What’s art to an architect? Better yet, is an architect an artist? Does the matter of functionality pose an obstacle for creativity or does it simplify the process by sculpting necessary guidelines? Can a craft so technically inclined coincide with the limitless imagination?
Fortunately for Daniel Arsham, who shared an equal passion for the conflicting two, he found the fine silver lining. Making architecture “perform the unexpected” is his proven forte. Currently located in Miami, Arsham’s technically creative endeavors have guided him through various mediums and locations all the same. His work has rightly been exhibited in art meccas globally, from New York to Paris to Amsterdam.
Daniel Arsham explores space, so to speak, as if it stood solely to be impressed upon by the subtlety of his touch. What can be added or subtracted is left for him to decipher. Along with partner Alex Mustonen, Arsham has extended his brand in the creation of Snarkitecture, the “collaborative practice operating in territories between the disciplines of art and architecture.” Snarkitecture transitions into a new frontier for the world of art, signifying in it the irrelevance of rationality and purpose of illusory form in a truly formless world.
