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Think of it as our delicious formula for those who share our common hunger for all things beautiful and creative. Take a little appreciation for the finer things in life whether it is luxury travel destinations, contemporary art, or luxury goods with a dash of spare time and a pinch of good humor. Mixed with the enjoyment of having the time to explore a guide to some of the most spectacular locations and eateries the wide world has to offer. After heating these additives to a blistering inferno and adding some finally polished layouts and ascetics from our beloved agency Corporate Creation. I think it is safe to say that we have achieved a rather fresh, funny, unique and eclectic blend of what we con- sider to be expressive and fits to our brand name: ARTOLOGY.

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ISABEL ZUMTOBEL

After writing for magazines such as German Vogue and Marie Claire, Austrian-born and Spain-based art fan Isabel Zumtobel has been working freelance for many years, specializing in subjects such as travel, art and fashion.

SONJAHARTUNG

Sonja is a Munich based PR - journalist and travel expert. When not writing for us or other various publications Sonja works in one of Germany’s foremost tourism PR agencies.

DAVID BAUM

Besides being Editor at Large for German GQ Magazine, David is a master of metaphors with a certain twist – made up of a brew of slight sarcasm, a pinch of cynism, a humon-gous sense of humor – all mixed with his morbid but clever Viennese attitude. He is a true journalist in every sense of the word.

DR. REBEKKA REINHARD

Rebekka Reinhard works as a philosophical counselor. She has contributed to several publica-tions such as Bunte, Berliner Zeitung and many more. She is a key note speaker on philosoph-ical subjects and bestselling author of several philosophical books.

DR. MARCOBÖHLANDT

Award winning writer Marco Böhlandt started his career as a music critic and acclaimed scientific publicist. Aside from his journalistic endeavours into the world of sophisticated art he is currently working on his latest novel “Cloaqua mundi”.

MAMÉGAMAMY

Romanian-Guinean Mamé Gamamy is a journalist by profession and has lived in many places around the world until settling in Munich where she freelances for various publications about subjects such as economic develop-ments, and travel.

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CONTENT

Overnight Legends Iconic hotels arround the world

Sophie von Hanau Portrait of the artist

COS Company portrait

Paul Hiller Portrait of the artist

What is Art? Insights by Jay C Foster

Master of the Sublime Portrait of Matthew Barney

New in Town ARTconsult Gallery Munich

Out of the Blue Travel guide Maldives

Not for all the Snails in China by David Baum

Humans of Munich Social street photography

Bespoke Paper Works all about Prantl

Vertu Company portrait

Mountain King Hotel portrait

Questionaire with Sir Paul Smith

Tidbits by Editor’s choice

Masthead The legal bit

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OVERNIGHTLEGENDS

There are millions of five star hotels in the world. Some of them offer an outstanding culinary experience, most of them unparalleled

service, some have unbelievable spas and some are placed in iconic buildings. And there are those hotels that have

become legends – places that we have dreamed of so often that we think the doorman will greet

us by our names when we finally enter their holy halls.

Text: Sonja Hartung

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OVERNIGHTLEGENDS

Villa d‘Este/ Cernobbio

One of those places is the romantic Villa d’Este in Cernobbio, Italy. This exclusive little hotel boasts one of the most deca-dent swimming spots in the world: A spectacular floating pool on Lake Como – only linked to the Villa and the magnifi-cent 10 hectares of renaissance gardens by a wooden jetty. Villa d’Este has been the holiday hideaway for the rich and famous for centuries and it was the setting for the beginning of some famous romances, like Ari Onassis and Maria Callas or Elizabeth Taylor and Nick Hilton.

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The Algonquin Hotel in New York on the other hand is not only famous for its resident cat Matilda, but mostly for the legendary Round Table, where Dorothy Parker and her “Vicious Circle” started having their famed lun-cheons in 1919. The opinions and the gossip, exchanged at those gatherings, influenced writers like Fitzgerald and Hemingway and it was the birth place of the New York Magazine, which to this day is free for the Algonquin.

Algonquin Hotel / New York

The Peninsula / Hongkong

Another bona fide hotel-legend is the renowned Peninsula in Hongkong, but less for its famous guests than for the way to transport them: with a fleet of 14 long-wheelbase Rolls Royce Phanthoms. Custom-made, of course. The tradition of this fleet started in 1970 when the hotel took delivery of a then-record 7 Silver Shadows. With each renewal of the fleet The Peninsula breaks its own Rolls Royce ordering record – crazy, but truly unique.

Algonquin at dusk and hotel kit ty Matilda (top)

The Peninsula‘s fleet of Rolls Royce Phanthoms

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Schönbrunner Loge at Hotel Sacher and the famous Sacher Torte

Mandarin Oriental/ London

Hotel Sacher/ Vienna

In London there are at least two properties on the “must-see-list” of unforgettable hotels: The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park with its magnificent The Park Terrace and the Langham London with its trend-set-ting Artesian Bar.

The Mandarin Oriental is one of the very few luxury hotels in London offering a terrace on which guests sit directly within the calm and splendour of London’s idyllic Hyde Park. In this beautiful scenery, Heston Blumenthal surprises his guests with his celebrated three-star Guide Michelin cuisine.

At Hotel Sacher in Vienna it is, of course, the delicious Sacher Torte, that has helped the hotel to become world-famous. The artfully crafted chocolate cake with home- made apricot jam and a decadent chocolate icing has been a secret recipe of the Sacher family since 1832. Today it surely is the world’s most famous cake and the precious masterpieces are being sent to pastry- lovers all over the globe. But where would it taste as good as in the sophisticated flair of the original Café Sacher in Vienna, with an aromatic cup of coffee and a touch of fluffy, unsweetened “Schlagobers”?

Frontal view Mandarin Oriental London

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The Langham/ London

The Langham‘s Artesian Bar

Obviously there are quite a few more properties in hotel-heaven that are worth being mentioned on this list. But after all our very own dream destinations are still a matter of taste and personal style, so maybe some of us are actually quite happy to keep theirs a secret …

Being awarded “World’s best Bar 2013” for the second time in a row, the old and new Walhalla for lovers of fine spirits and creative cocktails is the vibrant Artesian Bar at the historical Langham London. Entering this warm and elegant bar, one feels immediately bewitched by the awe- inspiring atmosphere of the place, but the real magic begins when mixologists Alex Kratena and Simone Caporale start

crafting their witty cocktail creations – like the mind-blowing Forever Young, a drink inspired by Oscar Wilde, who started writing his famous novel ‘ The picture of Dorian Gray ’ at the Langham. Forever young is served on a wooden plate with an opium incense stick, to put the customer in a creative-novelist-kind-of-mood, and an upright mirror, so the drink’s garnish is a picture of the guest himself.

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BULLFIGHTSBY APRINCESS

Text: Mark Robinow

Sophie Princess von Hanau, born into an Austrian /German family, is a world citizen and fluent in four languages. She went to school in Spain, but visited her family in the U.S several times a year. While pursuing her BA in psychology she attended the University of Miami, Webster University Vienna, and C.I.S in Madrid and graduated from London’s Regent College.

Quickly, but to no surprise, talented Sophie held her first pho-tography exhibition in London’s renowned fashion store ‘Fendi’ on Sloane Street in 2006.

Having grown up with her mother, who is an interior designer, it was not long before this influence inspired her to merge decora-tive designs with documentary photography. Creating the over- sized, modern and sometimes slightly abstract work she does today. Images vary in subject, such as African landscapes and its inhabitants, and from photojournalistic work to her colorful

and very unique impressions of classical Spanish bullfights. The latter being a beautiful collection of images depicting not only toreros and their targets but in particular the incredible crafts-manship of the state-of-the-art sewing that is done on each of the Torreros suits. A rare craftsmanship that is a very small industry in Spain, which has been passed on from generation to genera-tion. This beautiful work is very clearly shown in the stunning close-up images taken by Sophie von Hanau during her many visits to bullfight arenas.

