Amy Dov, Gail Leboff & Sébastien Léon
RALPH PUCCI International opens four presentations of new works at its New York gallery: Moments, a new body of work by Patrick Naggar; Glacier Girls, a photography series by Gail LeBoff; Inca City, a new series of lighting and furniture by Sébastien Léon; and Dry Lagoon, a new ceramic collection by Amy Dov.
Sébastien Léon: INCA CITY
Inca City is a new body of work by artist and designer Sébastien Léon. The title
refers to a mysterious geological formation on Mars, an enigmatic network of geometric ridges that resembled the ruins of an ancient city in early photographs. The series imagines the relics of a distant civilization while pushing material experimentation with Léon’s signature illusory magic.
Developed through his residency in the Ralph Pucci sculpture studio, Léon worked with master artisans and studio resources to experiment across disciplines and materials, including metal, resin, fiber, and plaster. Works such as Mirage, Sapera, Memento, Codex, Ouroboros, and Mycelia play with perception, transforming solids into glowing voids, sculpting hybrid forms, and exploring handwoven and cast-metal elements. Inca City composes a speculative landscape of relics from a future-past, shaped by illusion and material experimentation.
Gail LeBoff: GLACIER GIRLS
Gail LeBoff presents Glacier Girls, a photography series a decade in the making.
Simple compositions of singular figure skaters are layered within stark, natural
environments that belie the extraordinary conditions LeBoff encounters in pursuit of her images.
Influenced by her early experiences as an aspiring competitive figure skater, along
with a hearing loss from birth, LeBoff’s work explores isolation, memory, and
resilience. Created between New York and Iceland, Glacier Girls includes works
such as Laki Lava Girl and Nordic Pink, which capture the unpredictability and drama of northern landscapes. LeBoff describes the series as deeply personal, an
exploration of the lost dream of becoming a figure skater and the quiet power of
transformation found in nature.
Amy Dov: DRY LAGOON
Dry Lagoon is a collection of hand-built ceramic vessels and sculptures by Amy Dov, inspired by nature and the passage of time. Fired in a reduction kiln, the works reveal the beauty of imperfection and chance inherent in the artist’s hand. Bones, rocks, branches, rust, sand, and time serve as recurring motifs, reflected in surfaces where oxides and glazes wash over woven clay bodies. Rooted in the organic qualities of clay and the quiet transformation of natural materials, the collection embodies Dov’s meditative approach to making.
