
THESE WRIST ABSTRACTIONS DESIGNED IN THE EARLY 90S BY AUSTRIAN ARTIST ALFRED HOFKUNST, WERE SOMETIMES CALLED THE "SWATCHETABLES" AND THEY WERE INSPIRED BY A SLICED ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ, A ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ AND A SUNNY SIDE UP ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ + ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ. THEY WERE HARDLY WEARABLE, BUT WHO CARED?!?! IN MY OPINION THERE'S NO BETTER WAY OR TIME TO HONOUR AN ARTIST HONOURING THEIR CREATIVE YIN-YANGS WHO ALSO CHALLENGED TRADITIONAL NOTIONS OF FORM AND FUNCTION. GAETANO MEET ALBERT, ALBERT MEET GAETANO. (I'D GO WITH THE PICANTE OR THE EGGS AND BACON BUT WOULD ADD AN ANTIQUE RUBY OR ๐ OR EMERALD BRACELET TO THIS SWATCH MENU MOS DEF!) {VIA PERRIER/GIROIRE [THIBAUT MATHIEU]} #swatch #abstraction #design #artist #watch #watchingyou #timepiece #quartzcrisis #90s #gaetanopesce #alfredhofkunst #formandfunction #swatchcollector #loveatfirstsight #swatchwatch #jewellery #jewelryslang
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