The Surreal World of Set Designer Shona Heath

#Surrealism
Shona Heath is one of Britain’s leading Set Designers and Creative Directors. Her Surrealist Art-inspired sets have contributed to some of the most iconic fashion images of the last 10 years. In this episode of A Life Less Ordinary, Shona invites us into her London studio and explains how she became interested in Surrealism as a child, how a shared passion for art historical references drives her creative relationship with acclaimed photographer Tim Walker, and how Surrealist artists such as Francis Picabia, Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and Kay Sage have influenced her work. Ahead of our upcoming Impressionist, Modern & Surrealist Art Evening Sale (4 February | London) and Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale (5 February | London), Shona will also join Sotheby’s specialists for a discussion of the enduring influence of Surrealism at the V&A Museum in London, where her work is also currently on display at the exhibition ‘Tim Walker: Wonderful Things’.
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  • @Boxelder1
    @Boxelder13 жыл бұрын

    "What is the wrongest color I can paint something" that caught me

  • @RitaColacoNuminous

    @RitaColacoNuminous

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, if you're searching for the wrongest color and you find it, then it becomes the best

  • @kenrutkowski1270

    @kenrutkowski1270

    3 жыл бұрын

    This can be intuitive too, like Chagall...

  • @woobee8554
    @woobee85543 жыл бұрын

    The film production crew behind this video did honour her work!

  • @andreaandrea6716

    @andreaandrea6716

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love that you noticed and mentioned that!

  • @tradcatholic
    @tradcatholic4 жыл бұрын

    Surrealism is a lot like never having to leave childhood or evolve into adulthood. Beautiful.

  • @kristinamullen4066

    @kristinamullen4066

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's a perfect description.Maybe why I have always been drawn to surrealism.The dreamlike images and symbols are what I love.And of course the color and composition.

  • @artcollector4492

    @artcollector4492

    4 жыл бұрын

    جميل جدا

  • @ratuadilFF

    @ratuadilFF

    3 жыл бұрын

    Enggak ah ..

  • @yes-gm5ts
    @yes-gm5ts3 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully made video. The music, the transitional cuts, the setting, the featured work. Super! Beyond enjoying the gorgeous images of this video, I particularly liked how Shona Heath talked about other artists, and the emotional connection she has with art. So much of contemporary art criticism is chock-full of vapid jargon borrowed from semiotics, post-structuralism, or deconstruction. Cheers to discussing art in a direct and stimulating way!

  • @MartinToernby

    @MartinToernby

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think they wanted to show too much in too little time. There's enough content, why not make it 10 min long and let her work sink in.

  • @dr.natsukashii9658
    @dr.natsukashii96583 жыл бұрын

    When reality is too much to bear, you find your ways to express a glimpse of fantasy in your head. Creation in its physical form.

  • @veramentegina
    @veramentegina3 жыл бұрын

    She is extraordinary..

  • @rodolfolarrea8493
    @rodolfolarrea84932 жыл бұрын

    she is the most beautiful soul in the modern art … incomparable taste , grace , elegance , depth and compassion for the humanity , is everywhere is her work … probably because work with the fashion industry some could consider her somehow shallow … but look at her work again … nothing more profound … she is what Dalí would aspire to be … no other young live artist have achieved what she have done without effort … alone in her studio diving in her thoughts , memories , perceptions full of colors … wow amazing

  • @neilbarkeraswell
    @neilbarkeraswell3 жыл бұрын

    WOW. Need to see more of this.

  • @rue3354
    @rue33543 жыл бұрын

    Omg her work is awesome. Also I love her voice so muchhhhhh

  • @buddhahoo1
    @buddhahoo13 жыл бұрын

    I Love it so much. Studying the surrealist artists for fun, and am so happy to find her. Wonderfully talented.

  • @lotteweigert1952
    @lotteweigert19523 жыл бұрын

    Her work with Tim Walker is beautiful! I love it so much!

  • @ronjalasvill-andersen14
    @ronjalasvill-andersen143 жыл бұрын

    What an absolutely fantastic way of describing surrealism. She is mesmerizing!

