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exploring taste – Spring/Summer 2016
London
People & Places
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Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Born in 1968, the ‘year that rocked the world’, Hans-
Ulrich Obrist is an art curator, critic and historian,
as well as the co-director of the exhibitions and the
international program of the Serpentine Gallery
in London. On top of his curatorial work, Obrist
photography Dan Kitwood/Stringer of conversations with the great personalities of
is the author of The Interview Project, a series
the art world, aimed at preserving their work for
future generations, by building an archive of the
artistic heritage of the last 50 years. Obrist also co-
1. edits the Paris based magazine, Cahiers d’art.
Shoreditch
Once a hotbed for the many subsequent waves of
immigration to London’s East End that brought
new life to the local community, today Shoreditch
is one of the leading art locations in the city and a
favorite among its young population. This trendy
neighborhood is a prime example of how quickly
time can alter the nature of a metropolitan area,
in a large city like London. While some of the photography Gareth Gardner/Getty ter a brief period in Milan. In 2005 he began his
changes happening in Shoreditch can certainly be
ascribed to gentrification, they are also a credit to
the receptiveness of an area ready to welcome new
impulses from the incoming communities, and
Situated in the very heart of the city the Barbican
willing to open up to the most innovative trends. Center is one of the most important performing 3.
With its Banksy murals, street markets and night-
life, Shoreditch is the ideal destination for vintage arts centers in Europe. Just north of the River
lovers and savvy shopaholics alike. You won’t fail Thames, hidden away inside the Barbican Estate, Barbican Center
to discover your own special place, in the tight the Barbican Center is a vibrating, multifunc-
web of streets between Old Street and Brick Lane. tional cultural hub, hosting classical and con-
temporary music concerts, theater performances,
art exhibitions and film screenings, as well as a
public library and three restaurants. The Center
first opened to the public in 1982, and is owned by
photography Dan Kitwood/Getty est arts funder in the United Kingdom. It is also
the City of London Corporation – the third larg-
home to the London Symphony Orchestra and
the BBC Symphony Orchestra, for an all-round
tribute to the City itself.
www.barbican.org.uk
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places – The art of Lonodon
photography by courtesy of Dover Street Market
store created by visionary Japanese fashion design- 5.
The Dover Street Market is a multilevel concept
photography Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty er Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garçons Dover Street Market
and mentor of Jun Takahashi (Undercover) and
Junya Watanabe. DSM is a bona fide retail expe-
rience, chaotic and orderly at the same time; here,
you’ll discover some of the most innovative new
expressions in international contemporary fash-
ion, by exploring the many installations developed
4. in collaboration with artists and designers. Based
since its inception in a historical building in Dover
Street, a few steps away from the Institute of Con-
Martino Gamper temporary Arts, this London-based concept store
relocated its headquarters to Haymarket, after ex-
Born in Bolzano in 1971, Martino Gamper studied tending its reach internationally with outposts in
sculpture in Vienna at the Academy of Fine Arts, Tokyo, New York and Beijing.
his professor was Michelangelo Pistoletto. In 2000 www.doverstreetmarket.com
he obtained his Masters from the Royal College
of Arts, relocating to London permanently af- 6.
project 100 Chairs in 100 Days and its 100 Ways:
specializing in the use of discarded materials, he Lyle’s
dismantled 100 chairs, reassembling them in new
combinations. Over the years he has worked in Slap-bang in the middle of trendy Shoreditch and
several fields, from interior design to limited edi- set in an old tea warehouse, Lyle’s welcomes you
tions, winning several prizes and earning interna- into its elegant, light-filled white rooms. The head
tional recognition as the one of the young heirs of chef, James Lowe, is one of the most celebrated
the poetic, clever sensibilities of the great Italian members of the Young Turks Collective, as well
designers Munari and Sottsass. as one of the most talented chefs in London; he
trained under Fergus Henderson, founder of the
legendary St. John’s restaurant. The relaxed envi-
ronment of Lyle’s offers a perfect setting to enjoy
Lowe’s multi-colored and daringly put-together
creations. Ox’s heart on a bed of lettuce leaves and
ton sitting on top of dollops of anchovy cream,
cucumber, onion soup and large chunks of mut-
are only a few of Lyle’s signature dishes, for a
unique seasonal British cuisine that reinvents the
classics, course after course.
photography Xavier Girard Lachaîne www.lyleslondon.com
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