4 Incredible Examples of Life Imitating Art
Art, design, and fashion converge in moments of unexpected visual synchronicity

4 Incredible Examples of Life Imitating Art
Left: Artist Elliott Green, who lives in New Yorku2019s Hudson Valley, composes ethereal landscapes, such as Breath In, Breath Out (2021), that blur the line between realism and abstraction with their poetic brushstrokes. Right: This multicolored coat, top, and tightsnfrom Dries Van Notenu2019s spring 2022 collection recall the saturated hues and frenetic energy of the Holi festival in India.
Left: Made using more than 200 pieces of veneer from 23 different wood species, Patek Philippeu2019s one-of-a-kind Swan pocket watch demonstrates the exceptional artistry of Genevau2019s long tradition of horology. Right:u00a0A bevy of swans gather around their nest in this Old Master painting, Landscape with Swans Near a Waterfall,nby Flemish artist Roelandt Savery, whose oeuvre was defined by a keen observation of the natural world.
Left: Handcrafted in Puglia, the enamel top of Form Au2019s Marea Estate side table draws inspiration from the MediterraneannSea crashing on the shore. Right: A pioneer of large-scale color photography, Richard Misrach devises works that document humankindu2019s impact on nature. Heu2019s spent much of his career photographing the American Southwest desert to create images like Paradise Valley [Arizona], 3.22.95. 7:05 pm (1995).
Left: Comprising more than 100 carats of white opals, blue sapphires, green tsavorites, and diamonds, the Butterfly brooch by Lugano Diamonds shimmers with diaphanous splendor. Right: Known for situating painted nude models in striking installations, interdisciplinary artist Donna Huanca often utilizes the body as her canvas. For her two-dimensional work Rheum Rhabarbarumn(2019), she reimagined an enlarged photo of her performers in seductive swirls of sand and oil paint.