Under the curatorial eye of creative director Jonathan Anderson, the Loewe Dubai flagship store offers a 474sqm blending fashion, art and exquisite craft with men and women ready-to-wear and accessories. Here are 5 other things to know about the store:
- Furniture and light sculpture have been carefully curated for the space: the defined angles of Gerrit Thomas Rietveldโs Utrecht and Steltman chairs contrast beautifully with the organic lines found in Belgian designer Axel Vervoordtโs slate table.
- The space also features a trio of specially commissioned benches created by Brazilian artist Domingos Toฬtora, a LOEWE Craft Prize finalist who uses an innovative recycling process involving a hand- sculpted mixture of cardboard pulp, soil and water that is baked in sunlight.
- As part of the brandโs commitment to intelligent visual expression, a striking array of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, and textile pieces weave new dialogues together, from which we list: legendary South African artist-potter Hylton Nelsโ ceramic plates with abstracted sketches of animals both real and imagined, a welcome tactility is offered by Alice Andrea Ewingโs solid bronze casts of oyster shells, and Kazuhito Takadoiโs sculpture Kado (2018), constructed from hawthorn twigs and waxed linen twine. On the walls, John Allenโs mesmerising tapestry White Horse and Bill Lynchโs oil painting No Title (Bushes with Blue Flowers) burst with colour and life, bringing a sense of abundance. Smaller ceramics pieces such as Joanna Constantinidisโ Spiral Vase and Ewen Hendersonโs Shallow Dish invite observers to pause and linger, taking in their textured surfaces.
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