Artist Wallpaper Collections Challenge Domestic Norms with Subversive Designs

Projects featuring artist wallpaper focus on challenging norms rather than adhering to conventional decor, as demonstrated by collections from independent designers and the Serpentine Gallery. In his 1881 essay 'Some Hints on Pattern-Designing,' William Morris suggested that unadorned walls reflect a lack of vitality. Sarah Lucas's 'Tits in Space' wallpaper, created for the Whitworth in 2000 and later editioned for London's Whitechapel Gallery in 2009, subverts notions of domestic ease. Ai Weiwei's 2015 work 'Finger' draws on his 'Study of Perspective' series with repetitive gestures. The Serpentine collection features designs by John Baldessari and Rosemarie Trockel, made by Maharam. Jacob Hashimoto's 'The Long Passage Toward Night' (2012) starts at $7,500, while new works by Sarah Sze and Teresita Fernández are set to debut in August 2015. Timorous Beasties creates bold wallpapers, and Jérôme Poret's 'Wall of Sound' (2014) reimagines spaces as speaker-like settings.