We've seen lots of art-filled homes recently. From the over-the-top Art Cave in California to the more modest Mini House Tour of Pam's Art-Filled Condo. The SoHo loft of art advisors Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner falls somewhere in the middle. Their home, recently profiled in The New York Times, is an homage to their collection and the joy of living with art that you love...
Installment Plan looks at the couple's love affair with their vast collection and the commissioned work of Belgian artist Jan De Cock that runs throughout the apartment as a commentary to the existing collection.
While this apartment is very large for a one bedroom (4,500-square-feet), some of the details make good design sense in small spaces, too. James Harb, the architect who renovated the space, lowered the ceiling a small amount. (They are still eleven feet tall.) This single design decision hid the sloping ceiling of the old building, allowed the ductwork to be completely hidden, and created a universal soffit to hide overhead lights throughout the apartment.
Their is a slideshow that accompanies this story.
(Pics: Nikolas Koenig)
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sigh.
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4.
thousand.
5.
hundred.
square. feet.
1 bedroom.
Can anyone say "cartwheels"?
view ce_pelle's profile
Cartwheels? How about obscene? Decadent?
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. . . albeit gorgeous decadence.
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My house could fit inside their house 4.73 times. I especially love the non-traditional hanging of the pieces...way up high, way down low. It def. adds to the drama.
view Donald in Pigtown's profile
I love this space. So interesting. So unique. Art itself.
On the note of art. Does anyone know a place that does plexiglass sandwiching photo mounts? I might submit it as a "good question" but I'd love to have a print made for my place using that method and have no idea where to do it or how much it would cost. It looks like the piece in the first image might be done this way, or it might be stretched on canvas, can't really tell.
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Garrett,
It's probably out of your way, but there is a place in Rockville, MD called Image Impact that does this, or something similar. I once saw a photo exhibit where the photos were mounted this way, and I contacted the artist to find out more information on the process. He said that the images are "face mounted" on Lucite and once mounted they are "done". It's an archival process in that the adhesive used is archival and UV absorbing. He's had images as large as about 30x90 done this way. Impact Images came recommended to him by a highly regarded fine art printer in Washington DC, and apparently they do work for museums and galleries in that area.
Hope this helps!
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By the way if you go to Image Impact's web site, you can find out how much your project would cost to mount: http://www.imageimpactinc.com/imageimpactinc/price_frames.asp
Even if you don't go with them, it will probably give you a general idea what the industry standard is.
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Thanks Jeremy. Shame it's more than I can afford as a po' college student :(. Ugh, and I had the perfect place for a huge scale print. I see that other NYU students display their work this way, so maybe there's some place that is offering them a student discount? I'll have to stalk one of them online and get an answer ha.
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