Studio Voltaire Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Loewe Collaboration

The diverse group of artists reflect a multitude of backgrounds and genres. Barrington, who previously collaborated with Loewe, is primarily a painter but has a multifaceted approach to work that incorporates different materials. For this collection, he imagined a leather-wrapped chain that functions as either a piece of jewelry or a charm. Kantarovsky is also a painter, but incorporates film, animation, sculpture, and other curatorial projects in his oeuvre that typically features human subjects. For the collection, he conceived a decorative molded leather and shearling mask inspired by a character in one of his paintings.

Multidisciplinary artist Hamilton, has a close relationship with Studio Voltaire and is a long-term onsite studio resident. For this collaboration, the creative known for her surreal, large-scale installations explored the form of the fan, a recurring object in her work, crafting a bespoke piece embellished with the Italian phrases che bello (how wonderful) and che brutto (how ugly).

Nagle—an artist, professor, and musician—creates intimately scaled ceramic sculptures that are featured in the Loewe Art Collection, which is displayed in stores around the world. For this particular series, he recreated one of his works in leather to use as a paperweight. Revered for her groundbreaking use of thread and fiber as sculptural materials, Hicks drew inspiration from a beloved bag that she used in her personal life to conjure a leather pouch that she filled with surplus fibers, inviting future owners to add to its design.

Connoisseurs can view all the works in an exhibition at Casa Loewe London during Frieze week, October 9 through 13.