Painting, architecture, sculpture, the arts and their disciplines have lived glorious moments and today, in De Salas, it is time to remember them with three pieces of news that place them in the current panorama. And the first of them takes us to California, specifically Los Angeles, to the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, which is where the Eames House.
Surely our readers know perfectly well who we are talking about. Charles and Ray Eames formed one of the most prolific couples in terms of architecture, especially in the years, which is when this house that they designed and built themselves dates back.
And 70 years after its construction, the Eames Foundation has found in the Getty Conservation Institute (ICG) the perfect partner to restore the iconic house and leave it “as if the owners had just gone shopping.”
Both entities have presented a Conservation Plan that provides the ideal framework for the care, management, conservation, visualization and interpretation of the place, including the house and studio, household objects and of course, the landscape. And of course you can visit it, a true delight of art to admire the wonderful work of the Eames.
The second stop takes us to the digital world, because, for lovers of art and color, and we know that in De Salas There are many, it is possible to consult online all the wonderful notebooks that the incredible Swiss artist Paul Klee used as manuals in his classes at the Bauhaus.
In its 3.900 pages we can admire the theories and equations that he combined, almost impossible as gibberish for the uninitiated, where he exuded imagination and creativity, the same that overflowed his impressive works, which drew on expressionism, cubism and surrealism.
According to the website Open Culture, “the illustrative notebook contains widely detailed reflections on the mechanics of art and color, and although it is published in German, in reality the variety of graphics captivates the reader from the first glance, thanks to its liveliness, clarity and honesty.”
And last, but not least, we arrive at Madrid and the legendary Metropolis Building, one of the most emblematic without a doubt, located at the confluence of Gran Vía and Alcalá. And on June 19, Ansorena will proceed to auction the art collection that includes paintings, furniture and decorative arts that have been part of the decoration.
It is a collection of 113 lots that can be purchased, and includes pieces such as meeting room chairs, carpets, sculptures, tapestries, Chester sofas, the large lantern at the main entrance, the mold of the sculpture by Federico Coullaut. Valera that finishes the dome of the building. In short, an endless number of valuable objects that can become part of the home of one of our lucky friends and clients.
A journey, without a doubt, to an artistic past full of nostalgia, which places in the present, even with the most advanced technology, some of the great names that art has given us.
Gala Mora
DESALAS Lifestyle
