Джеймс Клар

Versace Singular Suit

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James Clar is a media artist whose work is a fusion of technology, popular culture, and visual information. His work explores the limitations of various communication mediums and its effect on the individual and society. Focusing on the visual arts, his work often controls and manipulates light – the common intersection of all visual mediums.

Clar studied film as an undergraduate at New York University focusing on 3D Animation, then continued on to his Masters at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. It was here that he moved away from screen-based work and started working directly with light, creating sculptural lighting pieces. By developing his own systems with which to manipulate light, he discovered he could create unique visual displays, as well as circumvent the limitations of screen-based work, namely resolution and two-dimensionality.

While his early work dealt with analyzing how technology and media work, a move to the Middle East in 2007 has seen his focus shift to how technology and media affect. As an American living in Dubai, his art work has progressed towards deeper conceptual themes. These include nationalism, globalism, and popular culture in the age of mass information, and often analyses the discrepancy in information between Western media and Middle Eastern media along with its effects on people.

The beginning of 2011 sees Clar open “Satellite”, a new studio in a warehouse space that will allow for larger scale experimentation and production. Satellite will also serve as an exhibition space for select works; sculptures, wall pieces, and art installations that take advantage of the space. It will have an open house feel, allowing the public to come inside and have a look at both finished works and the artistic process; a unique opportunity to engage with the artist often before the works are known to the contemporary art world. Clar, who will curate and manage the programming of Satellite, plans to invite other artists passing through Dubai to use the space as a kind of satellite studio while away from home, encouraging experimentation in a new environment and collaboration between artists.

Clar’s other achievements include three patents in the US for new engineering systems created while developing his light art. He was an artist in residence at Eyebeam Atelier in New York, Fabrica in Italy, and the FedEx Institute of Technology/Lantana Projects in Memphis. His artwork has been included in the Chanel Mobile Art exhibition (Tokyo), The New Museum of Contemporary Arts (New York), The Chelsea Art Museum (New York), The Somerset House (UK), Museum on Seam (Jerusalem), and LV Gallery (Hong Kong)..
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James Clar’s work is an analysis and observation on the affects of media and technology on our perception of culture, nationality, and identity. His interest is in new technology and production processes, using them as a medium, while analyzing and critiquing their modifying affects on human behavior.

Technology allows for new forms of communication; however every system enhances certain types of communication while limiting and simplifying others. It’s these modulated effects and alterations to our perception that has become thematic focus to his works, whether dealing with socio-political issues or inward personal emotions.

Originally studying film and animation at New York University; at graduate school (NYU’s Interactive Telecommunication’s Program), he came to view televisions as light systems and their own medium. Instead of relying on this set system, he started to develop his own visual systems by controlling and manipulating light itself. These light works became a physical extension of the pixel beyond the screen, pixels that created three-dimensional sculptural form.

In 2007 James moved to Dubai and lived there till 2012. In the five years living there he became an active participant in the development of the arts and culture scene of the globalized city. While his early work dealt with analyzing how technology and media work, his experiences in the Middle East saw his focus shift to how technology and media affect. This included themes of nationalism, globalism, and popular culture in the age of mass information.

In 2012 James moved his studio back to New York where he currently lives and works.
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30th, July 2009, London – The biggest names in fashion, design and art gathered at Somerset House, London last night to celebrate the opening of the Esquire Singular Suit show. Esquire asked 18 leading fashion designers and tailors to collaborate with a major artist of their choice to create a bespoke, one-off suit that represents their skills and artistic vision. Celebrated Italian designer, Donatella Versace, picked light artist James Clar for the project. James is the artist-in-residence at traffic, a design and art practice in Dubai.