Sophie very often uses a technique in which she overexposes the image. This is what creates the white backdrop appearance. The reason for this style is that she wants to emphasize the most important elements of the image, letting the background fade away. Her stunning images are available in 4 different sizes and editions depending on the actual image prices range from 3.400 Euros to 9.500.- Euros.

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please visit: www.mark-robinow.com.

The exhibition Los Toros can be seen at the Hotel Mandarin Oriental Munich until the end of August 2014.

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COS FUSIONOF FASHIONAND DESIGN

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COS – Daichi Ano installation

Text & Interview:Isabel Zumtobel

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I am in Rome and a trendy friend mentions that COS is her fav- ourite fashion line. All I knew was that it’s the higher-end brand of H&M. From Rome I traveled to Frankfurt to research some new lighting at the Light & Building Fair. A stroll in town leads me to the COS shop. Interesting, drawing my attention … I am stimulated and curious. There is some thing very fresh to it, new and classic at the same time. I wish I’d had more time but had to leave the shop shortly. About a week later Mark Robinow, an old friend and

publisher of this magazine, asked me to write an article on COS for this issue. Voila, here we are. Their (COS’) latest project – which was shown at “Fuori del Salone” in Brera which took place at the “Salone del Mobile”, Milan’s prestigious design fair this spring and which really shows the spirit of COS, and that their approach is more than just another fashion brand – is an installation by Nendo, one of the most globally sought-after design studios, which was founded in Tokyo by Oki Sato in 2002. - - - ->

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Karin Gustafsson, Head of Womens Wear Design at COS, says of the project, “ here at COS we are constantly inspired by the world of design, and the opportunity to participate in the the Salone del Mobile continues to inspire us as a brand”. Martin Andersson, Head of menswear has admired the work of Nendo over years and is excited about their partnership.

The deeper I look into COS the more impressed I am. To explore their website is already pure pleasure. How many badly done sites do we have to struggle with. This one though is easy, functional, esthetically appealing and very clearly demonstrates all the aspects of the company, whether it is fashion, art, design, film etc.

The philosophy of COS is to offer reinvented classics for women and men, wardrobe essentials and timeless designs that are made to last beyond the season. Traditional methods alongside new techniques and contemporary fabrics merge in order to create understated fashionable pieces. They consider the shopping experience in close context with their garment. They share their inspiration and you can see they try to optimize all the details of every garment and accessory. Last year COS launched a maga-

zine in NY: The COS AW13 magazine titled ‘On stage; The world as performance’, we are celebrating its arrival with an accompa-nying reading list on the theme of performance, chosen by a series of book stores across Europe.

Alongside the COS AW13 magazine, the books from the reading list were part of a special window display at selected stores, in- spired by the work of artists Elsa-Louise Manceaux and Bernardo Gaeiras. Last summer COS supported Park Nights, a series of events, screenings and talks that took place at the 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. They commissioned film-maker James Aiken to explore the Pavilion space, and asked the architect Sou Fujimoto to tell the story of the project. This is just to mention some of the cultural activities they are involved in.

COS launched their first flagship store in London 2007. By now there are 82 stores all over the world with the promise of high fashion and high quality at attainable prices. Architect William Russell has designed COS interiors, and so have Alexander Mc Queen and Margaret Howell. COS is a fusion of fashion essen-tials, reinvented classics and the latest trends for women and men.

The installation is indicative of the studios playful yet rational approach. The Nendo philosophy: To re-imagine everyday projects and provide what they epigrammatically call a small moment, is evident in both the concept and realization of the installation. The iconic white shirt has been intrinsically woven into the installation concept aligning the COS design ethos perfectly into the structure; modern, functional, stylish.

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left: Oki Sato, Head of the design studio Nendothis page: COS – Daichi Ano installation

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Martin Andersson, Menswear Design Manager, tells about growing up as a teenager in a small Swedish town and being inspired by British fashion magazines like

ID and the Face. “ I wanted to recreate the style and look I was seeing in the British magazines, but couldn’t buy anything right in Sweden, so I began sketching my own designs”. This creative vision was then brought to life with the help of his mother, an accom-plished seamstress and major influence. It is fitting that 18 years later Martin would be continuing to blend British fashion and Swedish sensibilities at COS in London. His passion for both British style and fashion design continued when he came to London to fulfill his dream to design men’s wear. Immediately after finishing his studies at Central St. Martins he worked as a designer for Hackett. While with Hackett he continued to sketch his own designs and with the help of friends he created his own label, Martin Andersson.

2007 Martin joined another British brand, Aquascutum. However, a year later he was offered his ideal position as the Head of Men’s wear Design at COS, a brand which has perfect synergy with Martin’s creative style and reconnects him to his Swedish heritage.

At London headquarters of COS I had the pleasure of meeting Martin and was able to interview him.

COS Design Manager Martin Andersson

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WHAT WAS THE FIRST IMPULSE THAT LED

TO YOUR DECISION TO BECOME A FASH-

ION DESIGNER?

Growing up in the Swedish countryside and not really having access to the “latest fashion”, lead me to designing my own pieces to a certain extent; reading mag-azines like Dazed and Confused, visiting London and other urban places, studying at Central St. Martin and living in London.

HACKETT AND AQUASCUTUM, EVEN

MORE SO, ARE THE EPITOMY OF BRITISH

STYLE; NOW YOU ARE WORKING WITH

COS DOING SOMETHING TOTALLY

DIFFERENT. WAS THE TRANSFORMA-

TION SOMETHING THAT WAS EASY

FOR YOU TO TACKLE OR DID IT INVOLVE

BIG OBSTACLES?

COS is a great company to work for, and I am surrounded by a really interesting and creative team. At companies like Hackett I’d learned my core competences as a menswear designer from pattern cutting to drawing, etc. So moving to COS was not an obstacle at all, it was more like a nat- ural continuation which combined my modern taste with necessary skills which I can now use at COS in the best possible way.

HOW MUCH DO YOU ACTUALLY INTER-

ACT OR EXCHANGE THOUGHTS / IDEAS /

GUIDELINES WITH YOUR COLLEAGUE

KARIN GUSTAFSSON?

At the beginning of each season we sit to- gether and brain storm ideas and thoughts for the upcoming collection. After this initial process, during which we decide on colours and general themes, we both go our own ways to work with our teams on the womenswear and/or menswear col- lection. We like to reinvent timeless and classic garments such as the white shirt, t-shirts and the little black dress. Each season we add a new and modern twist to their design. We are into new techniques, and always work on finding interesting finishes and fabrications that give our timeless garments a modern feel. The COS menswear collection is based around re-invented classics, essential pieces and seasonal trend garments. It is built up like a complete wardrobe and can roughly be divided it into three sections; casual, classic and leisure.

IF YOU COULD HAVE ONLY 5 WORDS

TO DESCRIBE THE CHARACTER OF

THE MEN’S COLLECTION OF COS, WHAT

WOULD THEY BE?

Modern, Timeless, Functional, Tactile, Utilitarian

BESIDES ACTUALLY DESIGNING THE COL-

LECTION, HOW FAR DOES YOUR IN-

FLUENCE GO IN REGARD TO THE LOOK

OR STYLE OF THE PRINT MEDIA CAM-

PAIGNS OR CATALOGUES? ARE THEY

DONE BY INDIVIDUAL ART DIRECTORS,

OR DOES THE DESIGN HEAD HAVE A SAY

IN HOW THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES?

We have a marketing department based here in London (where COS’ Head Office is located) which takes care of all the creative output. We are all of course one team and share thoughts, inspirations as well as interesting /quirky things with each other.

CAN YOU GIVE ME 3 NAMES OF

DESIGNERS THAT WERE YOUR BIGGEST

INSPIRATIONS THROUGHOUT YOUR

CAREER?

