THE ART OF LIVING

To artists and designers, a home is a canvas on which they can projectthemselves, a testing ground for creative impulses, a place to display theobjects that inspire them, a venue for experimentation with forms andmaterials that later appear in their own work. In this unique volume,photographer Bärbel Miebach captures the unique spirit of the privateliving quarters of twenty-five internationally known figures includingEllsworth Kelly, Catherine Malandrino, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz, AndresSerrano, Hunt Slonem, Vivienne Tam, and Andrea Zittel.From self-designed, floor-to-ceiling trompe l'oeil tile in quirky colorcombinations to renovations of urban lofts as Japanese farmhouses topristine all-white spaces, sixteenth-century cathedrals, and a boldapartment that takes design cues and motifs directly from the vibrantcolors and brash metallic forms of the inhabitant's own artwork, each ofthe featured homes provides an inside look at the personalities behindthese unconventional dwellings. Equally intriguing are homes of artistsand gallery owners who have spent a lifetime collecting works by artisticfriends, priceless examples of art and furniture from a favorite period,or artifacts from far-flung continents during their own wide-rangingtravels. Still other spaces reveal how the imaginations of architects areinterpreted in black concrete, copper, zinc, and brightly painted plywoodwhen they turn their energies to designing houses for themselves and theirfamilies.Over 200 color images reveal a wealth of unique, personal approaches tothe challenge of incorporating creative space into a home. Of interest toanyone who has wondered what the living rooms and studios of famousartists might contain, what objects inspire them, and what inventivesolutions they devise to create expressive personal spaces in a domesticatmosphere, The Art of Living provides a colorful, varied look at a groupof diverse artistic individuals who live and work in homes from New Yorkand the Hamptons to Los Angeles and the Mojave Desert.