Hannah Silver is the Art, Culture, Watches & Jewellery Editor of Wallpaper*. Since joining in 2019, she has overseen offbeat design trends and in-depth profiles, and written extensively across the worlds of culture and luxury. She enjoys meeting artists and designers, viewing exhibitions and conducting interviews on her frequent travels.
publishedIan Davenport has marked his tenth show at London’s Waddington Custot gallery with his largest ever wall-to-floor installation, alongside new and recent work.
Wallpaper*: The behaviour of paint and the ways it can be applied have long fascinated you. How does this new work build on these themes?Well, you could say I think in paint. Making paintings is how I understand and try and relate to the world. I am drawn to certain fundamental facts of our environment. I try and access those forces – the pull of gravity on our bodies and not only gravity but the wind, water, tides.
W*: Visitors will visually submerge themselves in the ‘Lake’ installations; why does this appeal to you and how did it begin?In 2022, I was part of a show called ‘Crazy’ at the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome. I was invited to create an installation that flowed down the stairwell of this 16th-century Italian Renaissance building. It was a thrill to respond to Bramante’s classical architecture with bold vivid colours.
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