Their collaboration has resulted in an awe-inspiring piece that pushes film fantasy into visceral reality. The inspiration for the piece is cinema’s iconic gentleman spy, classic characters like James Bond, The Saint and Thomas Crowne were forever dodging bullets and dicey situations, all while wearing their dapper suits. This image of the elegant man in explosive situations propelled James Clar to envision a fantastic scene straight from a film. James Clar and Donatella Versace’s piece for Esquire features a Versace suit with giant spikes of light exploding from the seams, a re-interpretation of a still frame of a film right at the moment of an explosion. Each spike is approximately 1.5 metres long, making the entire sculpture more than 3 metres tall. The suit joins 17 others at the Esquire Singular Suit Exhibition at Somerset House. Designs include an Aquascutum and Antony Gormley creation made entirely from metal plates and leadfilled trousers (and a “naked” organza suit by Spencer Tunick and Richard James. Louis Vuitton designer Paul Helbers has teamed up with Christian Schoeler to fashion a heavy suit made entirely from a painted canvas, while Henry Holland has worked with Marc Jacobs’ tattooist, Scott Campbell, to create a leather mustard-coloured suit with tattoo-style markings of supermodels’ names on the sleeve. Norton & Sons and Turner Prize-winner Jeremy Deller have drawn inspiration from Winston Churchill by re-creating the prime minister’s “Siren Suit” – a trademark suit that Churchill designed for himself during the war.

The suits will be photographed to appear in a unique portfolio in the special hardback September edition of Esquire magazine, on sale 6 August. A must-have for all fashion-conscious men, the September issue features more than 60 pages dedicated to the suit. The issue will not only appear in hardback on the newsstands, but Esquire will be producing a limited edition VIP slipcase, designed especially for the magazine by Ralph Lauren. Esquire editor Jeremy Langmead says: “The designers and artists who took part in Esquire’s Singular Suit project have visually re-defined what the suit represents; the imagination and work involved is incredible. It’s extraordinary to see so many creative forces, from two of the world’s most influential mediums, presenting their work under one roof.”
The full list of designers and muses collaborating in the Singular Suit project are:
1. Richard James with artist Spencer Tunick
2. Sir Paul Smith with sculptor Richard Woods
3. Christopher Bailey of Burberry with musician George Craig
4. John Galliano with photographer Zanna
5. Patrick Grant at Norton & Sons with Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller
6. Kim Jones at Dunhill with artist Terence Koh
7. Graeme Fidler at Aquascutum with Turner Prize-winning sculptor Antony Gormley
8. Henry Holland with Scott Campbell (Marc Jacobs’ tattooist)
9. Dolce & Gabbana with designer/architect/sculptor Ron Arad
10. Donatella Versace with light artist/designer James Clar
11. Tommy Hilfiger with musician Joey Ramone
12. Paul Elbers at Louis Vuitton with artist Christian Schoeler
13. Kris Van Assche at Dior with artist Mat Collishaw
14. Italo Zucchelli at Calvin Klein with artist Nate Lowman
15. Giorgio Armani with theatre designer/artist Robert Wilson
16. Bruno Pieters at Hugo Boss and artist Jan De Cock
17. Ralph Lauren with Ferrari
18. Frida Giannini of Gucci with Mark Ronson
The Singular Suit project opens to the public at the Terrace Rooms, Seamen’s Hall at Somerset House from 31 July – 31 August. Esquire magazine’s special September issue, dedicated to the suit, is on sale, 6 August.
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source: designontherocksxpg

O arquiteto James Clar e as suas instalações, uma concepção de objetos luminosos e uma elaboração de ambientes que representam a passagem do 2D /3D. Uma maneira de misturar a tecnologia à arte.
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James Clar es un diseñador y artista que trabaja con sistemas tecnológicos aplicados a la luz. Estudió cine en la Universidad de NY y tiene un master en Media Arts. Durante el próximo mes de marzo expondrá su última obra Rate Race en la galería Traffic de Dubai, allá por los Emiratos Árabes.
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Дизайнер Джеймс Клар (James Clar) очень популярен среди больших компаний. Дело в том, что Джеймс умеет создавать световые инсталляции так, как этого больше никто не умеет. Клар использует как 2D так и трехмерные объекты. С манерой исполнения его работ наши читатели могут лучше ознакомиться по подборке фото, приведенной ниже.