IN CONVERSATION WITH THE EDIBLE RUINS OF ANDREA FERRERO, THESE Objects of contemplation inspired by the Grand Tours taken in the 17th and 18th centuries STAND IN AS mementos from a forgotten past.
THE GRAND TOUR
ANDREA
FERRERO
ARCHITECTURAL DIGESTION
Andrea Ferrero (b. 1991, Lima, Peru) is a Mexico City-based artist whose work engages concepts of memory, culture, and power through the lens of hospitality and humor. Her edible sculptures in the forms of Greco-Roman ruins are meant to be activated, enjoyed, and, ultimately, digested.
In the Art/artefact Salon, Audra Kiewiet de Jonge worked with Ferrero’s signature edible sculptures in pink marbled white chocolate to create an environment that would bring the concepts of travel for pleasure and consumption of culture to life in a domestic environment.
INSTALLATION VIEWS
Audra
Art/artefact is a nationally recognized art advisory and interior design practice founded by Audra Kiewiet de Jonge and known for placing a great collection at the heart of every interior.
Formally trained as a painter and an art historian, Audra’s modern sensibility is informed by her historical perspective—bringing art and objects into context and conversation with the way we live today.
Published in Galerie, Veranda, and Frederic, among others, Audra’s work carries the hallmark of an eye attuned to the exceptional and unexpected with an approachability that feels fresh and unencumbered.
Working with private and corporate clients nationally, Art/artefact interiors are meticulously curated and expertly built to be high on artistry, but not on pretense, informed by her years of experience in the art and interiors worlds, including with Galería OMR in Mexico City, Kate Brodsky of KRB in New York, and Maja Smith of Found by Maja in San Francisco.
Contact Audra.
the Thrill of the Hunt
Drawing inspiration from the past, Audra trains her eye on the exceptional, searching the world over for antique and singular pieces with the power to balance, complete, or transform the spaces they will inhabit.
OBJECTS OF CONTEMPLATION
Art/artefact is an intimate exhibition space in the home of our founder that places art and antiques at the heart of a contemporary aesthetic. By bringing art out of the gallery and into a living environment, Audra creates a conversation with objects to live and be inspired by through seasonal installations in collaboration with guest artists.
THE BEYOND LANDSCAPE
A collection of objects inspired by the paintings of Danish master Lars Ly
THE ARTIST’S EYE
A collection of wearable portraits by miniaturist Irene Owens of women artist’s eyes from history set in antique jewelry pieces
ART/ARTEFACT
A collection of rare and refined objects of contemplation curated to inspire
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![The eyes of Françoise Gilot, looking out at the world with the wearer.
“I am the eye that is looking at a spectacle. I am not talking about the eye [itself], I am thinking about what it is I’m seeing.”
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