPHILIC BUILDINGS. CHARLES GAINES THE ARTIST REVISITS HIS “TREES” AND “FACES” SERIES 98 IN TWO NEW BODIES OF WORK. MICHAEL ARMITAGE THE ARTIST EXPLORES LANDSCAPE AND THE PROMISED LAND WITH “PARADISE EDICT,” WHILE OPENING A NEW SPACE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART IN NAIROBI. Marina 106 Perez Simão Tudo é e não é April 1 – 24, 2021 SUPERBLUE New York A NEW KIND OF ART EXPERIENCE LAUNCHES IN MIAMI WITH INSTALLATIONS BY ES DEVLIN, TEAMLAB, AND JAMES TURRELL. @PACEGALLERY 114 PACEGALLERY.COM SUBSCRIBE AT WHITEWALL.ART WHITEWALL 18 WHITEWALL 19 SIM_Whitewall_Apr_022621.indd 1 2/26/21 9:50 AM PAUL COCKSEDGE: PERFORMANCE MARCH 24 - APRIL 17, 2021 FOUNDER, CEO, EDITOR AT LARGE Michael Klug – [email protected] EDITOR IN CHIEF Katy Donoghue – [email protected] COO, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Laurent Moïsi – [email protected] CREATIVE DIRECTOR marion guggenheim SENIOR EDITOR Eliza JordaN – [email protected] COPY EDITOR Kristin M. 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