Marc Armitano Domingo’s Wearable Work Blur the Line Between Trend and Homewares

In response to Armitano Domingo, shifting between these completely different disciplines was pure. “Music was my gateway into historical past—it was my entry level,” he explains, noting it opened the door to the Baroque and Renaissance eras which have impressed a lot of his work. His whimsical illustrations started as an adornment to his ceramics—rudimentary at first, however turning into extra refined and ornate as he progressed. It solely is smart, then, that his subsequent step could be oil portray. “Oil is essentially the most forgiving medium I’ve labored with,” he says, noting it permits him to maintain revising the picture infinitely. “I’m unsure why artists at present take into account it essentially the most difficult medium.”

In all of his work, there’s an uncanny sense of one thing acquainted, however delivered with a sly, realizing wink—by realizing his references inside out, Armitano Domingo is ready to quietly subvert them. As an alternative of the everyday meticulous strains and exactitudes of fantastic china, he brings a home made, even child-like contact, utilizing motifs like worms, beetles, and fruit. “Nice artwork is commonly made with the culminated data of a number of generations—that’s why I look to the previous for inspiration,” he says. “I find out about completely different magnificence beliefs, conventions, and strategies regardless that they’ve lengthy gone out of favor. It’s all to have a greater understanding of humanity.”