NOMAD ST.Moritz 2025
Godelieve Vandamme (BE)
The writings of 19th-century French geographer Élysée Reclus transformed my view of landscapes, especially the Alpine region His holistic geographic approach inspired me to explore the dynamic presence of nature. During my 2019 artist residency at Fundaziun NAIRS, I examined old Alpine photographs and drew from my hiking experiences in the Swiss National Park. My work displayed at NOMAD St Moritz highlights the movement in nature, expressed through rocks, glaciers, and mountain ranges
Centering on nature's shapes, my pieces include photographs, drawings, and mountain maps related to the Alpine landscape, allowing me to explore its essence and transformations Reclus' writings, particularly “Histoire d'une montagne,” deepened my understanding, revealing mountains as components in constant motion rather than static entities
To capture this ongoing motion, I enhance vintage photographs with gold leaf to highlight signs of movement, document tectonic activities through rock images, and use old topographical maps showcasing rapidly changing landscapes. I often integrate drawings with photographs to create a cartographic reference and combine accounting texts with mountain images, reflecting human vanities against nature's vastness
“These vintage mountain photos show fractures, boundaries between rock, moraine, and seracs It's into these fractures that I
2025
Scanned Vintage photo on Arches paper 300gr with gold leaf insert H61 x 46 5 cm Edition of 2
€ 3,074 00 CHF 3132
Arête dans le Massif du Mont Blanc
2025
Scanned Vintage photo on Arches paper
300gr with gold leaf insert
H61 x 46 5 cm
Edition of 2
€ 3,074
CHF 3132
Le Glacier Suspendu
Les Petits Alpins
La Meije
Les Droites
La Pointe Swan
Le Mont Dolent
2025 Vintage photo on khaki paper 320 gr and goldleaf insert
H46 5 x 35 cm
Unique € 2120
CHF 2159
Dans le Massif de l’Oisans
Dans le massif du Mont Blanc
La dent du requin
Sasso Manduino / Paysages Cartes
The photographs of Sasso Manduino are printed in monochrome mode, highlighting only the shadows of the mountains. Isolated and colored, the selected reliefs become flattened shapes like the territories on a map: the landscape becomes a map.
“All that's left of the original photos are shadows and light In drawing them, it's their movement that's captured and highlighted, as if I were lifting the card of a moment of light.”
GODELIEVE VANDAMME
Sasso Manduino / Paysages Cartes
Sasso Manduino/Paysage Car te/ vert/ gris
Sasso Manduino/Paysage.Cart e/ vert
Sasso
Manduino/Paysage
. Carte./ bleu/gris
Manduino/Paysage
Les Alpins » (paysage et papier comptable)
Les Alpins (paysage et papier comptable / 1)
2024
Collage Photograph, vintage
accounting paper, vintage paper
300gr and oil pastel
H37 x L53 cm
Unique
€ 2014
CHF 2052
Les Alpins (paysage et papier comptable / 2)
Les Plis du Monde.
“It's the rocks, and particularly the shale, that most clearly demonstrate the continuous movement of the world, the formation of mountains These rocks are sometimes referred to as the Alpine ocean ”
Photograph of rocks, shales and granite Pigment inkjet
digital printing on TAK paper
H29 5 x 34 5 cm
Edition de 5
848 CHF 864
Les plis du monde 1
Les plis du monde 2
Les plis du monde 3
Les plis du monde 4
Les plis du monde 5
Les plis du monde 6
Sett
Photograph printed on matte cotton
Hanhemulhe paper 320 gr
H45 5 x L 58 cm
Edition of 5 € 1028 CHF 1048
“This photo was taken while I was travelling along the Via Sett (Thusis to Chiavenna), one of the oldest routes across the Alps.”
GODELIEVE VANDAMME
2024
Topographical map of the Haute Engadine, Lit R Leuzinger, 1877 and goldleaf
Poem of Nietzche on back of map
H57 x W43 cm
Unique
€ 3180
CHF 3229
At the time this map was made, Nietzsche spent many summers in Sils Maria, where he wrote extensively, enchanted by the beauty of the place.
One of these poems, entitled Sils Maria, is affixed to the back of the work
“Hier saß ich, wartend, wartend, doch auf Nichts, Jenseits von Gut und Böse, bald des Lichts Genießend, bald des Schattens, ganz nur Spiel, Ganz See, ganz Mittag, ganz Zeit ohne Ziel.
Da, plötzlich, Freundin! wurde Eins zu Zwei
Und Zarathustra ging an mir vorbei ”
“Here I sat, waiting, waiting, - but for nothing, beyond good and evil, sometimes enjoying the light, sometimes the shadow, all play, all lake, all noon, all time without a goal.
