New York: Penthouse Exhibitions
Primal Mysteries
Sébastien Léon
John Wigmore
February 2024
RALPH PUCCI is delighted to present Primal Mysteries, the first standalone in-house collection in more than ten years, opening at its New York gallery on 8th February. The collection pays homage to many of the studio’s longstanding heroes from the worlds of sculpture and painting: Giacometti, Brancusi, Miro, Paul Klee, Modigliani, Kirchner, Jean Arp, and looks further back to their sources of inspiration, and the artistic expressions that have been intrinsic to myriad cultures since the dawn of humanity.
Inspiring the studio for many decades, including the earlier years when it was making mannequins, these movements, artists, concepts, and ideas translate into the collection with a linking thread running through all the designs; each piece shows the hand of its maker and evokes an earthy, elemental character, an escapist antidote to our digitally led world.
Eleven new lighting sculptures by multidisciplinary artist Sébastien Léon, added to Mirage, his debut collection for RALPH PUCCI, are also on view in the (new york) gallery. Exploring the realm of glass manipulation, geometrically blown glass cubes are transformed into semi anthropological shapes through the application of flame and gravitational forces. Each sculpture emerges as a distinct entity possessing a unique shape and texture.
Los Angeles-based lighting artist John Wigmore continues to push his artistic boundaries by introducing color, shapes and hand-painted designs to his time-honored work with Japanese papers. His latest Chroma series of Wall Light Sculptures explores the relationship between object and environment, often recalling Frank Stella’s early work and the traditional art of shodō in equal measure.
Past New York: Penthouse Exhibitions
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Alexandre Logé / Elizabeth Garouste
May 2023 -
Paul Mathieu / John Wigmore
February 2023 -
Lee F. Mindel
May 2022 -
Patrick Naggar
April 2021 -
Elizabeth Garouste
July 2020 -
Patrick Naggar
November 2019 -
Paul McCobb / John Wigmore
July 2019 -
Paul Mathieu / Donald Traver
January 2019 -
Herve Van Der Straeten / James Brown
May 2018 -
Eric Schmitt
November 2017 -
Xavier Lust
September 2017 -
Richard Meier
March 2017 -
Herve Van der Straeten
November 2016 -
John Wigmore / John Koga
May 2016 -
Granzioli X Collection
July 2015 -
Elizabeth Garouste
May 2015 -
Philippe Anthonioz
October 2014 -
Andree Putman
May 2014 -
Patrick Naggar
October 2013 -
Herve Van der Straeten
January 2013 -
Ralph Pucci / Ruben Toledo
June 2012 -
Eric Schmitt / Antoine Bootz
May 2011 -
Patrick Naggar
January 2011 -
Lianne Gold / Marcus Leatherdale
October 2010 -
Furniture (One) / Chris Lehrecke
May 2010 -
Deborah Turbeville
November 2009 -
Manuel Geerinck
July 2009 -
Patrick Naggar
January 2008 -
Jens Risom
December 2007 -
Herve Van Der Straeten / Roberto Dutesco
September 2006 -
Paul Mathieu / Antoine Bootz
April 2006 -
David Weeks / Jeff Quinn
June 2005 -
Jens Risom
March 2005 -
Patrick Naggar / Christopher Farr
June 2004 -
Paul Mathieu / Jerome Abel Seguin
August 2001