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Wednesday 9 May 2018
Is it art or is it decor? A British artist's playful work

By KATHERINE ROTH coat hooks display jack-
Associated Press ets and trousers decorat-
NEW YORK (AP) — The fur- ed with Chaimowicz' silk-
niture, drapes, wall cover- screened patterns, which
ings, ceramics, textiles and resemble wallpaper pat-
other works by London- terns. It's a hint of the work
based artist Marc Camille throughout the exhibit that
Chaimowicz are as cross- emphasizes decoration.
disciplinary as they are dis- And it's of course an image
tinct. They reflect and draw of something one might
inspiration from the home, see in a home.
but are closer to sculpture The Library features an
or performance art than entire gallery devoted to
home goods. decorative "artist's books"
Tending toward muted made by Chaimowicz. The
pastel pinks, lavenders books somehow straddle
and greens, Chaimowicz' the artistic, poetic and po-
pieces are better known in litical realms. This section
Europe than in the United also features two lamp-
States. Until now, that is. shades designed for this
"Marc Camille Chaimow- Installation view of the exhibition "Marc Camille Chaimowicz: Your Place or Mine…," at the Jewish exhibit.
icz: Your Place or Mine.," Museum in New York. Starting in 1975, Chamow-
billed as the first exhibit in Associated Press icz shifted his focus primar-
the U.S. devoted solely to ily toward home interiors as
him, opened at The Jew- at the Fifth Avenue mu- there are also multiple lay- He has lived and created in an inspiration and starting
ish Museum in New York seum, in a mansion built in ers of poetry behind it." three London apartments point for his pieces.
in March and remains on 1908. The show includes works over the past 40 years, and “His apartment itself was a
view through Aug. 5. Chaimowicz doesn't de- made between 1978 and these apartments served as work of art,” says Taxter.
"We gave the show a play- lineate between fine arts, 2018, including some nev- both subjects and sources The small gallery called
ful and ambiguous title to crafts and design, she says. er-before-exhibited pieces of his work, says Taxter. Here and There features a
reflect the playfulness and "His work is very abstract and three new commis- The show is arranged the- combination of self-portrai-
ambiguous nature of the and, at the same time, it's sions. matically into five main ture and staged images
work, and as a nod to the utterly approachable. Ev- Born in post-war Paris to a sections: The Entrance, The showing partial views of
fact that this museum itself eryone recognizes a chair Polish Jewish father and a Library, Here and There., interiors, in which Chaimo-
was once a home," says as- and understands wallpa- French Catholic mother, The Salon and The Public wicz is always looking else-
sociate curator Kelly Taxter, per. So there's an immedi- Chaimowicz was 8 when Garden. where. “They allow for a
who organized the exhibit ate understanding, and his family moved to Britain. In The Entrance, a row of great deal of flexibility.”q

Museum on broken relationships comes to Kosovo

By FLORENT BAJRAMI
Associated Press
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) —
Dolls, a memory jar, a mag-
nifying glass, a used con-
dom: Each a memento of
heartbreak contributed by
an anonymous contributor
to the Museum of Broken
Relationships, an eccentric
display in Kosovo.
The travelling exhibition —
tied to a permanent tourist
attraction in the Croatian
capital Zagreb dedicated
to treasuring and shar- A heart shaped candle is displayed at the Museum of Broken
ing heartbreak stories and Relationships in Pristina, Kosovo.
symbolic possessions — Associated Press
opened a month-long stint
in Kosovo last week as part 30 objects for the Kosovo "This jar holds the beautiful
of Europe Week. exhibition. days and nights of our re-
"Its mission is to connect They all aim at "storytell- lationship and that doesn't
people in public spaces ing, story sharing, to explain deserve to be thrown away
through the stories of love all the relationships, what and not to be remem-
and loss," a statement from happened not only be- bered."
the EU office in Kosovo said. tween lovers but also be- The museum won the EMYA
Curator Kushtrim Fetahu tween friends and families," Kenneth Hudson Award in
said organizers launched he said. 2010 for the most innova-
an open call for stories on One contributor from the tive and daring museum
Facebook and Instagram, western Kosovo city of Priz- project in Europe
and managed to collect ren writes of a memory jar: .q