  • @fatoomgierdien2181
    @fatoomgierdien21813 жыл бұрын

    Thank YOU to a Phenomenal Artist!!! Thank YOU for the beautiful video.

  • @lazarussamdi192
    @lazarussamdi1923 жыл бұрын

    Incredibly talented. We feel your work.

  • @gwenewing6837
    @gwenewing68373 жыл бұрын

    Lovely Shona Heath! Need to follow her❤

  • @bethduffus4598
    @bethduffus45983 жыл бұрын

    Loved this video. This artist is an inspiration.

  • @ashiebbyyx
    @ashiebbyyx3 жыл бұрын

    I love this content. It was so well done and she's incredible. I'm inspired!

  • @Sara-ti7he
    @Sara-ti7he3 жыл бұрын

    I loved this! Thank you for sharing your world

  • @gabriellanowicki856
    @gabriellanowicki8563 жыл бұрын

    I am in love . . . ! This is how I see the world around me - just so beautifully put into words.

  • @03dinatale
    @03dinatale6 ай бұрын

    I could listen to her talk about the process and inspiration infinitely

  • @nastiaj7083
    @nastiaj70833 жыл бұрын

    A person who lives by aesthetics 💜 unbelievable

  • @emikoyoshida7163
    @emikoyoshida71633 жыл бұрын

    Love the world you live in. To bring your dreams and fantasies out on paper then creating it, is wonderful. So very cool. Every day must be wonderful bc its different every day. How grand it must be.

  • @boosay1146
    @boosay11463 жыл бұрын

    They are truly beautiful. keep up the hard wok Shona!!!

  • @skyhigh_butterfly
    @skyhigh_butterfly3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. Leaving this video with a nice dose of inspiration.

  • @xxxxxx-hx3vp
    @xxxxxx-hx3vp3 жыл бұрын

    I'm mesmerised....

  • @bambangwidodo656
    @bambangwidodo6563 жыл бұрын

    Gosh… I lov her works!!

  • @annequinn4208
    @annequinn42083 жыл бұрын

    Wow she is so talented and speaks beautifully too. Great video, thank you!

  • @organicsludgeqt7037
    @organicsludgeqt70373 жыл бұрын

    I could watch this for hours.

  • @JillBlock
    @JillBlock3 жыл бұрын

    So inspiring...so beautiful!

  • @snowoliver5135
    @snowoliver51353 жыл бұрын

    what a beautiful way with words 🖤

  • @kaedi6452
    @kaedi64523 жыл бұрын

    absolutely brilliant

  • @darciawright2583
    @darciawright25833 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic!!! 🖤

  • @heartbrainbody
    @heartbrainbody3 жыл бұрын

    bro, her tie is awesom

  • @ArtCreamProject
    @ArtCreamProject3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love this video!

  • @daniellehendricks3241
    @daniellehendricks32413 жыл бұрын

    This was magnificent.

  • @emom46
    @emom463 жыл бұрын

    Stunning work, thank you!

  • @phanders6236
    @phanders62363 жыл бұрын

    Wow, amazing work

  • @oliviasykes1120
    @oliviasykes11203 жыл бұрын

    i think your work is what i love so much about tim walkers photography

  • @joel230182

    @joel230182

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think what you love is all the artists her work derives from

  • @ficamagazine6868
    @ficamagazine68683 жыл бұрын

    Lovely artist and beautiful interview! 🌼

  • @rajeshpisat7462
    @rajeshpisat74623 жыл бұрын

    Awesome . Surrealism. Great work. 👌💐

  • @designx8693
    @designx86933 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant.

  • @yajnaraut8202
    @yajnaraut82023 жыл бұрын

    Wowwwww... felt like meeting her in person

  • @ininini12
    @ininini1210 ай бұрын

    i love this so much

  • @sjoerd.2004
    @sjoerd.20043 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful person and wonderfully shot video!

