Fitzjames obrien 18281862 was an irishamerican civil war soldier and one of the forerunners of the sciencefiction genre. Australian photographer alexia sinclairs images are often mistaken for paintings due to the layers of detail and effects she adds in postproduction. From within a room filled with drawers of maps and globes of exotic lands, she looks through a telescope out to the world beyond the frozen lake. Cabinets of curiosities also known in german loanwords as kunstkabinett, kunstkammer or wunderkammer. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Im now the proud owner of her stunning artwork and have it hanging above my workspace as a memento of the project. Books by cherise sinclair author of club shadowlands. My husband and i went to europe in september, and we visited a handful of wonderful museums. The asian and oceanian australia artworks were selected by 6 curators representing 6 countries. All her works are linked by an impressive sense of magic, serenity, immortality. Personal project alexia sinclair fallon duroy alexia sinclair was invited to shoot in a castle in sweden, following an invitation from the director of the royal armoury of the royal palace in stockholm, so she could create an image to open their exhibition. Inside of the palace, there is a large collection of rare books, artworks, and weaponry.
Joseph cornell, 1930s40s joseph cornells bestknown works are glassfronted boxes into which he arranged victorian bricabrac, old photographs, dimestore trinkets, and other found elements. Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history sometimes faked. Please click on the link i have put on her name, alexia sinclair to see her website and her. Dec 03, 2014 its guest blog wednesday featuring alexia sinclair. A cabinet of curiosities featuring minerals, a fan coral, and a sea urchin skeleton.
Her name is alexia sinclair, she is a highly skilled fine art photographer. Peter deij in these times of mass production you could be forgiven for thinking that the skills peter deij possesses had already been lost for good. Alexia sinclair is an award winning australian photographer and artist. To create your own curiosity cabinet at home, all you need to start is a cabinet or shelf to display your collection. Rococo, inspired by the 18thcentury artistic movement and style. Cabinets of curiosity would serve scientific advancement, functioning as physical representations of knowledge, but they were also ultimately works of art. Alexia sinclair is an australian photographer who has such a romantic, artistic and fantasy style of photography. Rococo 2014 2017 view all 20 artworks the regal twelve 2004 2007. History meets high fashion in alexia sinclairs photography. Alexia sinclair was invited to shoot in a castle in sweden, following an invitation from the director of the royal armoury of the royal palace in stockholm. His designs peters furniture can be appreciated on many levels. The photographer give importance to color, vitality of the frame and. This 300 hundred year old castle makes the perfect backdrop for these incredible pictures.
Mar 17, 2014 her name is alexia sinclair, she is a highly. Analysis of circulation, adjacencies, lighting natural and artificial, furniture, materials, and. The kat sinclair files series michelle schusterman and stephanie olesh when kat sinclair starts blogging a behindthescenes look at her fathers ghosthunting tv series, she discovers that going behind the scenes may just reveal more than she really wants to know. They were also known by various names such as cabinet of wonder, and in german kunstkammer artroom or wunderkammer wonderroom. Alexia sinclair born in 1976 in newcastle, new south wales, australia. Each cabinet contains hundreds of objects, each with its own curious history. Alexia sinclairs frozen tale of phantasia newcastle. The cabinets of curiosity from the series a frozen tale by. See more ideas about cabinet of curiosities, curiosity and cabinet. It was such a pleasure to get to work with alexia and have my music appear in her a frozen tale. This collection represents my faith in godtop and center in my life. Museum and gallery curators reopen the cabinet of curiosities.
You may want to get a cabinet with glass doors to keep dust and pets at bay. You are enquiring to purchase the cabinets of curiosity edition country name email. Alexia sinclair is an australian artist born in 1976 in newcastle. We love the outstanding creations of photographer and artist alexia sinclair, including her latest series rococo, which depicts a dreamlike world bathed by the influences of the 18th century and the court of marie antoinette. From the description, it sounded like an exquisitely decorated sewing basket with some equally fascinating contents. The cabinets of curiosity by alexia sinclair steve gibbs. So, grab your favorite halloween snack and a drink, and take a gander at our favorite makeup looks th. What caught my eye was her cabinets of curiosity, from a frozen tale series, a beautiful print of a woman in the library apartment of the 350year old skokloster slott. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. I was recently reminded of the magical web of connections that museums can make in ones world. A cabinet of curiosities was an encyclopedic collection in renaissance europe of types of objects whose categorical boundaries were yet to be defined. Described as a cabinet of curiosities inside a cabinet of curiosities, nothing.
