Artist Megan Wilson has spent the past five years turning her Nob Hill apartment into a livable art installation. Now, with eviction looming (the building is being repurposed), she's opened her psychedelic, larger-than-life home to the public...
You can take a tour of the apartment, which Wilson has lived in for 12 years, through November 30th. We imagine there is tons of inspiration to be culled, be it from the artist's choice of media (cut-up vintage drapes, sequins, suede) to the placement (um, everywhere). Just try not to give your landlord a heart attack, okay?
To find out more about Wilson's "Home" project, see the full article here.
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Comments (19)
I love it, but that kitchen ceiling reminds me too much of shelf fungus! http://i.pbase.com/u16/jfg/large/38964177.7337ShelfFungus.jpg
;-P
God, that ceiling makes me want to throw up X-b Just like those stupid area rugs at Ikea that look like cells in mitosis. Please don't take it personally; just that textures like that really make my skin crawl.
I try to be polite but there and it is her home but .....
i kinda like the bedroom but thats about it. imagine trying to find something if you put it down amonst all that pattern!
ummm...?
If you read the full article - clearly she has a mental problem.. I think this is ugly and childish, why even waste energy posting about her?
It looks pretty cool to me. It's not my taste but I don't understand why the comments have been so mean.
I'm with djheathermarie. What gives? Have we turned into a bunch of mean-hearted control freaks here? Let's talk about ugly and childish, hope(less)4! Save the rudeness for Craigslist Rants and Raves, this site has always been about supporting creativity and individuation.
Well, her aesthetic doesn't rock my boat, but that's me, not a criticism. I love the idea of the Home as an Art Installation, though--defines to me what I've been doing with my place for the last 3 years!
Mmm...miam! First photo in the post grabbed my eyeballs and wouldn't let go. Love this!
Why the hate? Is it the lack of Eames-age? It would make me a little nutty to live in all that chaos, but that's why I don't. I sure enjoyed looking at it though.
The truly eccentric are a dying breed in cities like NY and San Francisco and I'm sorry that this one is also getting the boot. All so the landlord can "repurpose." Is this the new euphemism for "chop it up into condos for yuppies?"
For all the folks here that are concerned that the landlord "Won't let you paint" - I give you Exhibit A...
Ad hominem, comes to mind. Saying it's horrendous and you don't enjoy, appreciate, understand, possibly even accept a piece is one thing. Making it a personal attack for a preference whether art or otherwise is another. Now does prop H8 surprise anyone?
I agree that eccentrics and the art they create are a breed apart and thank god for it. That's why we have all this (now expensive) outsider art that's been 'discovered'.
Wasn't Van Gogh Schizophrenic?
Doesn't float my boat, but it does remind me a little bit of Miriam Schapiro and Judy Chicago...
What's with saying Wilson's crazy? She sounds self-aware to me -- admits to OCD (pretty apparent from the pics.) So what?
Her decor is just art-gone-overboard because it's her grand farewell to her home. Hardly puts her on the verge of cutting off an ear and mailing it to an unrequited lover.
I dig it!
I came back and read this thread-it's two years later but I feel I need to clarify my comment: the ceiling literally makes me want to thow up. It's not about the design, the colors or her taste- its about the patterns. Patterns like that make me physically ill, a la trypophobia.