Helmut Lang, the furniture of Poul Kjaerholm, Mies van der Rohe

WHEN YOU ARE NOT WORKING IN

YOUR STUDIO / OFFICE, WHERE DO YOU

GET MOST OF YOUR INSPIRATION FOR

DESIGNING CLOTHES?

I love to visit art galleries all around the world. Travelling, at COS we are lucky enough to get inspirational trips to cities like Tokyo, Los Angeles and Venice. Strol- ling around London is a great source of inspiration for me.

IF YOU COULD HAVE CARTE BLANCHE IN

CHOOSING ANY KIND OF GARMENT/

OBJECT OR PRODUCT TO DESIGN, WHAT

WOULD IT BE?

I would like to go back to the white shirt. There are just endless things you can do with a white shirt, it is an endless design process in a way. Designing a house is one of my personal dreams, I am a really big fan of the Bauhaus style, and architecture has always interested me. THANK YOU MARTIN FOR THIS GREAT

OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN INSIDER´S

IMPRESSION OF THE DESIGN WORLD AT

COS.

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PRODUCING A TOUCHING PHOTO, ONE THAT IMPACTS THE VIEWER AS WELL AS ONESELF, THAT´S THE REAL CHALLENGE.”

PAUL HILLER

Candy pastels in pink, light blue and turquoise transform fairytale-like consumption landscapes into faded memories – Paul Hiller portrays sublime impressions of amusement parks from all over the world.

Hiller‘s photographs are not random snapshots, but a blend of travel reports, spurred by his wanderlust, and subjective documentations of globalized urban landscapes. The staged scenery of the constructed consumerism of amusement parks is a conscious extension of his cityscapes.

Hiller is fascinated by the morbidity amusement parks emanate even while still in operation. The attractions and booths are perpetually exposed to decay and slowly fade away. This fading is an integral part of his work. By using an analogue medium format and slightly overexposing the negative, Hiller creates a special color and light atmosphe-re, which seems to veil the experience of these places.

Text: Mamé Gamamy

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Hanayashiki I, 2011

Cosmo World I I I , 2013

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Hanayashiki I I , 2011

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Swing Around, 2013

Candy, 2010

The minimalist nature of the images is further enhanced by lightboxes and video installations as multidimensional means of presentation accompanying the paper prints.

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Listed by “Flare Magazine” as one of the 10 most exciting young photographers in Germany, Hiller just finished his media art studies under Professor Klaus vom Bruch at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich.

Inspired by established contemporary photo artists like Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall and Massimo Vitali, he sees more in his pictures than the pure illustra-tion of reality. It‘s his subjective perception of places that draws the viewer into a world he has already experienced.

Galaxy I, 2013

Hanayashiki Swan, 2011

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Hiller‘s amusement park series as well

as earlier works, can be viewed online

at www.mark-robinow.com.

His photographs vary in price from

1,500 to 5,000 Euro, depending on

size, edition and whether it is a paper

print or a lightbox.

WHY HAVING

NO IDEA ABOUT ART IS

THE BEST WAY

TO UNDERSTAND ART

Image: “Frischfleisch”, Cherry Goldenberg

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WHY HAVING

NO IDEA ABOUT ART IS

THE BEST WAY

TO UNDERSTAND ART Written by the “Art Connoisseur” Jay C Foster

Being in the position that I find myself in – being a partner of our wonderful magazine – it is time for me to fess up that I have no idea about art. Or at least that is my belief, and I am sure that one or the other reader has wondered why – with no formal art back-ground – I am involved in an art magazine. Well, let me say at this point that I am by trade a graphic designer, while you roll your eyes and think: “that’s not art”! That might be your opinion, or not. Simple. Not so much when it comes to ART.

Through years of suffering through various classes during my somewhat ‘younger’ years, I found that there are many different forms of art and many differences of opinion as to what classifies as art. For me there are at least two kinds of art: the art I “have” to appreciate, since it s considered a type of education to gaze upon “the girl with a pearl earring”, which in art lingo is com-monly referred to as “the Dutch Mona Lisa” by Johannes Vermeer, and then having to dig into the deeper understanding of what Johannes was thinking when he painted it, despite its origins and date being unclear and whether or not this work was commissioned.

If at this point you are shouting and screaming blasphemy just by reading this, then I suggest you stop reading now. However, if you pulled out your laptop and went straight to Wikipedia then you are in a similar boat as I am! However, there are a few other paintings that could be mentioned, that one “must” simply know in order to be considered the next “art history student!”. Some of these would be “Guernica – Picasso, The last Supper or the Mona Lisa – da Vinci… you get the picture.” Then there is the art that one may appreciate because, well, its just that frickin good. These are the ones that after visiting endless museums one can seem to just not get enough of. One of my all time favorites has to be “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh – According to a popular myth, van Gogh, only sold one painting in his life.

What you say … exactly. How come no one at the time came over and said “well that looks spiffy, I say would that not look good on your wall?” because the reality is that at the time no one liked his paintings. Damn.

So therefore why do I suddenly have a feeling that art is all about what the individual likes? How many of you have ever been to a museum and thought “what the hell? I waited two hours to see three hundred tourists taking selfies in front of the Mona Lisa at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, and then going home to check it out in a high res scan on your home comput-er? Sound familiar?

The art lovers among you must be going “this is an outrage, what about the colors, the perspective and all the other terms that people abuse when talking about art.” Well bullshit. High res scans are better than the museum glass it is hidden behind and the noise and reflections in the glass.” Your argument is invalid.

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MASTER OF THE SUBLIME

MATTHEW BARNEY’S RIVER OF FUNDAMENT

Text: Rebekka Reinhard

42 Fourteen large-scale sculptures, an opera-film of 270-minute running time (including three live performances) plus an astounding amount of drawings, copperplate engravings, photographs and storyboards: that is “River of Fundament”, the latest Gesamtkunst-werk by Matthew Barney – a multi-referential universe unlike anything you can possibly imagine. It took Barney no less than seven years to invent this mesmerizing world ranging from ancient mythology to modern-day car relics. Upon entering his exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, you realize: here‘s an art with a substantial message, not some sort of random postmodern bricolage. This is the work of a perfectionist.

Matthew Barney, who considers himself a maniac, is extremely disciplined. While he was working on the sculptures for “River of Fundament” in his

studio in New York City, he followed a strict routine. He started at 8.30 am, took a short break at noon and finished at 6 pm. He admits that he simply couldn‘t stay away from his objects – it was essential for him to feel their presence every single day. Barney, a former football player, wrestler and model, whom the New York Times called today‘s most important American artist, has always tried to produce something that he believes is greater and much more interesting than ourselves. He is intrigued by enigmas and ambiguites of any kind. Barney says that he depends on being in doubts and uncertainties– a state of mind that the Romantic poet John Keats famously dubbed “negative capability”. Maybe that’s why Barney, rather than simply documenting reality, loves to create artworks that seem even more cryptic than his own mental activity.

On the one hand, “River of Fundament” is all about reincarnation, transcend-ence and spirituality. On the other, it is a half solemn, half humorous commen-tary on contemporary American culture – on its decline, that is. The work is inspired by Norman Mailer’s fantastic novel Ancient Evenings which is set in Ancient Egypt from 1290-110 B.C. Roughly speaking, the book tells the story of an Egyptian nobleman who attempts to become reincarnated three times in the womb of his wife in order to transform himself into a god.

In “REN”, the first outdoor performance included in the symphonic film, the nobelman is substituted by a 1967 Chrysler Crown Imperial (already starring in Barney’s Cremaster 3). The exhibition showcases a sarcophagus which contains the original Chrysler Imperial hood with an oversized amulet display-ing the image of a winged scarab on top. Just like the original ancient Egyptian scarabs, this one is made of gold, lapis lazuli, turqoise, carnelian and agate, thus lending a mythical quality to the banal hood and turning it in a kind of idol. As to the rest of the objects, Barney did without his signature synthetic materials. No Vaseline, this time. Instead he used industrial metals, iron, bronze, copper and brass, as well as organic elements such as sulfur and salt. At the center of the exhibition is “DJED”, a massive cast-iron sculpture that was poured during the second live performance “KHU” set in Detroit, a former focal point of the Industrial Age. Barney chose the location not only in order to refer to the broken dreams of the now defunct automobile industry but also because of the big salt mines beneath the Detroit River. They contain a vast transport system that can be compared to the network of tunnels and secret

I would say that making art is like quitting smoking, if you do not have 100% conviction it will never happen.”

