Blip

jaimustailor:

mum

Ink, pencil & photoshop

antoniosoares:

DELPOZO Spring Summer 2018

redlipstickresurrected:

Dorris Vooijs (Dutch, b. 1968, Netherlands)Female Artists - Untitled, 2015 Collage, Mixed Media

redlipstickresurrected:

Riccardo Mannelli (Italian, b. 1955,  Pistoia, Italy) - V In Blues, 2013  Drawings: Graphite on Canvas

lonequixote:

Keith Haring

Untitled (1989)

(via @lonequixote​)

The Blip Meets: Cascione & Lusciov

Hi Cascione & Lusciov! Thank you for meeting The Blip! 

Firstly, please tell us a little bit about you. Where do you come from, have you had any formal art training? Have your origins assisted in your inspiration in any way?

Roman & Silvia: We started our artistic career in 2016. Before that time we both worked in the field of design, fashion and jewellery. Both of us started studying art from a young age that later took us to the Academy of arts and other institutes.

Roman:I was born in Izhevsk, that is the capital city of the Udmurt Republic, Russia. When I was only two years old, my parents transferred to Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, where I actually grew up.

I started studying art when I was fourteen at the Children and Youth Creativity Center ‘Dailes Kalba’, Lithuania. Later I studied Interior Design at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania and then in Italy at Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan.

Silvia: I was born in Milan, where I also grew up.

When I was thirteen I went to an ISA Art Institute, Monza studying Cinema and Photography. Later I studied Sculpture at Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan and Fashion Design at Polytechnic University of Milan. My latest studies were in Goldsmith’s Art.

Roman & Silvia: Our origins obviously inspired and helped us in creating a perfectly balanced mix between us and our work together.  

There are two of you! How do you know each other? What is it like working as a duo - do you ever have any artistic disagreements? Why did you choose to work together? 

Roman & Silvia:We started our artistic collaboration in 2016 but we met in 2009. During the years we grew up together, creating the common vision which after many years took us to become an artistic duo. Our first sculpture series took us around two years of incubation, with continuous ideas exchanges, sketches and materials research etc.

The biggest advantage is certainly the union and exchange of our skills, that are profoundly different. Together we are able to elaborate and realize more ideas in less time being very prolific. But the biggest advantage of our collaboration is continuous confrontation and different points of view, so we are risking less to repeat ourselves.

Basically we have the same tastes and agree in both creative and executive phases. Sometimes small disagreements can occur but they vanish rapidly. Both of us are very calm persons and we don’t like arguing. We have an attitude that is very zen.

Your beautiful work caught our eye as it is so stylish and slick! We particularly love your collection “Into the Light” as each sculpture is an object we would love to display in our homes!  How would you describe your style?

Roman & Silvia:There are multiple sources that have influenced our work. Movements such as Light & Space, Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Neo-Futurism are all of a certain importance to us.

We mainly work with scientific concepts because we see them as the only possibility for our humanity to evolve positively. For us our work is our vision of the future. We believe in the evolution and rapid technological advancement with the help of arts, science & technology. The use of future technologies, new materials, inventions and discoveries in science would help humanity evolve on many social levels.

Have you always worked in contemporary sculpture? Or are your backgrounds in another creative area, and if so, what are they? 

Roman & Silvia: We reconnected to the art after working for ten to fifteen years in design because the art allows us to communicate concepts and elaborate forms that are completely independent from daily life. We spent about two years before finding a common style and its concepts and formal codes that represent the thoughts of both.

Roman: For the last decade I’ve successfully worked in the field of Industrial and Interior Design, taking part in various international projects: hotels, stores, yachts, private residences, furniture and products. My other creative areas are Sound Engineering and Music Production.

Silvia:For nine years I’ve worked as a fashion designer for famous Italian brands. And after my studies in goldsmith’s art I opened my personal Atelier and Shop situated in Milan, where I design and create sculptural jewellery.

Have there been any particular artists that have inspired your style? 

Roman & Silvia:To name a few artists who have inspired us, we can mention: Constantin Brancusi, Kazimir Malevich and Sol LeWitt.

What else gives you inspiration for your collections? What is your studio like, do you ever work with music? If so, what do you listen to? 

Roman & Silvia: Our greatest inspiration is the universe. We are fascinated by its mysteries related to the genesis, space exploration, the possible existence of parallel universes and travel through time and if there are other life forms.

Other important influences are the trips, especially in the Far East that have particularly impressed us for their bustle and dynamics. Places like Tokyo, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Jakarta and also remote places such as active volcanoes, ancient jungles, virgin atolls and deserts were a huge source of inspiration, albeit indirectly made us expand our horizons. Connecting with people from a range of cultures and environments helps us go home full of emotions and aware of what exists in the world. This somehow helps us to be real creatives - we feed off the images, sounds, smells and sensations of all kinds.

Our studio is great, because it’s a studio, atelier, shop, gallery, exhibition space all together. We designed the space together, so it has everything we need.

Silvia: I love listening music while I’m in a car or at work.

I listen to: Punk, Rock, World, Synth Pop and Alternative.

Roman:Music always played an important part of my life as my main hobby since I was a kid was to learn how to produce and engineer it. I always listen to some music and have hundreds of vinyls. Music genres I prefer the most: Trip Hop, Techno, Electronic, Downtempo and Dub.

We can see that you predominantly use the Lost Wax technique (the method of metal casting in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has been created by means of a wax model. Once the mold is made, the wax model is melted and drained away). 

 Do you work in any other mediums or sculpt using other techniques?

Roman & Silvia: Overall we prefer the ancient lost-wax technique. Our work always starts from a precise design project which is the formal synthesis of abstract concepts. We have a technical approach linked to the field of goldsmith art using the technique of lost-wax in an unconventional way to the field of sculpture, we treat the wax for removal of matter starting from geometrical studies. This technique, contrary to the conventional sculptural approach that starts from the clay model instead of working directly in wax blocks allows us the highest level of detail and precision and an excellent result in the finished bronze work typical to High Jewellery. Those are the main features that make our work unique and original.

Do you have any new exhibitions coming up that we can tell our audience about? 

Roman & Silvia: Hopefully we’ll have some new exhibitions in Italy and Lithuania next year.

Do you have advice for anyone that may be interested in studying sculpture and becoming professional artists such as yourselves?

Roman & Silvia: Certainly the first advice is to be humble, listen to positive comments that are useful for a spirit and negative critiques, useful to get better. Do not rush to achieve your goals. Continue to produce artworks even if there is no immediate feedback. Learn new things and travel a lot that is the only way to amplify proper horizons. We believe that nowadays an artist needs to be a good businessman of his art, because the art world is difficult to penetrate. Therefore, to become a professional artist, it is essential to have a firm understanding of the art market.

What is it like being an artist in the digital age? Do you find that the internet helps you, or hinders you? 

Roman & Silvia: With our shared belief that art should be accessible for everyone and everywhere, internet and social media have played an essential part in helping to connect all art lovers, allowing 24-hour continuous communication all over the world.

How do you protect your ideas in the internet age, or does this not concern you? 

Roman & Silvia:This doesn’t concern us much, as our main goal is to spread our art as much as possible.

Thank you, Roman & Silvia! 

See more of their work on their website

Photo of artists:  Manuel Coen

a-state-of-bliss:

Harpers Bazaar US Nov 2017 ‘Nothern Lights’ - Emily Tung by Camilla Akrans

iconist:

Delaney Allen

jayanicely:

Old piece from my sketchbook