Vladimir Kagan for Directional Serpentine Sofa, William Hannigan Limited Edition C- Print New York to Paris #1, Cube and Round Side Table in Polished Brass, Rare multi-layered “Momento” Vase by Antonio Da Ros for Cenedese, Murano, Italy 1960s, Willy Daro Agate Sculpture Belgium 1970’s, Alexander Girard Pillows
Piston 1, 2012
Edward Cella Art + Architecture is pleased to present Disposable Culture, the first solo exhibition at the gallery for Los Angeles based artist Donnie Molls. The exhibition features the newest suite of mixed media paintings and objects by Molls which invoke the indelible hold of the automobile on the recesses of the North American psyche. Even after we discard them for scrap and recycling, our cars remain loaded with narrative, suggestion, and spectral traces of identity. Building on his fascination with objects and places that are overlooked or abandoned, and yet charged with the transient presence of absentia, Molls transforms the gallery space into a modern day memento mori with images of wrecking yards, tire piles, and car part graveyards. Our cars become a significant emblem of our consumption, our waste, our mutable identities, our optimism, and ultimately of our own impermanence. An apt signifier for the dystopian facets of the American Dream, and the ravages and remnants of its consumptive appetites and excesses, the wrecked car is a heavy ghost in the American landscape. ~via Edward Cella
You might remember the post I did on Donnie last year. He’s my friend and neighbor. Excited to see this show! Opens tonight.
Boris Tabacoff – Table & Chairs, France 1970s, Mick Jagger by Andy Warhol, Signed Original 1975, Gaetano Sciolari Sculptural Chandelier 1960s
Pair Of Hans Wegner ‘Halyard’ Chairs , Denmark 1957, Spalted Beech Cocktail Table by Howard Werner, French Lacquered Metal and Brass Articulated Floor Lamp “Skull No. 8” by Jenna Snyder-Phillips, Untitled by James Nares 2011
Swan Back Sofa by Vladimir Kagan 1950s, “Play Hard 1” Sarah Smelser 2009, “Concrete Day Bed with Ceramic Pillow” by Hun-Chung Lee, Ceruse “Spike” Sideboard by R. Mapache 1980s, Pair of Ball Chain Lanterns, Fendi Wood, Leather and Canvas clutch circa 1970, YSL Oversized Tortoise Shell Sunglasses 1970s