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I would want to be buried in a box that lasts forever but is perforated ”

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45chambers beneath the Great Pyramids. “You can sort of see the strata of histories there”, says Barney. “So it’s not just that twentieth-century layer of extreme success and failure, but there are a number of other levels visible.”

The primary form of “DJED” is the undercarriage of the Chrysler Imperial. After cutting away parts of it, it was buried in sand and stone to form an abstraction of the Egyptian hieroglyph for the deity Osiris: “In the action in Detroit, the Imperial was reovered from the Detroit River and cut into pieces and then melted in five furnaces. That 25-ton sculpture is the remains of the Imperial.” The purpose of the whole endeavor was – what else? – reincarna-tion. The Chrysler had to be “reborn” as a 1979 Pontiac Firebird …

The sculptures in the exhibition are like cristallizations of the performances, or, in Barney’s words, “narrative sculptures”. What moves you most about them is that they seem to possess a spiritual core, a kind of transcendental quality. Barney, who sees himself more as a sculptor than a film-maker, really knows how to put emotion into his objects and to somehow animate them. This is especially true of the large bronze piece called “Canopic Chest”. In ancient Egyptian funeral practice, a canopic chest housed four jars with the internal organs of the deceased. It was believed that the body parts of the dead must be stored so that they could travel into the hereafter intact. Barney’s used the negative impression of the underside of the front end of a 1967 Imperial to evoke the magic of this sacred container. Looked at from a distance, “Canopic Chest” is a dark grey sculpture that looks like a cross between a car and a prehistoric animal carrying a polished bronze piece on its back.

Barney’s drawings and engravings serve as a subtle contrapoint to his XXL- objects. Some of them show mythological beings resembling those by Hieronymus Bosch, others engine parts against the background of American landscapes. Everything in these pictures seems to be in a vaporous process of transformation – another reference to “Ancient Evenings”, where, accord-ing to Barney, “the gods are obliged to transform constantly and … to move between an animal state and a human state and to fuck one another and to kill one another and just to keep changing that way, folding themselves into each other.”

So what to make of an art that is too grand, too complex and too overwhelming to be put in a few thousand words? For me, “River of Fundament” is simply an instance of the sublime – like the sky, the ocean or the Himalayas. The Irish philosopher Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797), who contrasted the sublime with the beautiful, defined infinity, vastness, power, magnificence and obscurity as its primary sources. As Burke wrote, the true test for the sublime is that it produces “delightful horror” as well as reverence and respect. Why? Because we can never really understand it: “It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration, and chiefly excites our passions. Knowledge and acquaintance make the most striking causes affect but little. A clear idea is therefore another name for a little idea.” Matthew Barney would certainly agree.

What if Barney, the artist of the sublime, would be born again? What kind of reincarnation would suit him best? Believe it or not, Barney doesn’t want his own body to to be stored in a canopic jar. He’s actually quite humble: “I would want to be buried in a box that lasts forever but is perforated.”

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Strolling along Munich’s most elegant shopping mile, the famous Maximillianstrasse, one cannot miss the impressive Kempinski Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, and certainly should not miss the very prominently placed Gallery ARTconsult on a small street alongside the hotel, called Wurzerstrasse. Standing in front of house number 12 you will find one of Munich’s newest art treasures.

Opened in 2013 by art-loving Dirk G. Kronsbein, there are two galleries placed next to each other, with two separate entrances. Inside one you‘ll find exquiste examples of blue-chip art from Andy Warhol or Roy Liechtenstein to emerging artists from the fine-art-photography world in regularly changing exhibitions in both galleries. The successful entrepreneur has thus given his private passion as an art patron and collector a professional - and very beautiful – setting.

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Georg BaselitzDer Abgarkopf, 1984oil on canvas124,5 x 100 cm

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Amilla Fushi means “your personal island home” and that is exactly what this pristine little hideaway in the unspoilt UNESCO biosphere reserve of Baa atoll is set to be. Visionary Tom Mc Loughlyn, who was the creator of the world’s first underwater spa at Huvafen Fushi and the first underwater nightclub at Niyama, is one of the brains behind this new flagship resort of The Small Maldives Island Co. Amilla Fushi will offer a choice of island homes including resort and private residences, which hover over the ocean, nestle amongst the treetops or hug the shores of pow- dery white sand. The restaurants and bars have been uniquely designed to capture the idyllic beauty of the island and will be managed by one of the leaders in Australia’s culinary scene, Luke Mangan. However, the new resort is being announced as a mould- breaking property, offering stunning contemporary architecture and bespoke experience-led ethos – surely one of the most exciting openings in 2014.

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NOT FORALL THE SNAILSIN CHINA

The children of a Hamburg friend will certainly have better lives than us with our anachronistic 20th century education. If they get snails at the night market in Shanghai, although they ordered mussels, they will be able to express their protest in the most sophisticated Mandarin, instead of helplessly fidgeting with their hands, while still enjoying the snails in the end.

The kids of my Hamburg friend did not only grow up with a great view over the Elbe, but also with a Chinese nanny. Those parents, who missed out on teaching their toddlers proper Chinese, are simply “irresponsible” said my friend. “Those, who choose English as the only second language might as well baptize their offspring Kevin”, she said.

China is not up and coming, China is right there. Since a week- end trip to New York is insignificantly more appealing than a wellness vacation in Bad Tölz, everyone seems to be traveling to the Land of Smiles and talking or posting about it. Some daring trendsetters are already quietly asking whether the transatlantic

alliance could have probably gone astray in cultural respect. Was the short jaunt into pop art and conceptual art à la Bruce Nauman even worth the effort?

After all, our cultural ancestors, like King Augustus II, the Strong, were crazy about China, and collected Chinese art and porcelain in times when the only ‘cultures’ North America had were impor- ted poxviruses. The rise of China to a global cultural power has long been felt in the middle of our society, where members of the German middle class are no longer ordering number 34 or 83 at their local Chinese eatery around the corner, but prefer to indulge in a 2-star Beijing roast duck at restaurant Tim Raue. The Terra- cotta Army of Emperor Qín Shìhuángdìs is considered to be the only army that could deploy into Germany without evoking protest from green activists waving peace flags.

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62 Anna Maria Jagdfeld could truly call herself an early adopter, who already in the nineties has proven a more trenchant taste with her art selection for the Berlin China Club than, for instance, the endowment of the Adlon hall. Once I sat in the premises with a view at the Holocaust Memorial with Ronald S. Lauder, one of New York‘s most important art collectors, while admiring the works of Tang Zhigang, Chiu Ya-tsai, Zang Fan Zhi and, of course, Feng Zhengjie‘s neon-colored Mao. Lauder reckoned to have detected some parallels to the Berlin art world of the early 20th century, and quickly all those present found some hints of Kirchner, Grosz or Dix in the pictures. Perhaps it is this spirit of optimism in their faces in which the visage of the Ancien Régime is still flashing.

All this is, of course, fading in the face of a particular phenomenon. What would the German cultural public just be without their Ai Wei Wei? Just recently more than 100,000 people flocked to the exhibition of the

Beijing artist into the Gropius-Bau in Berlin – a number that would even be exceptional for a Gerhard Richter exhibition. Despite or probably just because Ai Wei Wei is not allowed to be present, since the KP has de-nied his departure as a dissident, his reputation is still incomparable. It is said that the powerhouse of the Danube Monarchy was the empty emperor‘s lodge in theaters and operas. Following the same principal,

Ai Wei Wei dominates the German art scene. When the Haus der Kunst in Munich wants to put its nazi

look into perspective, then Ai Wei Wei has to take care of it and redefine the swastika adorned arcade by using bamboo sticks on which he impales Chinese vases. GQ Style, Zeit Magazin, Monopol – across the media the corpulent Chinese is not only the topic, but at least a guest editor-in-chief or a monothematic something.