  • @unobooks
    @unobooks4 жыл бұрын

    what a likable person

  • @hayleysmith5077
    @hayleysmith50773 жыл бұрын

    Great fine Art work ,thanks for sharing

  • @bostrickland4970
    @bostrickland49703 жыл бұрын

    Excellent artistic DNA 🧬

  • @livluvsu.
    @livluvsu.3 жыл бұрын

    This is brilliant and very inspiring to me. I’ve wanted to be a set designer ever since I could remember and I can’t wait to design more sets

  • @juliettedemaso7588
    @juliettedemaso75883 жыл бұрын

    That was my first art book too. 🥰

  • @letstrypeace
    @letstrypeace3 жыл бұрын

    I love her! She is free.

  • @isabellastyle8708
    @isabellastyle87083 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful 🌿💞

  • @kiamanawatini9512
    @kiamanawatini95123 жыл бұрын

    ☝🏽🏹⚔✨NICE Sotheby's Thank you xo

  • @runubegum6819
    @runubegum68193 жыл бұрын

    Cool love to see

  • @tashilhamo9807
    @tashilhamo98073 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful thank you 🌹

  • @oykudikmen9633
    @oykudikmen96333 жыл бұрын

    very inspiring!

  • @jamyatlulu6238
    @jamyatlulu62383 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, great job

  • @ghumusarialilu2699
    @ghumusarialilu26993 жыл бұрын

    Aesthetical... I love your works.... Great inspiration.

  • @fdfac
    @fdfac3 жыл бұрын

    So very talented.

  • @ti1286
    @ti1286 Жыл бұрын

    I adore this video

  • @majestytafari2660
    @majestytafari26603 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful video

  • @judykayali6491
    @judykayali64913 жыл бұрын

    wow she worked with Harry styles loved that shoot im glad i know now who’s behind the amazing work

  • @lidijatravina274
    @lidijatravina2743 жыл бұрын

    Interesting. Thank you.

  • @Arigato_Aj
    @Arigato_Aj3 жыл бұрын

    Love seeing more women representing production and set design

  • @trex19681

    @trex19681

    3 жыл бұрын

    Isn't it pretty much all women now? ( I'm not being facetious. Just what I've seen)

  • @vinniegiles374

    @vinniegiles374

    3 жыл бұрын

    One day people will just give credit to peoples work. People like you making everything about gender and identity politics are becoming very tedious.

  • @Arigato_Aj

    @Arigato_Aj

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vinniegiles374 lol it’s not that deep. I’m just glad that they’re getting the spotlight for a change. Tighten up, G.

  • @vinniegiles374

    @vinniegiles374

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Arigato_Aj Oh my god it gets better. You kick off with the word Lol, the preserve of 14 year olds from 2003 and then go on to misspell 'Lighten' while calling me G. I rest my case.

  • @Arigato_Aj

    @Arigato_Aj

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vinniegiles374 Okay Vinnie, whatever makes you feel good.

  • @ZaNC4847
    @ZaNC48473 жыл бұрын

    I love ur work

  • @ottothorsen
    @ottothorsen3 жыл бұрын

    this was great!

  • @davideatwell6577
    @davideatwell65773 жыл бұрын

    Amazing really

  • @ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293
    @ciganyweaverandherperiwink62933 жыл бұрын

    What an extraordinary talent. Wow.

  • @radipanka6558
    @radipanka65583 жыл бұрын

    You have a dream job ! 🌟

  • @centrepiecefurnishing8322
    @centrepiecefurnishing83223 жыл бұрын

    Great layout and taste for the design.. Not a easy thing to do as we know since we deal with so many soft furnishing projects in Singapore.

  • @cco4231
    @cco42313 жыл бұрын

    wow she is amazing

  • @keatsgipsy9991
    @keatsgipsy99913 жыл бұрын

    Lovely ❤️🌹❤️

  • @ImmortalIdeas
    @ImmortalIdeas3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!!!!

  • @ALIA-ke2sc
    @ALIA-ke2sc3 жыл бұрын

    0:50 harry styles 😭😭😭✨💕

  • @cristinamulti2949
    @cristinamulti29493 жыл бұрын

    Amei...Super inscrita.

