Henzel Studio
Jwan Yosef
Jwan Yosef x Henzel Studio Rug, Builder (01)
Details
JWAN YOSEF, Builder (01), 2011
Edition of 20 + 1 AP
Numbered
Signed by the artist (CoA)
Chromogenic print on velour
Tapestry / Carpet
Indoor or outdoor use
Size: 200 x 263 cm (78.7 x 103.5 in)
Custom sizes available upon request. Please contact us at info@cultureedit.com
The Intimacies capsule translates Jwan Yosef’s paintings into dye-injected chromogenic prints on velour, relocating painterly gesture to a tactile textile surface. Stretch, scrape, and touch — actions central to Yosef’s studio practice — define the work’s material logic.
Yosef’s work explores dualism and in-between states: authentic and synthetic, exposure and concealment, intimacy and distance. By shifting fine-art language into textile form, the series questions how medium shapes meaning and how the body meets the image. Each rug functions as a physically encountered painting, holding the viewer within the tension of presence, desire, and material.
Produced within the Henzel Studio Collaborations program and as part of The Dual Terrains collection.
Launched at Culture Edit Gallery, Los Angeles.
Image: JWAN YOSEF, Builder (01), 2011 and Builder (02), 2011 (in-situ)
Henzel Studio
Henzel Studio’s ethos is based on the artistic practice of Calle Henzel, founder and creative director. Over the past twenty years, he has translated his artistic practice as painter and collage artist into the medium at hand, positioning Henzel Studio as one of the most progressive luxury rug brands in the world. The organic and artistic process of Calle Henzel has been the driving force in the development of Henzel Studio’s designs. He has over the years in an un-compromised fashion challenged the traditional conventions of subject matter, shape, finishings and special treatments as a result of painstaking research that includes vintage treatments, intricate surface compositions and even natural erosion – methodologies that further blur the distinction between art and design. Under the curation of Joakim Andreasson, Calle Henzel has collaborated with some of the most prominent names in contemporary art and artists foundations including Tom of Finland Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Since the launch of 'Henzel Studio Collaborations' at Barneys New York Madison Avenue in 2014 during Frieze Art Fair, Henzel Studio has developed art rugs with over thirty contemporary artists including Richard Prince, Helmut Lang, Jack Pierson, Nan Goldin, Scott Campbell, Richard Phillips, Marilyn Minter, Mickalene Thomas and Anselm Reyle. Via 'Henzel Studio Heritage' extensive collections have also been developed in collaboration with artist estates, that to date include Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Tom of Finland Foundation.
Jwan Yosef
JWAN YOSEF is a conceptual artist whose paintings, installations, and public works explore complex themes of intimacy, culture, identity, queerness and societal structures. Yosef is Syrian-born, Swedish-patriated and lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Yosef holds an MFA from Central Saint Martins, London, UK and a BFA from Konstfack University College of Arts, Stockholm, SE, where he studied plastic arts.