My Shanghai friends with whom I recently dined at a restaurant with view on the Bund, know Ai Wei Wei personally, but were, however, astonished about the status he has in Germany. This circumstance has now got around Germany, and is of course recog-nized as a result of the evil Chinese propaganda. But it‘s not that easy, my Shanghai friends say. After all, China‘s upcoming middle and upper class are already equipped with devices that allow them to easily access the world wide web, without anybody from the Communist Party caring about it. Those who want to see Ai Wei Wei, can actually do it. However, those are not many.

The metropolitan Chinese and the Europeans who settled in Hong Kong, Shanghai or Beijing have come to terms with the regime, and seem to be annoyed by the anti-governmental roaring. “It continues, because everyone senses that the rise, everyone is participating in, that the alteration of a country of billions needs a different organizational form than a Western democracy,” a friend from Shanghai tells me. We‘ve heard something similar about Russia for years, I responded, with a familiar result:

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The Crimea is now gone. My friends gave me an uncomprehending look. “You certainly can‘t compare that now”, my friend said. China would handle its rise much more civilized than Russia. Overall, life in the communist People‘s Republic was much more care-free and liberal, than that in the allegedly democratic Russia. I realize, that they most probably wouldn‘t care much about the Amnesty International report.

In the entry hall of the club that we subsequently went to, you can see a huge art installation. It consist of countless bikes that are winding high into the stairway, somehow entangled and chained to each other. The bike is not only a mere means of transpor-tation, but since the massacre at Tiananmen Square

in 1989, it is also famously known as a political symbol. I wonder, if the fancy Chinese hipsters, that walk by the artwork while laughing, kissing and staggering, can really relate to that? In 1989, most of them were not even born yet.

Then, I head to Shanghai‘s night market to eat some mussels. I get snails instead. The old Chi-nese woman puts on a stern face, as I hesitate to eat them. I certainly won‘t resist.

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“… I was born gay. In the catholic city of Kattowitz in Poland. I’ve always been a creative individual, so coming to Munich was a matter of choice …”

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Whenever one surveys the star charts mapping the known universe of urbanity, central bodies like Berlin

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Based on a similar project in New York the imagery spaw- ned by “Humans of Munich” draws its unique aesthetic impact from the immediacy and diversity of its subject: everyday people with their quite not so everday stories, which are brought straight to the point by reducing them to mere quotation fragments – all in all work of truly natural beauty and sincere glamour. The photographic style cor- relates with what is pictured: genuine, straight forward cap- tions of an instant. And, somewhat en passant, “Humans of Munich” succeeds in portraying the “village of millions” and Germany’s “Southern Belle” as a highly diverse, char-ming, upcoming and contemporary town full of character...and characters.

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Badrutt‘s Palace Hotel in St. Moritz

The Man Behind the Scene:Jens Fabian Herdieckerhoff, married to Teheran-born pianist Mahkameh Navabi, persuaded his wife with his charm to play a benefit concert for the Hadassah Medic- al Center in Jerusalem. Together with Lebanese countertenor Matteo El Khodr and German mezzo-soprano Friederike Krum, who offered a well-selected bouquet of arias by Handel, Purcell, Gluck, Mozart, Schumann, Schubert and Puccini at Badrutt’s Palace in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

What convinced Herdieckerhoff to organize this concert / dinner? He smiles: “I have found that the real magic of fund-raising goes even deeper than temporary happiness or extra income. It creates meaning.” The seasoned entrepre-neur in luxury goods knows what he’s talking about: “It’s all about providing opportunities to give, and to empower us to breathe more meaning into other people’s lives.” And – more importantly – providing health for other people: The Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO)

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Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) is Israel’s leading medical

organization. Hadassah‘s mission is to treat all patients equally

regardless of their origin or their religious orientation; building bridges for

peace among nations through medicine, proving that the only real

enemies are illnesses! For these efforts, Hadassah was nominated for the

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is Israel’s leading medical organization running two hospitals in Jerusalem and treating more than one million patients annually – equally, regardless of origin, religion, or money.And so Herdieckerhoff drummed up friends, friends of friends, mobilized his network, until he had rounded up 200 or so people to join the concert and dinner. “We put quite some effort in it, but in the end, it was our concept’s magic that did the job: the perfect blend of wonderful music, great performers, a good cause and a very special venue with very special people!” Herdickerhoff explains, playing down his efforts. “It was a complete success! Which in no small part is due to Alexander Prince Schaumburg-Lippe, who did a wonderful job as our event’s patron.”And so, in the end – in addition to the money raised by the relatively moderate

entrance fees of 325 Euros per person and some exquisite pieces of art – a substanti-al 5 digit amount was generated for the good cause. In fact, concert and dinner have been such a success that he s considering reviving this charity concept on the Cote d’Azur this summer to raise even more money. Herdieckerhoff might well have been the man German poet Adalbert von Chamisso anticipated, when writing the lyrics for a Lied by Schubert performed that evening: “He, the most glorious of all, o how mild, so good!”

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They still exist in Munich: the small exclusive locations, insider tips for connoisseurs and the

grand old names, representative for Munich as much as the Oktoberfest, the art galleries or the distinctive skyline of the Bavarian capital. These include such old companies as the world famous delicatessen Dallmayr, the former court jeweler Hemmerle, and, indeed, the company “Prantl”.

Documented since 1797, the company Fr. Ant. Prantl (Fr. Ant. stands for Franz Anton) makes the finest hand- crafted stationery in its own workshops in London and Munich, as well as exquisite leather accessories. The retail store in Munich’s Luitpoldblock alone is worth a visit. Beneath portraits of Bavarian kings, deer antlers and the old tin crest of the court purveyor, you’ll find a permanent exhibition of printed items out of the archives of the company, from business cards for the FC Bayern, stationery of the last Shah of Persia, to color and writing samples from 200 years of company history.

Prantl’s core business is still – as it was over 200 years ago - the client-attuned production of complex printed business cards, business stationery, invitations to christenings, weddings and family celebrations. Traditionally, handmade leather goods and accesso-ries are also on offer by this traditional company.

Production is still where it always was: in its own workshops just outside of Munich. The royal House of Wittelsbach, which Prantl has now been supplying for seven generations and to whom it owes the Bavarian royal coat of arms in its logo, is still a client. In the middle of the 19th century the company first became a royal Bavarian court supplier. In addition to the German nobility, many famous artists such as Richard Strauss, Kandinsky, and the brothers Thomas and Heinrich Mann were among the customer base of the house. Since his arrival to “shining Munich” Thomas Mann wrote his notes and works on original Prantl paper. He even mentioned the company in his diaries: “On the said sheet of the house of Prantl ... I wrote the Confessions of Felix Krull”.

Does anyone today still write long letters or commis-sion elaborate invitations for family occasions in print? “Thank God yes”, says Prantl ’s owner Jan-

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Christoph Kaiser-Seisser, particularly so-called family printed materials are more and more important for us: christenings, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries as well as funerals and the like constitute 65% of our company’s turnover.

Since 2012 Prantl has had an office in London, which is headed by Clemens Stromeyer and two experienced printing experts. Its customers include, among others, the Queen of England. In spite of strong competition on the island, the London branch is growing rapidly. Due to the very individualized personal atten- tion and good contacts, the company can operate discreetly and quietly. It’s trump card – in London as well as in Munich – is its own manufacturing facilities.

