Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced to the bare minimum: light floors and walls and sporadical furniture. Empty corridors and rooms are framed through opened doors and walls while opening on uneventful exteriors through windows and balconies.
Ordinary, in-between environments are the silent protagonists of the scenes, with variations of light effects intervening to characterise the interiors. Like a modern-day V.Hammershøi, Morago inquires about the suspended moments before entering a space, its progressive discovery and the projection toward the outside.
Australian practice Grotto Studio has added a charred-timber extension named Shadow House to a bright cottage in Perth. Informed by shadows, the extension was designed to contrast the existing cottage, which was built in the early 1900s and featured original elements that the studio aimed to preserve. “It was crucial to preserve the cottage’s charm
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