148 OBLIQUE DRAWINGS by Serban Ionescu

Serban Ionescu

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20202023

Katie StoutMinjae KimTodd SelbyDodie BellamyKAWSSwizz BeatzStefan MarxAPARTAMENTOAPARTAMENTO242021A THING ON A TABLE IN A HOUSE

But here it is, much better than beforeour proposal for a monumental structure to test the permanence of objects (so on some nights, the moon stays too).

148 Oblique Drawings by Serban Ionescu (and 1 large machine made of words)lures readers into Serban Ionescus sketchbook where the artists vibrant creations, with their playful, architectural spirit, live alongside a poem made with the help of friends and family of the IonescuApartamento universes. The art book compiles a series of images made throughout Serbans daily drawing practice from 20202023, which relied on the same ruler, the same size paperand the flow of watercolour.

Fellow artists and creativesincluding Katie Stout, Minjae Kim, Todd Selby, Dodie Bellamy, KAWS, Swizz Beatz, and Stefan Marx, among otherslent titles to each work which have been tamped together into what Serban calls some kind of exquisite corpse/Frankenstein found poem, the driving force of the book aka a large machine made of words.148 Oblique Drawingsis an exercise in imagination, drawing readers into the machinery of chance and innovation. Its a natural evolution of the long-standing relationship between the Romanian-born, typically New York (although currently Brussels-based) artist and Apartamento, which started with a feature in issue #24 of the magazine and has been cemented with a number of collaborations, including the publication ofA Thing on a Table in a House, Serbans first book, in 2021.