Then, suddenly, friend! One became two - - And Zarathustra passed me by ”
“Everything here is in costant movement” (Massif du Mont Blanc)
2024
Topographical map from 1950 and oil pastel
72 x 84 cm
Unique
€ 3392
CHF 3444
Photographs of the Sasso Manduino mountain range, which lies to the north of Lake Como, at the intersection of the Val Chiavenna and the Valtelina, and can be seen as such along the Adda river
The photos are taken every few minutes to capture the shadows and movements of light on the rocks ”
Sasso Manduino
Manduino,23 x 2021/ 11:40:46
Sasso Manduino, 23 x 2021/ 11:52:30
Photograph printed with pigment ink on Hahnemuhle matte
cotton paper, 308 gr
H46 x W30 5 cm
954
968
Manduino: 23 x 2021/ 11:42:54
Sasso Manduino, 23 x 2021/ 11:52:42
Sasso
Sasso
H42 x D29 cm
H32 x D25 cm
INGVAR HILDINGSSON
Tripod Stool
Stained pine and Sheep’s wool
Available in Ecru and Brown 1970's
€ 2200 CHF 2234
H40 x D27 cm
AXEL EINAR HJORTH
Lövo table 1934
Patinated Pine
€ 25,000
CHF 25,422
Set of 4 Corall chairs 1934
H85
€ 3,700
AXEL EINAR HJORTH
Birch and Velvet upholstery
x W47x D42cm
Patinated Teak
€ 2500
Teve Easy Chair 1950's
CHF 2539
ALF SVENSON
MÄRTA MÅÅSFJETERSTRÖM
Swedish textile artist in the early 20th-century She is remembered in particular for the weaving studio she opened in Båstad in 1919 and for the decorative rugs she produced from the 1910s to the 1930s, increasingly combining rural Nordic traditions with modernist trends. Her works are exhibited in some of the world's most important art museums, including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
35 x 39
€ 2,500
41 5 x 39 5 cm € 2,118
Clog Tapestry
Grodbla blå
Sina Momtaz (IR)
Sina is an architect of French and Iranian descent, currently residing in Tehran. He has collaborated with renowned firms such as Herzog and de Meuron, India Mahdavi, and Studio Mumbai. He incorporates local materials like Onyx in his lighting designs Drawing inspiration from both Eastern and Western influences, his sketches are true works of art, with even the details of the interiors being uniquely crafted.
SINA MOMTAZ
Small H 22 x D 12cm
€ 942
CHF 959
Large H 29 5 x D 18cm
€ 1467
CHF 1492
2023
Brass and Persian onyx
Dome Lamp
SINA MOMTAZ
Drawings of Dome Lamp
2023
Brass and Persian onyx
H 18 x D 20 cm
€ 942
CHF 959
Spindle Lamp
SINA MOMTAZ
Yalda Momtaz (IR)
Solid Studios, founded in 2015 by Yalda Kiani, collaborates with local artisans to create functional objects using locally sourced materials. The studio merges architectural concepts with artisanal furniture design, aiming to revitalize traditional Persian craftsmanship for modern audiences Each product is designed to evoke emotions and foster connections between users and materials, encouraging exploration of architectural aspects on a smaller scale. Emphasizing geometry from Persian traditions, Solid Studios blends contemporary vitality with traditional craftsmanship.
YALDA MOMTAZ
2023 Bean
H25 x W24 x L39cm
€ 1467
CHF 1492
YALDA MOMTAZ
Alabaster and steel
PASCALERISBOURG (BE)
Artist, sculptor
The Pompei sculptures, precariously balanced columns like those like those in a Hubert Robert painting, seem at first to us to have been architecture of the past. Yet they are the product, not of the ravages of time of experimentation, a jubilation of form and color that is characteristic of Pascale Risbourg's work: a whole fantasy landscape of vulnerable shadows
Pascale Risbourg's Pompeii candlesticks and vases are totems of nature's final triumph: their shapes are born of the creative accident that the artist provokes by jostling her forms, by heckling them. Letting error and material deformation express themselves
Her assemblages are the result of a long gestation period.
