Wearable Art is not a trend word. It is a promise: Art leaves the display case, breathes fresh air and accompanies you through the day. Not as an accessory, but as an expression. Not as a logo, but as an attitude. With BrandArt by LIST This means that used original products from iconic luxury brands are painted, signed and magnetically staged on floral canvases to create portable unique pieces. In the morning you click the work off the wall, in the evening you bring it back. In between, life writes the next lines.
What does "wearable art" mean at BrandArt?
I never start with a blank canvas. I start with Biographies. A wallet has already lived - with scratches, edges and those tiny traces that no one can fake. My painting is the second voice: emojis, signs, crown, color. The object becomes reinterpreted and magnetically mounted on a canvas of silk rose petals. The stage is soft, the statement clear.
Why the magnet? Because wearable art only works when Movement is simple. Take it down, wear it, hang it back - a ritual that dissolves the boundary between gallery and street. The work not only belongs to the space, but you in action.
From the wall to the hand - the daily ritual.
Imagine your favorite work of art. It smiles at you every morning. One touch - and it's in your hand. You take it with you in the cab, to a meeting, to the bar. People see it, ask you about it, laugh about it and discuss it. In the evening it hangs back in its place - changedbecause it has lived.
This back and forth is not a show effect. It is the DNA from BrandArt. Art is communication, and communication needs contact. A surface that you can feel. A color that refracts light. An emoji that looks cheeky today and soft tomorrow. Wearable art does just that. It creates Daily points of contactwhere importance grows.
Interaction as a value driver: patina is biography.
"Doesn't that wear out?" - Yes. And that's exactly what I want.
Patina is not a defect, patina is Reminder. Every touch, every scratch, every edge on the gold button is a micro-narrative that inscribes itself into the work. In classic collectors' circles, "untouched" is considered ideal. I opt for the opposite: touched = valuable. Not because material things are sacred, but because your life becomes visible. That is why BrandArt works are marked as "1/1". A unique piece that becomes even more unique with every use.
Dethroning icons - crown & emoji as a dialog
I work with two recurring signs:
- The crown is my little code for icon status and dethronement. It marks the object as a symbol and at the same time takes away the inviolability of the symbolism. A wink against reverence.
- The emoji is pure presence: sometimes cool, sometimes cheeky, sometimes in love, sometimes hungry for the world. It does not replace meaning, but opens it up. People react to it. They ask: "What does it mean today?" And that's exactly when art begins to do what it's there to do: talk.
The interplay with the floral canvas - a sculpture of rose petals that carries light and shadow - creates the tension that defines BrandArt: dignity meets wit, luxury meets life, monogram meets human.
Haptics, light, color - why material speaks
Wearable art is physical. The leaves on the canvas are not a decoration, but a clock. From a distance you can see the rhythm, up close you can feel the relief. The impression changes depending on the time of day: it looks fresh in the morning, clear at midday and deep in the evening. No filter - Material only.
The object itself is also material: leather, stitching, metal. The painting does not work against it, but with it. In this way, the monogram is transformed from a command Background noisein which a new voice appears - yours.
Public instead of pedestal - art in real life.
With Wearable art changes the audienceNot curators, but strangers; not exhibition texts, but conversations. When you wear a BrandArt piece, you are seen - and you see more. You notice reactions, feel glances, hear questions.
Is that provocation? Perhaps. But above all it is dialog. Brands often only talk in one direction. Art, on the other hand, demands answers. And sometimes an emoji with dollar eyes is a mirror that catches us out. A kiss emoji, on the other hand, can simply be tenderness in passing. Both are allowed.
Collector:in, co-artist:in - how it works
Handling: A secure magnet makes it easy to change. Remove, use, hang back.
Care: Normal everyday life is enough. Small traces are intentional - they tell a story.
- AuthenticityEach work is signed by hand, canvas and object bear a corresponding number.
- Certificate & Story: You will receive the documentation for the creation and write the next part yourself.
- AvailabilityBrandArt works with individual pieces and "live drops". About the Collectors List you will receive previews and first access.
Why now?
Because we have enough things that say nothing. Wearable art chooses the opposite path: rather a work that speaks, laughs, contradicts - and you more visible makes. In a world that is constantly showing, it is radical to wear something that tells. Luxury is not abolished, but translated. Into proximity. Into play. In attitude.
Lose weight. Carry. Hang back.
In the end, it remains simple. No cult, no cult object. Art that goes with you.
The first line is mine. The rest belongs to you.
Wearable art is precisely this promise: Where Luxury Meets Expression - and does not stand still.