Tulum: IK LAB Gallery
If you are vacationing in or near Tulum, Mexico, you are in for a bit of a retreat, if you like unusual architecture and art.
It's called IK LAB.
This new gallery creates a unique backdrop for the works it displays, challenging both artists and visitors.
"The space boasts a truly unique character: its walls are curved, its floors undulate, and its massive glass windows and doors are circular, like new moons. Every surface is covered with saplings and vines, sourced sustainably from local jungles, or swaths of smooth faux-concrete whose texture recalls the interior of a shell; living trees and plant life sprout from walls, the ceiling, and the floor. The experience demands mindfulness—you must be barefoot inside, and if you’re not careful, you could lose balance, or worse, trip over a work of art..." [read more].
The space was created by Argentinean designer Jorge Eduardo Neira Sterkel, then turned into a gallery by Santiago Rumney Guggenheim.
"In the words of Rumney Guggenheim: 'When I walked into the space, it reminded me that in 1948, Peggy [Guggenheim, his great-grandmother] had opened a gallery in New York called Art of This Century, and the walls were curved,' he says. (The family legacy of difficult architecture also includes the curving walls of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s New York building, for starters, or the cavernous, billowing ones of Frank Gehry’s Bilbao). 'I saw it as a challenge,' he adds. 'You have to rethink how you’re going to put together a show.'” ...[read more].
The IK LAB gallery is located on the grounds of the equally unusual eco-friendly resort, Azulik, in the Tulum area of the Mexican Riviera.
To visit
IK LAB Official Website
IK LAB Facebook page
Azulik Resort Official Website
To learn more
Peggy Guggenheim’s Great-Grandson Created an Otherworldly Gallery in Tulum - Artsy
Tulum’s breathtaking answer to the Guggenheim has just opened - Denizen
Step Inside Tulum's Treehouse Version of the Guggenheim Museum - Architectural Digest
IK LAB | New Gallery Opening in Tulum, Mexico - Ammomag
It's called IK LAB.
This new gallery creates a unique backdrop for the works it displays, challenging both artists and visitors.
"The space boasts a truly unique character: its walls are curved, its floors undulate, and its massive glass windows and doors are circular, like new moons. Every surface is covered with saplings and vines, sourced sustainably from local jungles, or swaths of smooth faux-concrete whose texture recalls the interior of a shell; living trees and plant life sprout from walls, the ceiling, and the floor. The experience demands mindfulness—you must be barefoot inside, and if you’re not careful, you could lose balance, or worse, trip over a work of art..." [read more].
The space was created by Argentinean designer Jorge Eduardo Neira Sterkel, then turned into a gallery by Santiago Rumney Guggenheim.
"In the words of Rumney Guggenheim: 'When I walked into the space, it reminded me that in 1948, Peggy [Guggenheim, his great-grandmother] had opened a gallery in New York called Art of This Century, and the walls were curved,' he says. (The family legacy of difficult architecture also includes the curving walls of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s New York building, for starters, or the cavernous, billowing ones of Frank Gehry’s Bilbao). 'I saw it as a challenge,' he adds. 'You have to rethink how you’re going to put together a show.'” ...[read more].
To visit
IK LAB Official Website
IK LAB Facebook page
Azulik Resort Official Website
To learn more
Peggy Guggenheim’s Great-Grandson Created an Otherworldly Gallery in Tulum - Artsy
Tulum’s breathtaking answer to the Guggenheim has just opened - Denizen
Step Inside Tulum's Treehouse Version of the Guggenheim Museum - Architectural Digest
IK LAB | New Gallery Opening in Tulum, Mexico - Ammomag
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