Forbidden Garden
Wexler Gallery presents Forbidden Garden, an exhibition curated by interior designer Rodney Lawrence and inspired by his passion for the 1950s science fiction film Forbidden Planet. Lawrence re-imagines the ambiance of Dr. Morbius鈥檚 alien garden from the movie as a 21st century leisure space filled with red foliage, green skies, unusual formations, and exotic animals. New ceramic pieces by Trish DeMasi and a carved onyx sconce installation by Stephen Shaheen will be on view alongside a recent custom lounge chair design by Lawrence, an asymmetric shearling rug by Rosemary Hallgarten, and a dramatic 1966 tapestry by Jan Yoors, one of the twentieth century鈥檚 seminal textile artists. Fantastical works by Judy Kensley McKie, Patrick Weder, Andreea Avram Rusu, Gregory Nangle, Mami Kato, and Henry Bermudez round out this extraordinary environment. Rodney Lawrence and many of the artists will be on hand for an opening reception in conjunction with What鈥檚 New What鈥檚 Next at the New York Design Center on Wednesday, September 14, 5:30-7pm. The exhibition continues, fittingly, through October 31, 2022.
For Forbidden Garden, Lawrence has brought the outside in as he often does, but in a new and other-worldly way. The works in the exhibition all take their cues from the environment, expanding into the unknown beyond. The surreal landscapes and atmosphere of Forbidden Planet are echoed in the forms on display, associations with nature refracted through the artists鈥� creativity and subconscious.
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Wexler Gallery presents Forbidden Garden, an exhibition curated by interior designer Rodney Lawrence and inspired by his passion for the 1950s science fiction film Forbidden Planet. Lawrence re-imagines the ambiance of Dr. Morbius鈥檚 alien garden from the movie as a 21st century leisure space filled with red foliage, green skies, unusual formations, and exotic animals. New ceramic pieces by Trish DeMasi and a carved onyx sconce installation by Stephen Shaheen will be on view alongside a recent custom lounge chair design by Lawrence, an asymmetric shearling rug by Rosemary Hallgarten, and a dramatic 1966 tapestry by Jan Yoors, one of the twentieth century鈥檚 seminal textile artists. Fantastical works by Judy Kensley McKie, Patrick Weder, Andreea Avram Rusu, Gregory Nangle, Mami Kato, and Henry Bermudez round out this extraordinary environment. Rodney Lawrence and many of the artists will be on hand for an opening reception in conjunction with What鈥檚 New What鈥檚 Next at the New York Design Center on Wednesday, September 14, 5:30-7pm. The exhibition continues, fittingly, through October 31, 2022.
For Forbidden Garden, Lawrence has brought the outside in as he often does, but in a new and other-worldly way. The works in the exhibition all take their cues from the environment, expanding into the unknown beyond. The surreal landscapes and atmosphere of Forbidden Planet are echoed in the forms on display, associations with nature refracted through the artists鈥� creativity and subconscious.
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