  • @skandishop
    @skandishop3 жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @evastrauss-rosen1136
    @evastrauss-rosen11363 жыл бұрын

    Im amazed

  • @sjmsutherland
    @sjmsutherland3 жыл бұрын

    I'm not really a fan of Surrealism, but her work is interesting!! Great video!!

  • @avtpro
    @avtpro3 жыл бұрын

    OMG~~I've been trying to remember and find "Masquerade" by Kit William!!! I loved those series of paintings as a young artist but I couldn't find or remember it (other than the treasure hunt). I love her for acknowledging one of my favorite artist and influences which is Dali. I stopped the video at 2 minute just to say thank you after a moment of elation. I'm still in shock. Thank you. You are such a Great Artist. You know why? Because you do great Art work! 💯❤️👏⭐️🎨🎥☝️🌹

  • @darly_____9052
    @darly_____90523 жыл бұрын

    Si trabajo es precioso y fascinante 😍

  • @camilivel
    @camilivel3 жыл бұрын

    Perfect :)

  • @ellenglyndleyful
    @ellenglyndleyful3 жыл бұрын

    *YES*

  • @brightlights23
    @brightlights233 жыл бұрын

    Ok I must work with her one day this is goldennn

  • @SuperDahalo
    @SuperDahalo3 жыл бұрын

    Her "broken" voice is cure and her work is amazing

  • @angrymochi434
    @angrymochi434 Жыл бұрын

    I am 13 and this is what I want to do as a career, I am certain and have been working towards it since I was 10

  • @alesena.umaideiapara
    @alesena.umaideiapara4 жыл бұрын

    great

  • @alicedi1023
    @alicedi10233 жыл бұрын

    absolutely lovely

  • @osvaldolopez2377
    @osvaldolopez23773 жыл бұрын

    MUY HERMOSO TRABAJO EXELENTE !!! OSVALDO FORCINITI BS AS ARGENTINA GRACIAS ***

  • @tanjajohansson7952
    @tanjajohansson79523 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I though that the photographer have this ideas realised by their own. I do it. I am a photographer. Now I know their is a special artist who is doing that for photographer.

  • @Iggy_Garcia
    @Iggy_Garcia3 жыл бұрын

    I love her heavy smoker vodka hangover tone of voice! ❤️

  • @b3naqua
    @b3naqua3 жыл бұрын

    life flickers by

  • @darpanparihar4017
    @darpanparihar40173 жыл бұрын

    Erik Satie's dark surreal music in the background.

  • @belalugosi5605
    @belalugosi56053 жыл бұрын

  • @bunimyu1878
    @bunimyu18783 жыл бұрын

    I want to do what she does but I don’t know where to start...

  • @marynskylar
    @marynskylar3 жыл бұрын

    Cuz what was the song playing at the end? 😅

  • @isombe2388
    @isombe23883 жыл бұрын

    The animals are scared of people too. But, This is amazing.

  • @the.milo.
    @the.milo.3 жыл бұрын

    What is the point of adding the prices of some of the pieces?

  • @hypatia4754

    @hypatia4754

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's from the auction house Sothebys.

  • @eliestrations4906
    @eliestrations49063 жыл бұрын

    I feel like this should have Florence and the machine music playing . ❤️

  • @anmnou

    @anmnou

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh please spare me.

  • @PierreLaBaguette
    @PierreLaBaguette3 жыл бұрын

    I renamed the video to: Shop at Sotheby's - shopping list suggestions by Shona Heath (I bought all of them already, sorry, blokes)

  • @rurisigriardottirkommata9683
    @rurisigriardottirkommata96833 жыл бұрын

    WHAT A LEGEND???? wow

  • @samsmovingcastle
    @samsmovingcastle3 жыл бұрын

    i’m so freaked.. i’m taking a college and career class and set design (for film) is my number one career choice... then i get this in my recommended???

  • @vinniegiles374

    @vinniegiles374

    3 жыл бұрын

    Google are reading your emails (well bots anyway) it's all about the algorithy thingamebobs