THE PORTRAIT of Luke Edward Hall

THE PROLIFIC LONDON ARTIST AND DESIGNER IS TURNING HEADS WITH HIS CLASSICAL MOTIFS AND RETRO-MAXIMALIST STYLE. WE VISIT HIM AT HOME IN NORTH LONDON.

BY STEPHEN PATIENCE

I LOVE SOUVENIRS,” CONFESSES THE LONDON ARTIST AND designer Luke Edward Hall, referring to a ceramic ashtray with charmingly naive painted glaze that marks it as a memento of the Palazzo Principe. “I collect a lot of vintage hotel ashtrays…but I often do fake hotel souvenirs.” Indeed, this ceramic piece was decorated by Hall himself to commemorate a hotel that exists only in his imagination (though he did do a collection for an actual hotel, Positano’s famed Le Sirenuse). A sense of playfulness is quite typical of Hall’s work, which frequently returns to the relaxed sensibilities of the Mediterranean. His drawings and paintings are reminiscent of the work of Jean Cocteau in both their classical themes and fluidity of draftsmanship, while simultaneously retaining a refreshingly unpretentious joie de vivre. “Travel inspires…

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ELLE DECOR (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2019

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