A spongy carpet of velvety green oozes out of a corner, spilling along a corridor between perforated concrete and glass. A string of yellow beans winds itself down a stainless-steel shelf. Mounds of grapes atop a banquet table recall a Nature Morte painting. Each is the work of Studio Lilo, the practice of Kreuzberg-born and -bred artist Lilo Klinkenberg, whose darkly romantic living sculptures have over the past few years unfurled across industrial spaces, art institutions and high fashion installations around the world. In conversation with Ignant, Klinkenberg shares her trajectory from fashion to hospitality and floral design, her unlikely sources of inspiration, and her enduring appreciation for chicken wire.

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The practice of Athens-based artist Theodore Psychoyos revolves in its essence around matter. His functional objects put raw shapes and smooth surfaces in dialogue and explore the fine line between gravity and balance. Through the hefty character of his creations, which often take on the shape of stools, benches, and tables, he challenges our ability to adapt to the spaces that surround us. Ignant visited the sculptor in his atelier, just a few kilometres away from the centre of the Greek capital.

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Latika Nehra creates objects that invite us into a cosmos where multiple stories intertwine. Shaped through traditional hand-building techniques and inspired by contemplations of tomorrow, her pieces take us on an exploratory journey on which we are allowed to traverse different notions of time. Ignant visited the ceramist in her Berlin studio to learn how she uses clay to navigate the past and the future.

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The work of German sculptor Michael Sailstorfer revolves around the themes of transformation and temporality, and he frequently emphasizes a dialogue between nature and the human-made world. While his ideas often manifest in the form of objects and installations, the artist continually pushes the boundaries of sculpture, seeking to explore its limitations. Ignant had the opportunity to visit Sailstorfer in his studio in Berlin-Weißensee in early June and take a closer look at some of his works.

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German artist Kim Bartelt creates art that meditates on the frailty of our existence through simple forms and translucent colors. A hybrid of painting and sculptures, her canvases are minimalistic, geometric landscapes that capture the fragile connection between the visible and the invisible. We learn more about her intriguing artistic process in her studio in Wedding, Berlin.

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French artist Eva Jospin creates imaginary landscapes and mystical environments made almost entirely of cardboard. Often large in scale and always rich in detail, her works invite our minds to wander. In collaboration with Maison Ruinart, the sculptor has created a series of works expressing her artistic vision of the house and the region of Champagne. On the occasion of the Berlin Gallery Weekend, IGNANT had the opportunity to talk to the artist about her latest installation.

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Amsterdam-based ceramicist Laura Pasquino creates elegant clay sculptural objects in neutral tones, achieving pleasing and balanced forms that capture not only their particularities and complexities, but also the viewer’s attention. Intriguing yet simple, her refined clay universe celebrates uniqueness and tactility. IGNANT caught up with the artist to learn more about her commitment to the medium.

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With a visionary approach and a virtuosity only few could match, Grégoire Scalabre is one of the most accomplished sculptors of our time. His laborious works merge disparate techniques, textures, shapes, and forms, taking the art of ceramic to constant new heights. IGNANT caught up with the artist just hours before his latest work, The Final Metamorphosis of Thetis, was presented in the context of the exhibition ‘Porcelain Virtuosity,’ at Homo Faber 2022, in Venice.

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In Queens, New York, enigmatic sculptural works and installations by New York-based studio Objects of Common Interest (OoCI) are currently part of a collaborative exhibition presented by The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, titled ‘Objects of Common Interest: Hard, Soft, and All Lit Up with Nowhere to Go’.

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Celebrating the life and work of revered French sculptor César Baldaccini (1921–1998), New York City gallery Salon 94—in collaboration with Fondation César and Dayan Rohatyn—has presented a retrospective exhibition of his large-scale works, titled ‘César: Sacred Anarchy’.

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In recent years, in Berlin’s southeast district of Oberschöneweide, a historic disused production hall was converted and revived into a creative hub by various London and Berlin-based architects. Here, seconds from the river Spree, three large industrial warehouses were transformed in 2017 into studio space for Polish-German visual artist Alicja Kwade: a sought-after contemporary artist of our time, whose work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, and private collections across the world.

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Often playing with architecture, elemental materials, and colossal forms, American multidisciplinary artist Daniel Arsham’s lifelike sculptures, objects, and paintings play with time—either by turning it back or casting it forward, into alternative dystopian realities. Together with Berlin’s iconic König Galerie, we interviewed Arsham ahead of his first solo exhibition in the city, which is titled ‘Unearthed’—whereby relics from our ancient past are contextualized in the future.

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The latest series by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes is a collection of carved, totemic stone sculptures that reflect on the complex history of the North American continent and the Mesoamerican civilizations that inhabited it—imbued with political charge, it is a reminder of its dark past and foundations.

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The advent of human flights is one of the most remarkable achievements of humankind–it has brought a new level of speed and efficiency to travelling as well as thrilling experiences that opened up a new level of globalization making our world small while connecting it. With borders closed and air traffic at a standstill for the past 18 months, the way we travel may have changed forever. With their latest artwork, Berlin-based artist and studio acte TM celebrates our boundless possibilities and our desire to flight, soar, and hover, with a unique artwork that looks back while flying forward.

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On a grassy slope in Bedford, New York, American practice OLI Architecture has installed a cabin-inspired singular pavillon to provide a permanent home for Richard Serra’s sculpture ‘London Cross’. A serene sanctuary where time and space merge, ‘LX Pavilion’ elevates the physical experience of the artwork through soft indirect lighting and a steel-resembling facade.

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