She majored in traditional photography, and her studies in painting, drawing, sculpture and art history have heavily. Bert christensens cyberspace home, alexia sinclair. I took on lots of work with steep learning curves, and read lots of books. Attended the national art school where she studied drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography. Curiosity cabinets gained popularity during the renaissance, and are considered the precursor to museums. Breathtaking work of the amazing australian artist alexia sinclair.
Alexia sinclair born 1976 is an australian fineart photographer. Stuffed full of priceless collections of art, weapons and books. Each pattern is a little curiosity that youll enjoy adding to your own cabinet or drawer. You can see this in the behind the scenes video for my artwork cabinets of curiosity from a. Jan, 2014 museum and gallery curators reopen the cabinet of curiosities concept stuffed pelicans, belljarred oddities and unicorn horns. But he not only puts these skills to good use every day, making beautiful furniture for discerning clients, he also rescues them, sharing what he knows with his students. The earliest pictorial record of a natural history cabinet is the engraving in ferrante imperatos dellhistoria naturale naples 1599 illustration, left. To ensure that everything inside stays conserved, she added. The background photographs were taken in the skokloster slott castle commissioned by count carl custaf wrangel in the 17th century, on lake malaren, 80km from stockholm, sweden. The cabinets of curiosity explores the theme of adventure and discovery. The idea behind the cabinets of curiosity, the final artwork for the series had been bubbling away in my mind since that day i saw the wall of. Sinclairs suitcase is a compulsive pageturner about thwarted love, dashed hopes, and family secretsbookclub fiction at its best. Looming glass fronted cabinets with slightly warped casings line the walls. Originally, a cabinet of curiosity referred to an entire room filled with extraordinary items.
The story of the curiosity cabinet and the part it plays in the lives of henrietta and alys is a very good read the descriptions of the wild landscape are particularly vivid. Janel laidman, editor of the sock report and author of the enchanted sole. Using secret compartments, drawers and an innumerable array of personalisedfeatures, the french companys bespoke service has revived the trunk for the 21st century and its handmade, leathercovered selection has attracted commissions. A black bear rears in welcome by the door, while a fawn with marbled eyes looks on from across the room. Interview with australian fine art photographer and digital artist. At first, amateur and professional scientists kept their most prized specimens hidden away, until royalty and other members of elite.
Its guest blog wednesday featuring alexia sinclair. It serves to authenticate its authors credibility as a source of natural history information, in showing his open bookcases at the right, in which many volumes are stored lying down and stacked, in the medieval fashion, or with their. Our stores are full of fun and hard to find items from around the world. I wanted to shoot an alexia sinclair style image using dan winters methods.
During the swedish age of greatness in the mid 17th century, count carl custaf wrangel commissioned a majestic castle to be built on lake malaren, 80km. I often gaze at her wonderful series of photos with complete awe. To us, ethicsourcing means that our taxidermy mounts are vintage or that. Feb 16, 2017 the story of the curiosity cabinet and the part it plays in the lives of henrietta and alys is a very good read the descriptions of the wild landscape are particularly vivid.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. In many ways, the invented character in this work symbolises my own exploration of the castle set on the frozen swedish lake. A bowerbird gracefully lands three feet from the front of my lens, like the 500 or so birds before her or him, im no ornithologist. Oct 23, 2015 a cabinet of curiosities featuring minerals, a fan coral, and a sea urchin skeleton. Sep 23, 2014 alexia sinclair is an australian photographer who has such a romantic, artistic and fantasy style of photography. The cabinets of curiosity by alexia sinclair steve gibbs music. I have been a big fan of photographer alexia sinclair for a few years now. Using secret compartments, drawers and an innumerable array of personalisedfeatures, the french companys bespoke service has revived the trunk for the 21st century and its handmade, leathercovered selection has attracted commissions from.
