Art performs many functions in the home. Interior designers rely on it to bring life into the rooms they’ve conjured from their early moodboards, sourcing trips and bespoke commissions. For example, Francis Sultana and the Mlinaric, Henry and Zervudachi studio use artwork to lend colour and texture; Beata Heuman and Luke Edward Hall use it to add nostalgia and character, while Albion Nord and Rose Uniacke channel nuance and narrative through the canvasses, boards and sculptures in their refined projects.
So too do the artists appreciate the way their works inform such spaces, holding the furniture and the viewers in tacit discourse. Alias Trate, a London-based contemporary artist known for his emotive and expressive use of colour, says, “there is a primacy of colour in my work that projects a presence outward from the canvas, filling the room around the work”. Laurence Bonnel, a Parisian sculptor and founder of Galerie Scene Ouverte, goes as far as to say, “artworks have souls and personalities that ignite a room. They have humour, they’re precious, and you can feel the presence of the artist or craftsperson who made them in the room”.
