Private Residential
Don’t just be. Belong.
A successful contemporary art program makes people feel like a part of the place where they live and work. And people who feel connected to the world are people who do amazing things.
Color and light, resin and metal, glass or digital: contemporary art harnesses elements you’ve never seen used quite the same way before to explode our sense of the possible. To remind us to think and feel. To remind us that we are human beings. .
SPOTLIGHT : Four Seasons Residences, San Francisco
City life is stressful enough. Here we used art to help a private collector to create a tranquil refuge in his home at the Four Seasons residences in San Francisco.
The core goal of art consulting is to help collectors find the right art for their space. Whether working with businesses or private individuals, our job is to get to know the collector, their taste, interests, and values–and then figure out how to express that ethos with an art collection.
For this project, we combined work by modern masters, international design legends, and local emerging artists to create a collection that respects the past but looks forward, while maintaining a strong modernist language based on reduced palettes, minimalism, and soft human shapes and forms. Artwork was sourced from art fairs, Bay Area galleries, and artists studios.
photo credit: Lauren Edith Anderson
A stunning piece by Studio Drift is made of a brass architectural matrix embellished with seeds from the dandelion flower that have been painstakingly hand-glued, one-by-one, onto LED bulbs.
It represents the fragility of nature in an industrialized world, while also appreciating the delicate harmony between man’s creativity and nature’s own design aesthetic.
Ceramic sculpture by Kieu Tran
On either end of a perpendicular hall, we placed the prints by Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler opposite one another.
Married for a period, these were two highly influential artists of first and second generation New York School in the 1940s and 50s.
A painting by Tom Bolles nods to the painter Agnes Martin.
A D’lisa Creager sculpture anchors the corner of the room.
A painting by Marin artist Carrie Crawford elevates the seating area.
SPOTLIGHT : Hillsborough
This contemporary home offered a perfectly clean slate to curate an eclectic collection to compliment the simplicity of the design. Featuring original work in a variety of mediums, our art consulting team worked closely with both artists and clients to create a soft and low-chroma atmosphere.
photo credit: Lauren Edith Anderson
SPOTLIGHT : Oakland Hills
This mid-century modern home at the top of Skyline in Oakland underwent a complete renovation by architect Jack Backus, providing a beautiful blank ‘slate.’ SLATE spent several months working with the homeowner to build a private collection of Bay Area artworks. The client asked for work that would feel cool and contemporary, but also bring color into the space, feel happy, fresh and energetic, and not take itself too seriously. The consulting process included sending digital files, inviting the client to SLATE contemporary gallery to see works in person, and bringing works to the client’s home to view in situ. Two pieces (the large painting by Maria Burtis and the glass installation in the bathroom) were specially commissioned from artists in order to have the scale required by the space and the colors most loved by the client. Laura Martin Bovard Interiors followed, pulling the entire interior design together with beautiful furnishings and finishes.
Photo credit: Lauren Edith Andersen
Interior Design: LMB Interiors
SPOTLIGHT : Los Altos
For this Los Altos home, interior designer Leslie Lamarre sought to balance high style with the casual comfort of a farm-house aesthetic. Having originally come to SLATE to commission a diptych by Andrzej Michael Karwacki for the living room, SLATE Art Consulting worked with her to select a complimentary painting by Maya Kabat and a photograph of a horse by Susan Friedman.
Interior Design: TRG Architects + Interior Design
SPOTLIGHT : Ketchum
Interior design credit: Jennifer Hoey Interior Design