The entire team in Munich as in London agrees on the company’s market strategy for the future. It is primarily based on the soon-to-be multilingual and completely revamped online store, the largest of its kind in Europe. “Here we woke up quickly and were the first.” Otherwise, the team proceeds very carefully, slowly and selec- tively. Prantl’s printed materials and merch- andise are available only at selected retailers like Ludwig Beck, where there is a “Prantl Corner” at Loden Frey, at Quartier 206 , and at luxodo.com, the luxury online shopping portal.

Despite all the tradition in design and craftsmanship Prantl managed a very

contemporary coup a few years ago. The internationally renowned illustrator Kera Till - who operates her own fashion blog in Vogue – is responsible among other things for the new, young signature of Prantl. Her correspondence and greeting cards Edition “Kera Till for Prantl 1797” is one of the bestsellers. Kera Till can choose her clients. The big international fashion houses such as Hermes stand in line to work with her. “We are proud to be working with her”, says Konstantin von Berg, who is one of the directors of the company since 2012 and divides his time between London and Berlin and also takes care of the local regulars in Berlin.

“In order to maintain a variety of print proposals and constantly have new designs for the online business and our

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Prantl MunichLuitpoldblock, Brienner Strasse 111DE-80333 MunichTel. +49.(0)89.22 34 36muenchen@prantl.de www.prantl.de

Prantl 1797 UKWorlds End Studios, 132-134 Lots Road, London SW10 0RJTel. +44.(0)20.73 49 72 25 anthony@prantl.com www.prantl.com

online configurators, it is important to work with young designers and graphic artists. The classics have a home at Prantl, yes, but you must also constantly surprise with something new, and it must remain Prantl anyway, that’s the trick”, von Berg says proudly. “Everything must change so that it remains as it is”, reads one of the hand-folded cards in the window. This sentence seems to work very well at Prantl ! Let‘s see what the next 200 years bring.

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VERTU’s new CEO Massimiliano Pogliani was in Munich recently and Artology caught up with him in his suite at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof.

Vertu aims to deliver the world’s best luxury mobile phone experience for its customers by combining expert craftsmanship and peerless materials with innovative technology and unique services. Today, Vertu leads the market that it pioneered over a dec- ade ago. The mobile phones are handmade in England using the finest available materials, e.g. finest British leather, titanium cases for the phone as well as crystals and quartz for the various components. Each phone is assembled by a single craftsman.

Next to its phones, Vertu is renowned for its curated services and exclusive content. Vertu LIFE offers person- alized recommendations and privileged access to a wide selection of goods, services and access to VIP events.

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SYM PHONYOF E L E M E NT S

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WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE FEATURE OF A VERTU

CONSTELLATION PHONE?

I don´t actually consider any one feature the most outstanding. I like to see it as a symphony of elements that are all quite outstanding, and in total produce the magic which consists of the services, designs, mater-ials and sound quality, this is definitely unique on the smart-phone market today.

HOW MANY UNITS DOES VERTU PRODUCE PER

YEAR WORLD-WIDE?

Being a luxury product and targeting a very special niche of clients, we have a limited amount of phones produced per year of each model. So one could say that all our phones are limited editions. We also do a few collaborations with other luxury brands such Ermenegildo Zegna in Asia, or Bulgari, or Boucheron, and most prominently with Ferarri. This is based on mutual design principles, very clearly inspired by the body lines of Ferrari ’s Berlinetta model, and using the same leather as on the car. To top it all the phone reproduces the original sound of the engine. This particular model was only produced 2013 times in total worldwide.

WHEN CELL PHONES WERE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE EURO-

PEAN MARKET APPROXIMATELY 15-20 YEARS AGO, ONE

OFTEN READ THAT THE GERMANS AND THE ITALIANS WERE

BUYING MORE CELL PHONES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRIES

IN EUROPE. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS, AND IS IT ACTUALLY

STILL THE CASE?

Even though Italian and German cultures in general are quite dif- ferent they do have a few mutual characteristics. They are both big socialisers that like to meet up in groups with friends to celebrate and enjoy themselves, therefore they are both big communicators. Today mobile phones have become almost a simple household item for everyone all over the world, but the fact is that with Vertu we have a very luxurious and unique item – made in England – which is the first of its kind and therefore is first in the mind of the consumer. This keeps us quite busy trying to be constantly in- novative and keeping our customers satisfied.

IN WHICH COUNTRIES DO YOU SELL MOST OF YOUR PRO-

DUCTS TODAY?

Asia of course, China being our biggest single market. Some areas in Europe, though, are getting larger and larger. In particu- lar now with the introduction of the Constellation model we have achieved a 50% increase in new customers in most of our mark- ets. What has been very interesting to see is the fact that when we first came on the market with the Vertu phones most of the buyers where buying it as a status symbol, and now most of them are much more interested in the actual product substance. How does it work, what is it made of, what services does it offer and what benefits am I buying.

Interview with Vertu CEO Massimiliano Pogliani

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SYM PHONY

ONE OF THE UNIQUE BENEFITS OF OWNING A VERTU PHONE

IS ACCESS AND USE OF PRIVATE CONCIERGE SERVICES. HOW

DOES VERTU MANAGE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE ANYWHERE

IN THE WORLD IN SO MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES? DO YOU

OUTSOURCE THIS SERVICE?

Well, the concierge service is part of the aforementioned sym- phony of features and is definitely in our DNA, but is reserved for our Vertu TI and Signature clients. A different tailor-made ser- vice is presented to our constellation clients. This is the Vertu Life card and offers special privileges, like VIP entry into various member clubs, special concerts and events, etc. The actual con- cierge service caters many services to a somewhat elderly busi- ness-oriented clientele, and the globe-trotting frequent traveler. Our concierges try to maintain a long-term relationship with customers, so when calling the service they will always deal with the same “Concierge”. We have concierges on all continents. Concierge membership starts with an annual fee of £ 2000.

WHAT IS THE CRAZIEST WISH A CUSTOMER HAS ASKED FOR

THROUGH YOUR CONCIERGE SERVICE?

We try to fulfill every and any wish of our customers as long as it is legal. People who order a pink Ferrari with diamonds placed on the dashboard or things like that are really an exception. A con-cierge at Vertu will organize anything from a wedding, to Cham- pions League tickets or even a certain kind of elephant for your party. The range is very wide but in general most of our customers have very realistic and understandable wishes that we try to expedite as well as possible. Providing this, our clients become more attached to our services which give them piece of mind and thus further attachment to the brand. This is very important to us.

SOME THEATER LIKE SET DESIGNS WERE PRODUCED TO SHOOT

THE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN AND ALSO THE IMAGES FOR

YOUR WEBSITE. THEY ARE QUITE INCREDIBLE. WHO WAS RE-

SPONSIBLE FOR THEM?

Today all luxury brands do exceptional ads, in ours we wanted to create a Vertu world and its elements of various themes and style such as, bold, classy and vibrant with a touch of Britain of course as Vertu is a British product. But at the same time it was important to produce images that are not only about the product but focus on the world of our customers. They live in a world of exceptional luxury and services. Titanium, crystals and fine leather all ingre- dients of a Vertu Phone.

AFTER LOOKING AT THE COMPLETE CAMPAIGN WITH ITS VAR-

IOUS LAYOUTS I FIND THAT YOU HAVE INCORPORATED

EVERYTHING MENTIONED IN A CREATIVE AND WONDERFUL

WAY. THANK YOU MR. POGLIANI FOR THIS INTERVIEW AND A

CHANCE TO DIVE INTO A VERY SPECIAL WORLD.

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Text and interview: Mark Robinow

It is difficult on the one hand to keep a secret but surely it gives a certain sensation to pass it on to others. In some cases it actually gives a unique pleasure to pass it on to people who are important and you know will enjoy it immensely ...

HOTELIER, RESTAURATEUR AND EVENT

PLANNER — YOU SEEM TO BE MULTI-

TALENTED. BUT WHAT MAKES YOUR

HEART BEAT FASTER? WHICH OF THESE

THINGS IS YOUR REAL PASSION?

