Plinth

Plinth

Traditionally, a plinth is a rectangular slab or block at the bottom of a column, statue, pedestal, or pier – forming its base.

Today, the word also refers to a piece of furniture constructed for an artwork, or another ornamental object, to be placed on.

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JR: Miniature Giants

Installations by JR are some of the most viewed artworks in the world. Ahead of our first collaboration, we visited the legendary photographer in Paris to talk about scale, scaffolding, the ever-growing ambition of his public projects and why he wants to stay naïve forever.

JR: Miniature Giants
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Living with LUV

LY arrives in London to showcase new horizons in the world of LUV. Discover the pop-up, plus new opportunities to collect.

Living with LUV
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Butt plugs, Santa Claus & Paul McCarthy

"A joke, but serious."

Butt plugs, Santa Claus & Paul McCarthy
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Nigel Howlett: The Face Before You Were Born

A solo show debut in London marked a tangible moment of inflection for Nigel Howlett and his faceless figures. In parallel, we collaborated to archive works from the show with a series of limited edition books and hand-finished prints.

Nigel Howlett: The Face Before You Were Born
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Paul Insect: Personal Effects

Paul Insect arrives in Amsterdam.

Paul Insect: Personal Effects
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Frédéric Platéus

Frédéric Platéus was born in 1976 in Belgium and currently lives and works in Liège.

Frédéric Platéus
Sculpture

GIANTS, High jump in Rio

A miniature giant by legendary photographer, JR. In his ongoing Giants series, JR takes over buildings and monuments worldwide with enormous black and white portraits. The project began in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Olympics – championing determined world class athletes who didn’t quite make the cut. Mohamed, a Sudanese high-jumper, took his place on the roof of a foreclosed apartment building overlooking the ocean. A first-of-its-kind sculpture archives the moment at a domestic scale. The figure, printed on acrylic, can be affixed to a scaffold made from welded steel rods and displayed in isolation, or placed on top of a bespoke plinth which doubles up as an edition box. “All my works are ephemeral. If you go back to Rio it’s not there, but it’s there in people’s minds. For the people who haven’t seen it, here is the proof that it at some point existed.”Watch the accompanying film to hear JR’s reflections on scale, scaffolding and the importance of protecting his naivety.

GIANTS, High jump in Rio

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Parra's studio, with Parra at the centre, his back to the camera as he works on the large painting takes centre stage, showing a faceless blue woman in a striped dress, painted in red, purple, blue and teal. The studio is full of brightly coloured paints, with a large window on the right and a patterned rug across the floor under the painting.