For HENZEL STUDIO, Marilyn Minter re-appropriated her photograph TWILIGHT.‎ Through use of variable pile heights, actual cracks have been created.‎ The water drops are elevated and have been enhanced with silk adding a contrasting sheen.‎

Edition of 20 + 1 AP, numbered & accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
Silk, Hand knotted, Persian weave
Custom size upon request

Henzel Studio Collaborations, is an exclusive collection of limited edition art rugs realized in close collaboration with fine artists operating at the forefront of contemporary culture.‎

Featuring: ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS, SCOTT CAMPBELL, LEO GABIN, NAN GOLDIN, ROBERT KNOKE, HELMUT LANG, LINDER, MARILYN MINTER, RICHARD PHILLIPS, JACK PIERSON, RICHARD PRINCE, ANSELM REYLE, JUERGEN TELLER, MICKALENE THOMAS, OLAF BREUNING and BJARNE MELGAARD.‎

Henzel Studio Collaborations was conceived with no regard to the past state of art and design.‎ Contrary to common associations to rugs — an object that inherently possesses a strong sense of history and references to defined artistic and aesthetic movements — the purpose of this project is to provide a new and extraordinary channel for art to be made available through an alternate medium.‎ Via a curated lens, a new context is shaped to reflect diverse dynamics of contemporary art and design.‎ Each volume will represent a different visual portrayal that transcends temporal or popular factors in this ongoing initiative.‎

The inclusion of the participating artists in this first volume was, in part, inspired by Calle Henzel’s independent voice and stature in the world of art and design.‎ Each artist was invited and selected to synergize with the next, gravitating toward artists that have each established their own rules in the art world, either by practice or by status.‎ The result is a curation that, when combined, offers an eclectic, aesthetically broad and authentic grouping, with an overall common denominator of openness to the crossdisciplinary practice at hand, which can also be traced in the artists’ body of work.‎

The artists are all groundbreaking and leading forces within their respective fields and media, ranging from sculpture, drawing, collage, photography, installations, reliefs and video art.‎ Their mark has not only been honored and highlighted at leading galleries and institutions worldwide, but also widely documented and manifested as a mirror of cultural movements.‎