I love each of my jobs and I am very happy working creatively. I love to develop ideas and translate them into action. All this I can combine and implement at the Aurelio.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE YOURSELF AGAIN

WHEN YOU THINK BACK 20 YEARS?

Absolutely! 20 years ago I saw myself exactly where I am now: back in Lech. My path has led me from Lech to Jamaica, Singapore and Bangkok to Bermuda and back to Lech. It has sometimes been more turbulent in the past than planned or expected, but I am now where I wanted to be and from this experience I benefit today at the direction of such an interna-tional establishment as the Aurelio Lech.

A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE — WHERE

YOU SEE YOURSELF IN TEN YEARS?

In ten years I see myself still connected to Lech. My roots are definitely here. For the Aurelio Lech, I hope that it will be a creative source. Here movers and shakers, opinion leaders from all different work backgrounds and sectors should meet for exchange of thoughts and ideas and to be inspired. Personally, I dream of building my own small international luxury hotel chain and to be able to live out my crea- tivity to the full extent.

Previous Page: Indoor activity pool, Top: Aurelio‘s Licca LoungeManaging Director Axel Pfefferkorn, Aurelio Suite

Aurelio Lech, Tannberg 130 6764 Lech am Arlberg, Austria+43.(0)5583.2214www.aureliolech.com

The Hotel Aurelio in Lech, Austria is nestled in the famous Arlberg region and certainly still is a rather well kept secret to the somewhat spoiled but at the same time elegantly modest traveler. One could say secluded luxury meets winter hideaway. There is nothing at the Aurelio that is not state of the art and thought trough to the last little detail. The hotel boasts two different Spas, one for the general hotel guests and one for the guests staying at Club Aurelio a separate building connected underground to the main hotel. The Club is available as a separate entity and can be your home away from home if you like. An exquisite chef and a dinning room with a magnificent sun terrace is quite a treat and serves local and international cuisine worthy of a Michelin star.

We recently had the chance to speak to the Master of Ceremonies of the Aurelio, Lech born, Axel Pfefferkorn, who not only is the man- aging director but a walking encyclopedia of facts and information dealing with the Hotels surroundings and breathtaking moun-tain countryside.

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FOR OVER SIX YEARS NOW YOU

MANAGE THE “HOTEL & SPA AURELIO”

AS DIRECTOR AND HOST AND ARE

INTEGRATED INTO THE MULTI-MILLION

PROJECT “AURELIO LECH” SINCE THE

VERY BEGINNING. WHAT, IN YOUR

OPINION, IS THE FASCINATION OF THE

AURELIO LECH?

I think the fascination of the Aurelio Lech is the combination of tradition and moder- nity, internationality and locality. These components are reflected in almost every area of the house: In the interior, the restau- rant and even at the spa. We also give great importance to privacy here and live this idea. Another “special” is our chalet, the “Aurelio Club”, which is located right next to the hotel. This house can be exclu- sively booked in summer and winter with a full service staff including butlers, chefs and even a private swimming pool. This gives our guests a choice, if they want to reserve the club exclusively, for example for their wedding, to book an entire house for themselves and their friends, or if they prefer one of the ten rooms at Hotel Aurelio. This versatility in service and luxury is what makes the Aurelio so special and of which a large part of it’s fascination emanates.

THE GUEST LIST OF THE AURELIO LECH

IS INTERNATIONAL. FROM WHICH

COUNTRIES DO MOST OF YOUR FOR-

EIGN GUESTS COME FROM?

Our guests really come forth from any- where. From all European countries like the Netherlands, Germany and Great Britain, Russia but also from the United States and even as far as Hong Kong.

THE AURELIO LECH IS A VERY EXCLUSIVE

HOTEL. A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

THE GUESTS AS WELL AS THE MANAGE-

MENT AND STAFF ARE WELL MAINTAINED.

WHICH GUEST EXPERIENCE WILL YOU

NEVER FORGET?

They are countless. Evenings with inter- national music greats or famous artists such as Manfred Bockelmann or pianist Joja Wendt and with filmmaker Roland Emmerich at dinner or a drink by the fireplace are still very present in my mem- ory. I will certainly never forget, guests who booked a weekend and wound up repeatedly extending their stay from a short trip to a three-week holiday. This was very unusual.

THE ARTISTIC ASPECTS ARE NOT NE-

GLECTED AT THE AURELIO. MANY

RENOWNED ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER

EUROPE HAVE SHOWN THEIR WORK AT

THE HOTEL. WHICH PROJECTS ARE

IMPORTANT TO YOU IN PARTICULAR.

We have dedicated ourselves in particular to fine art photography at Aurelio. In addition to the permanent exhibition of more than 400 large-format works by the British artist Tim Hall we offer young and emerging photo artists such as Anke Schaffelhuber or Sophie von Hanau our public space as a stage to exhibit their work. But not only photo art can be found in our hotel. The Aurelio is also home to various classical concerts and Jazz groups that perform live for our guests and some invited VIPs.

TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE AURELIO

SERVE AS AN EVENT VENUE FOR

COMMERCIAL OR PRIVATE EVENTS?

In the Hotel Aurelio we offer some spaces and special rooms, in particular the “living room” of our chalet, as a stage for presenting a large variety of tailor made events such as concerts, weddings, dia- mond exhibitions, corporate meetings even cooking or yoga classes. Through continuous transformation we can always create new experiences and therefore offer our sophisticated, international guests a form of entertainment that they will never get bored of. The Aurelio slowly developed itself into a unique work of art with a dis- tinctive character.

THANK YOU AXEL, FOR THIS INTERVIEW

AND MAKING US ALREADY EAGER TO

SCHUSS DOWN THE ARLBERG SLOPES

AS SOON AS THE SNOW COMES BACK.

Aurelio Lech, Tannberg 130 6764 Lech am Arlberg, Austria+43.(0)5583.2214www.aureliolech.com

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Stefan Strumbel

Brought up in the fairytale landscapes of the Black Forrest, Stefan Strumbel, born in 1979, aims at nothing less than a fundamental redefinition of folk art. The raw material for his artistic vision are the artisan stereotypes of south-western Germany’s popular craftmanship: Wether it is cockoo clocks, traditional crucifixes or the typical wooden masks of the Alemannic carneval, for Strumbel the cliches of his homeland serve the purpose of deconstructing heirloom concepts of moral, social and religios values. By blending the design vocabulary of traditional handicraft with stylistic elements of contemporary pop art in a truly unique aesthetic aggravation, Strumbel’s work leads to elementary questions: Where (and what) is home? How does the vocuabulary of things define yourself? And what are traditional rural artefacts in the end if not overcome forms of pop art? Yes, this is anti-bourgeois art. And no, that does not necessarily lead to its banishment from the holy sites of well established culture. In May this year Puccini’s “La Bohème” premiered at the Opera Stuttgart, the much noticed, as provocative as inno-vative set decoration was designed by Stefan Strumbel – a Bohèmian reborn, literally and figuratively. It comes as no surprise, that Strumbels work has long since found a new home in the collections of acclaimed connoiseurs as Karl Lagerfeld and Hubert Burda. Once again it proves true, that great art is this: a home away from home ...

Text: Dr. Marco Böhlandt HOME ISWHERE YOUR ART IS

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Artology cannot resist looking into the minds of some of the creative heads of our time à la Marcel Proust, though we did change the questions just a bit.

SIR PAUL SMITH

What is you perfect idea of happiness? My wife What is your biggest vice? Bad jokes What is your idea of being creative?

Lateral thinking Which is your favourite city in the world? I do not like favorite, it depends on your mood. But I like London very much and the energy of Tokyo. Who is your favourite artist? I like the work of Giacometti and Banksy. What historical

figure do you most admire? Katherine Hepburn and in particular her quote “To be a model woman you have to dress like a man”. Which living person do you most admire? Daniel Day-Lewis, because he immerses himself in his roles in a way that sometimes is so extreme that when he called me once, he had a very strange accent and I was not sure if it was really him. I had to ask him a trick question about his mom and then I knew. Which talent would you most like to have? Knitting What is your favourite occupation? Any form of being creative and turning an idea into reality and making it work. What is

your life motto? Never assume, always check

Interview: Mamé Gamamy

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Fondation Cartier 30th Birthday Celebrations.

