Photo by Tom Arena
Though bottle labels have existed since ancient Egypt, the advent of lithography in the late 1700s allowed mass-printed labels to rely more heavily on images to express a wine’s character or origin. Over the years, art has expanded the role of labels from purely informational to aspirational and even collectable, and they now convey more about a wine than language could alone.
After all, wine, like art, is a sensory experience, and a bottle’s label “has to be beautiful,” says Elaina Leibee, wine director for Erewhon Market, a specialty grocery chain in California.
Here, five label projects that demonstrate the ways art and wine can intertwine.
Tribute to Vision & Justice Project and Founder Sarah Elizabeth Lewis
Frieze New York galleries and institutions respond to: ‘How are the arts responsible for disrupting, complicating, or shifting narratives of visual representation in the public realm?’
A central strand of Frieze New York 2021 programming is the Tribute to the
Vision & Justice Project and its founder, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis (Associate Professor at Harvard University). The Tribute will honour the exemplary work of the Vision & Justice Project, through an unprecedented engagement with the community of galleries participating at Frieze New York at The Shed and Frieze Viewing Room.
The Vision & Justice Project is rooted in education and is dedicated to examining art’s central role in understanding the relationship between race and citizenship in the United States. The intention of the Tribute is to explore this examination and expand the reach of the Vision & Justice Project, in o
MORE Carolina Caycedo, “In Yarrow We Trust,” 2021. With Tracie Escobar and Claire Lau. Acrylic paint on stucco, 18.5 x 12 feet. Image courtesy of the artist and Oxy Arts. Photo by Ian Byers-Gamber.
Many people have turned toward their gardens over the last year for sustenance, a new hobby, or a mental health break. That newfound passion has made its way into nearby art galleries, in shows focusing on nature, gardening, and the earth.
“A lot of these shows focus on women being extra connected to nature, or women as healers and providers ,” says Lindsay Preston Zappas, editor in chief at the Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles.
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