This whimsical ceramic sculpture features a fantastical creature with a gaping, toothy mouth and a vibrant, patterned body. The composition is dominated by the creature's striking visage, with its exaggerated features and sharp teeth lending an almost comical, yet unsettling, quality to the piece. The artist has employed a range of techniques, including intricate surface decorations and bold, contrasting colors, to create a visually engaging and imaginative work that seems to blend elements of the natural world with the surreal. While the specific intention behind this piece is not entirely clear, the overall effect is one of playful, yet unsettling, playfulness, inviting the viewer to ponder the relationships between the familiar and the strange. ...
francesca kaufmann gallery opened in January 2000. Since then, the gallery has aimed to explore a diverse range of media, with a focus on video, site specific installation, and a special attention towards the works of female artists. After ten years in its historical location, the gallery opened in a new space in October 2010, under the name kaufmann repetto, to mark the partnership between Francesca Kaufmann and Chiara Repetto. In its new location, the gallery has been able to further develop its exhibition programming through a project space dedicated predominantly to younger artists, as well as a courtyard for large scale outdoor installations, which run parallel to the gallery’s main exhibition schedule. In 2013, the gallery inaugurated a new location in Chelsea, New York, with a parallel program to the gallery’s main space in Milan. In 2019 the New York location moved to Tribeca, expanding to a 3,000 sq ft exhibition space. The inaugural exhibition at the gallery’s new space in Tribeca was a solo show by Lily van der Stokker. ...