Please click on the link i have put on her name, alexia sinclair to see her website and her wonderful photographs. Eventually, though, the term came to mean a single curio cabinet used to display a personal collection of objectsincluding but certainly not limited to preserved animals and bugs. The knitters curiosity cabinet takes the joy of seeing and applies it to the joy of wearing. Czerkawska audio performance by carolyn bonnyman 4 stars the cabinet of the title is a 300 year old embroidered chest. Australia curated by alasdair foster, china by huang yihuang, india by devika singh, japan by mariko takeuchi, korea by sunhee kim and uae by jassim al awadhi. Cherise sinclair has 40 books on goodreads with 430930 ratings. Antarctic senoir shoot details environmental books. I had to cover our curio cabinet with a black curtain to eliminate the various glares that it cast. Interview with australian fine art photographer and. Some things weve inherited from family members, and they deserve to be displayed so that they can be shared with others. Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history sometimes faked, geology. The term cabinet originally described a room rather than a piece of furniture. Her photographic and illustrative artworks are housed in important art collections throughout australia and the world.
The dubai photo exhibition will take place on march 1619. Alexia sinclairs rococo depicts a dreamlike world bathed by influences of the 18th century. It seems like something from a bygone era, but in reality, many of us have various items in our possession that are special, unique, or meaningful to us. Apr, 2014 the cabinets of curiosity explores the theme of adventure and discovery. The cabinets of curiosity is a self portrait, not literally im not a 19 year old model, but. The invention of the compass in the th century by hispanoarab cartographers facilitated increased exploration of the unknown. See more ideas about photography, fine art photography and art photography. Museum and gallery curators reopen the cabinet of curiosities concept stuffed pelicans, belljarred oddities and unicorn horns. Jun 04, 2014 the cabinets of curiosity by alexia sinclair. From first year studio, you gained experience at designing objects and materials design from the outside. Sep 03, 2016 cabinets of curiosity would serve scientific advancement, functioning as physical representations of knowledge, but they were also ultimately works of art. Aug 25, 2015 cabinets of curiosity also known as wunderkammer, cabinets of wonder and wonderrooms developed during the 17th and 18th centuries, and were essentially the precursors to the modern museum. Hopefully, shell ignore the photographic paraphernalia surrounding her and in the. Roberta, a lonely thirtyfouryearold bibliophile, works at the old and new bookshop in england.
The cabinet of curiosity literature, science, art and. Then read on for some ideas about how to present all your weird wonders. She studied fine arts in sydney at the national art school 19951998. Likewise, many collections are now effectively specimens of anthropology, that function primarily as vectors into the psyche of the past, rather than sole specimens of natural history. Australian photographer alexia sinclair s images are often mistaken for paintings due to the layers of detail and effects she adds in postproduction. Books with even the slightest focus on ornithology.
Do you have a rock collection gathering dust in the back of your closet. How to store your creepy collections in a classy curiosity. Alexia sinclair traveled to a frozen castle, left untouched for. The cabinets of curiosity from the series a frozen tale by alexia sinclair posted by edin chavez mar 29, 2014 awesome videos, behind the scenes, documentary 1.
The cabinets of curiosity by alexia sinclair alexia sinclair s picture alexia sinclair. Fine art photographer alexia sinclair was given the keys to a frozen. Interview with australian fine art photographer and digital. Cabinets of curiosity also known as wunderkammer, cabinets of wonder and wonderrooms developed during the 17th and 18th centuries, and were essentially the precursors to the modern museum.
Several years ago i came across the amazing fine art photographer alexia sinclair. In line with decisions made by the national cabinet as communicated by the nsw premier gladys berejiklian, the art gallery of new south wales has closed to the public until further notice to help protect the health of all visitors and staff and minimise the spread of. Alexia sinclair is an award winning artist best known for her intense colour. In iar201, you will work with enclosure, structure, and in spaces and places with components of interiority. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. A frozen tale alexia sinclair feel desain your daily dose of. Australian artist and photographer alexia sinclair has a dazzling imagination that comes to life. The cabinets of curiosity by alexia sinclair alexia sinclairs picture alexia sinclair. Defining curiosity in the victorian era the cabinet of. Let me share just a little bit more about alexias background before we get down to the interview. Following the design aesthetic of this period, the series is sensual, playful and flamboyant. It was such a pleasure to get to work with alexia and have my music appear in her a frozen tale video. The cabinet of curiosities is a product of an era of exploration and discovery, in both an intellectual and a physical sense. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
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