The department store Christmas displays are always worth seeing. Fortnum and Mason rarely disappoint and this year’s Piccadilly windows are a glory of deconstructed classical paintings inspired by the National Gallery. I’m not sure you can tell that this is a 3D construction including real objects from the photo: I like the fact that they have taken a two dimensional painting , made it three dimensional and slightly different and I have now turned it back into two dimensions.
Along the side of the store on Duke Street there is this densely filled area of multi-layered patterns and objects: it reminds me of some of Michael Howell’s work although all the credit goes to chief designer Paul Symes and his team at Fortnums.
Opulence, fantasy, humour and a sense of joy, just what we need at this time of year.
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