2 OPPOSITE MINDS CREATING 1 VISION
NEW YORKER DESIGN DUO LOUIS DECICCO AND MARI OUCHI ARE MAKING MORE THAN JEWELRY/OBJECTS SINCE 2009. THEY ARE MAKING PIECES THAT YOU CAN THINK AND TALK ABOUT. UNEXPECTED MATERIALS TRANSFORMED INTO PIECES WITH SURPRISING GRACE AND VISION. TRY AND CHALLENGE PEOPLE’S EYES/MIND THROUGH THEIR WORK WITH A VERY THOUGHTFUL TOUCH AND A TWIST IN SENSE OF HUMOR.
FAUX/REAL POSITIONED THEMSELVES ON A FINE LINE BETWEEN THE FIELDS OF ART/ DESIGN/FASHION/INTERIORS/ARCHITECTURE. THEY DON’T NECESSARY BELONG TO ANY OF THEM BUT SATISFY ALL. NUMEROUS SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS IN THOSE FIELDS MAKE THEM CONTINUE THEIR EXPERIENTIAL JOURNEY FOR THE NEXT... THE NEW FAUX/REAL.
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Rumeurs & Légendes
June 14 - March 31, 2019
MEDUSA
May 19- November 5, 2017
FAUX/Real, Video compilation, 2017. Courtesy of the artists
Currently this work is a part of the permanent collection at Musée d'art Modern de la Ville de Paris
Anicka Yi with Mari Ouchi @ FAUX/real Sculptural Collaboration
DENIAL
Lars Friedrich, Berlin Germany
NOVEMBER 29 2013- JANUARY 25 2014
WHITE COLUMNS NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 8-DECEMBER 20, 2014
White Columns is pleased to present the first gallery exhibition by New York jewelry designers FAUX/real. For their presentation, “Elegant Paranoia," the designers bring together a selection of wearable items from their past collections, which have been discretely placed along side large sculptural works and found objects.
Founded in 2009 by Louis DeCicco and Mari Ouchi, FAUX/real have become known for their unconventional approach to materials and presentation, and their practice has expanded into home goods and collaborations with fashion designers and artists such as Anne Sophie Back and Matt Keegan. In their own words, FUAX/real "walks the line between a number of creative fields - not fitting into one category, and eagerly accepted into many; celebrating freedom through ambiguity.” Ultimately FAUX/real do not consider themselves artists or designers, rather “object makers” - the purpose of those objects, “not yet realized, and for the time being they exist and are sold as jewelry.”
From their Brooklyn studio the duo produces all of their lines in house and masterfully employs low-fi, low budget means to create most of FAUX/real’s press and marketing material. Humor being an important component of their work, lines are developed around mundane themes like “Subconscious SUPERMARKET”, and “neverbeentothebeach”. “It’s a broad approach to beauty found in the implication and surreal juxtaposition rather than in the pretty or precious, prompting a reconsideration of aesthetics not only for jewelry but also for practical industrial design and it’s sometimes unglamorous intentions.” (Jeremy Lewis)
On the occasion of the exhibition FAUX/real will produce a new limited edition piece for White Columns. Please email info@whitecolumns.org for details.
FAUX/real has been organized by Erin Somerville, White Columns’ Deputy Director and Curator.
For more information contact: info@whitecolumns.org
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WHITE COLUMNS
DECEMBER 4 - DECEMBER 7
EXHIBITING:
PATRICK BERRAN
DERRICK ALEXIS COARD
FAUX/real
BELLA FOSTER
KARIN GULBRAN
DANIEL HEIDKAMP
MARLON MULLEN
AURIE RAMIREZ
BRUCE M. SHERMAN
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E-book with animated content
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MATT KEEGAN X FAUX/real
LIMITED EDITON EARRINGS
Cleopatra's Family Jewels
Family Business, New York
November 16th - December 8th 2012
Featuring works by: Kerstin Brätsch, Francis Carlow, Brian Crumley, Cat Chow, Nhu Duong, FAUX/real, Justin Giunta / Subversive, Liz Glynn
Thomas Hirschhorn, Jamie Isenstein, Anya Kielar, Jules Kim / Bijules, Tatiana Kronberg, Simone Leigh, Danny McDonald / Mended Veil, Anndra Neen,
Wendy Nichol, Arielle de Pinto, Carissa Rodriguez, Matthew Ronay, Hanna Sandin / SAMMA, Ninh Wysocan / QUARRY.
Organized by Cleopatra's.