Check out the incredible program that this generous institution is presenting for its visitors as of now until May 2015. You have a choice between: Art exhibitions, concerts, movies and much more all in a milestone building designed by Jean Nouvel.

Open every day, except Monday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.Open Tuesday evenings until 10 p.m.261, Boulevard Raspail 75014 Paris www.fondation.cartier.com

Till May 2015

Louis Vuitton’s Travel books

The two new members to luxury goods manufacturer Louis Vuitton’s series of travel books, are a piece of art in every sense. The beautifully illustrated books are manufactured with the utmost craftsmanship and use of fine materials and last but certainly not least incredibly stunning illustrations by Japanese artists Jiro Taniguchi for his Venice Book as well as Italian comic books author Lorenzo Mattotti. An original approach of travel somewhere between the travel journal and the sketch book. Apart from the normal

Pop-up Jewels

Culture, Art and Design is finely crafted in precious metal. Come and see the PNK Jewelry Pop-Up Store.

During Salzburg FestivalHotel Goldener HirschGetreidegasse 37,5020 Salzburg, AustriaOpening times10 am to midnightwww.pnk-jewels.com

editions that are available across the globe at all LV shops. There will also be a leather bound luxury limited- edition of 50 books which include an original signed drawing by the artist and printed in the studio of Arte-Jules Maeght, Paris. To be found at selected LV Stores only.

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06.08.– 13.08.2014

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Candida Höfer Photographs at Ben Brown Fine Arts London

The famous Becher student Candida Höfer will be presenting her work “Villa Borghese” at the Ben Brown Fine Arts Gallery in London from the 25th of June until the 19th of September 2014. Höfer is one of the most famous students of Bernd & Hilla Becher who used to teach at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf before becoming its director. The art power-couple were a driving force and major influence of many of their students who quite quickly became some of the most famous and successfull contemporary artists in the medium of photography such as Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Axel Hütte, Elger Esser, Rineke Deijkstra and many more.

Ben Brown Fine Arts12 Brook‘s Mews, London W1K 4DG Tel. +44(0)20 . 77 34 88 88

Virgin Galactic to start space flights by end of 2014

Ground Control to Major Tom or is it Major Richard? In this case it is definitely Sir Richard Branson who again proves to never stop surprising the world with new ground-breaking business ideas or super exciting ventures. How would you like to be blasted into space for a quarter-million bucks? Yes it is a return flight.

For purchasing tickets in Germany contact Designreisen:

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more at www.virgingalactic.com

Erwin Wurm - One minute sculptures

Works of Austria’s most clever and entertaining contemporary artist are being shown at the famous Staedel Museum in Frankfurt until the 13th of July. Push-ups on coffee cups, balan- cing on oranges or flying on a broom. Everything is possible for one minute. Visitors become a living piece of art for 60 seconds. The Austrian artist deals with the extension of the tradi- tional concept of sculpture. His inter- active works request the visitor to no longer only consider the surrounding works of art of the museum, but to learn how to interpret these and oneself in a new and different way.

Städel Museum Dürerstraße 260596 Frankfurt am MainTel. +49(0)69.60 50 98-0www.staedelmuseum.de

25.06.–19.09.2014

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Sculptor andnaturalist BenFoster

Even those not fanatic about fantasy could not help but admire one thing about Peter Jackson’s cineasic vision of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”: the iconic yet engimatic landscapes populated by all those dwarfs, hobbits, elfs and otherwise im- probable characters. Not quite as hysterically recieved, but still critically highly acclaimed, Jackson’s countryman Ben Foster also pays tribute to New Zealand’s breathtaking scenery in an artistic manner that is no less charged with magic than the epic Middle Earth saga.

Fosters sculptures accomplish a subtle balance between static form and floating mo-tion, ingeniously culminating the natural and the handmade. Works like “Golden Boy” – a sculptural hommage to the Fosters family dog – mirror the dramatic forms of the mountains with their rugged and fractioned icefields contrasting shadowy rocks and boulders. Similarly, his kinetic abstract sculptures echo the restless coastal waters and winds which swiftly reshape New Zealand’s stony shores. No wonder that Foster’s sculptural work, which in many regards ligns him with fellow New Zealanders Michel Tuffery and Michael Parekowhai, is backgrounded best by the actual landscapes that inspired them. And yet, despite his profound association with nature s contouring mast- ery, the so broadly skilled sculptor never tries to conceal the mechanic and industrial origin of his statuary art. On the opposite, much of Fosters creative expression is de- rived from fusing the organic and the manmade with commanding consistency, no matter if carried out in polished or enamel-coated aluminium or stainless steel. There are still many adventurous and magical stories to be told about New Zealands majestic natural beauty and the power of creative vision … just listen to Ben Foster.

Text: Dr. Marco Böhlandt

Golden Boy

LORD OF THINGS

www.benfoster.co.nz

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required to make a litre of this precious elixir, a versatile super-food for the skin. Other key natural botanics are then carefully chosen, each one packed with an array of skin balancing and perfecting properties. Flavien’s thought process with elegant simplicity, is that with less you can achieve more. Luxurious cleansing and hydrating treatments that visibly improve the health of the skin are the hallmark of the Touché approach and syno-nymous with Flavien’s chic, timeless lifestyle brand.

Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson’s A View Becomes a Window, created for Ivorypress, is an edition of nine unique books. In lieu of pages, the leather-bound volumes contain a variety of glass sheets of various colours, qualities, and degrees of opacity. The glass pages were hand-blown by artisans from the Glashütte Lamberts, in Waldsassen, Germany, one of the few remaining glassworks in the world capable of producing large-format hand-blown glass sheets of this quality. Because they are handmade, the edges of the leaves are irregular, and each bears the imperfections of its production. The portrait-format books are best perused opened upon a bookrest. Reminiscent of an atlas in size, they are literally full of illuminations: light is reflected, refracted, and conducted by the glass pages.

When the pages are turned, the layers of coloured glass create complex reflections, so that the viewer becomes the protagonist

Text: IvorypressImage: Paco Gómez. Courtesy Ivorypress

Edition of nine unique books and two artist’s proofsMaterials: glass, colour-effect filter, leather, brass

Dimensions:Book: 75 × 58 × 17 cm (when closed)Bookrest: 135 × 60 × 100 cmProvenance: Ivorypress and the artistPrice by request.

If you require further information, please contactIvorypress at: enquiries@ivorypress.com

A VIEW BECOMESA WINDOW

of the book’s playful mirror narrative. The experience is height-ened by the use of colour-effect filter glass for the first and last pages. With a solid background behind these pages, they act like mirrors, but when light shines through them, they appear translucent and create a dichromatic effect, reflecting light in the complementary colour to that of the glass. Cut directly into some of the glass plates, ellipses and circles frame the lector’s face as she turns the pages. In the multi-layered reflections, she witness-es her likeness slip across the vitreous surfaces, fade, and jump out in crystalline clarity.

IvorypressGallery

THE ART OFEXHIBITING

Ivorypress was founded in 1996 by Elena Ochoa Foster as a publishing house specialising in artists’ books. The project currently encompasses a wide range of areas and activities within the frame of contemporary art, which include its own art gallery and bookshop, art consultancy, and art exhibitions curatorship, editorial services, audio-visual productions, and education.

In 2008, Ivorypress Space opened in Madrid as a gallery with a focus on first-rate national and internatio- nal contemporary artists, architec-ture, and photography. Since then, we have widened our scope in order to support Spanish artists, bring contemporary artists to the Spanish art scene and promote new talents, seeking excellence in each exhibition.

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