To begin with, she fashions a library of free-form shapes While letting the clay express itself in the firing, she uses all the techniques available to her (pitching, slab, colombin )
Then she invents her glazes: a recipe mixed with method, she juggles with her beautiful natural colors that seem directly extracted from Italian facades (cameos of brown, cognac, ochre, Sienna earth) and evoke the melancholy evocation of an Italian cobbled street, where time will have passed
Then it's time for the construction game, and here it's her great joy to take her time finding the balance: faced with her library of dozens of scattered pieces, which Pascale Risbourg sees as the vocabulary of a language yet to be invented, she makes, unmakes, starts again The stranger the form, the more it interests her
The exercise seems to serve to surprise herself
In the end, her caprices (capprici), with their fragile harmony, are in no way arbitrary: they are the result of a lifetime's research, that of an imperfect perfect that will lead her to the right form
Lise Kervenic
PASCALE RISBOURG
Pompei Candleholders and Vases
Leon Vase
H37 X 15 X 11
€ 1,900 00
CHF 1818
Lila Vase
H34 X 17 X 16
€ 1,900.00
CHF 1818
PASCALE RISBOURG
Lucien
Candleholder
H29 x 14 x 9 cm
€ 1,537
CHF 1553
Marni
Candleholder
H36 x 15 x 10
€ 1,750
CHF 1767
Nora
Candleholder
H34 x 9 x 7cm
€ 1,750
CHF 1767
Eddy
Candleholder
H38 x 11 x 11
€ 1,750
CHF 1767
Isham
Candleholder
H39 x 13 x 9 cm
€ 1,537 CHF 1553
Marius
Candleholder
H35 x 9 x 7cm
€ 1,750 CHF 1767
Naella
Candleholder
H28 x 9 x 8 cm
€ 1,300 CHF 1216
Hector
Candleholder
H26 x 11 x 9cm
€ 1,750 CHF 1767
PASCALE RISBOURG
Master Craftsman
Bernard Heesen (1958, NL) takes a unique approach to organic materials by crafting glass objects that exude a magical charm. Drawing inspiration from 17th to 19th-century encyclopedia illustrations, his detailed sculptures and vessels embody a sense of controlled chaos Heesen explores the thick, malleable qualities of hot liquid glass, likening it to heavy glue, which he uses to effortlessly unite contrasting aesthetics His creations are featured in several esteemed museum collections, including that of the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum.
BERNARD HEESEN
Wonky coupes
H +-15 x D +-12cm
Available Colors as shown
2024
Handblown glass
€ 70
CHF 71
Wonky Wine and water glasses 2024
Handblown glass
H +-15 x D +-12cm Colors available as shown
€ 70 CHF 71
Black Mirrors
A black mirror means emotional depth: Black can symbolize emotional depth and complexity
Choosing a black mirror may indicate a preference for a space for deep contemplation and emotional processing
BERNARD HEESEN
Verre Brut Vases
H47 X D18 cm
H42 X D17 cm
H35 X D23CM
H34 X D22 cm
H34X D16 cm
H29 X D15 cm
NIENKE SIKKEMA (NL)
THE APPRENTICE
Nienke Sikkema graduated at the Royal Academy of Arts the Hague after studying history and journalism at the University of Amsterdam. After graduating she started working at the Oude Horn, the glassblowing studio of Bernard Heesen. There she learned the craft of glassblowing and started executing her own designs in glass She describes her way of working as ‘playing with glass’. She lets the glass drip, stacks it and rolls it into a candleholder or sculpts animals with it As long as the glass allows it and the material doesn’t have to be forced. Shape, color, transparency and shim- mer, all the qualities that glass possesses are used in her designs. «Hopefully this way people will recognize the fun of the making process in the objects that emerge from it”
CUCKOO CLOCKS
These whimsical cuckoo clocks are a delightful collaboration between Bernard Heesen and Nienke Sikkema. I was inspired to showcase them in Switzerland, as I have fond memories of the cuckoo clock my grandfather brought back from there. As a child, I was always mesmerized when the little bird emerged to greet me.
Pelican Cuckoo clock
Handblown glass
2024
H42 x 25 cm
€ 950
CHF 1023
Fox Cuckoo Clock
Handblown glass
2024
H30 x 28cm
€ 950
CHF 1023
Giraffe Cuckoo clock
Handblown glass
2024
H47 x 28 cm
€ 950
CHF 1023
Rhino Cuckoo Clock
Handblown glass
2024 31 x 30 cm
€ 950
CHF 1023
Anteater Cuckoo Clock
Handblown glass
2024
D21x28x32
€ 950
CHF 1023
BERNARD HEESEN and NIENKE SIKKEMA
GUADALUPE QUESADA (MX)
Guadalupe Quesada (1988, MX) dreams of a faraway planet on which her sculptures are alive. In one of her fantasies, aliens come to visit her studio and are shocked to find exact replicas of their homeplace’s flora and fauna. There is indeed an inter-ga- lactic feel to Quesada’s ceramics, but it is on our planet that she looks for inspiration : images of fungi, microbes, strange plants and under-sea creatures populate her atelier. Through a process of deconstruction and careful fragment selection, she assembles her own creatures and infuses them with a cheeky candy-flavoured sensibility. The result is a strange garden of fantastical entities, with pastel valves, cereal polyps, and bonbon coloured spores.
Espinas y Escamas
Vase
Glazed Stoneware
2024 € 1694
CHF 1722
GUADALUPE QUESADA
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