Incollect Magazine - Issue 4

2023 Incollect Magazine 91 Rodney created a couple of pieces that we showed in the Salon + Art and Design ,” he says. “Jean Michel Frank and designers of their day created things that are now coming up at auction, long after having gone straight into a private home. We have an interest in giving interior designers an opportunity to show their designs to the general public.” What Lewis is most excited about right now are a couple of the new artists that they are showing. ”We believe they are really important and are going to have a positive trajectory in the marketplace,” he says. One is the Ethiopian-American artist and industrial designer Jomo Tariku, a pioneer of modern African design whose first collection, launched in 2017, received rave reviews in multiple publications. Beauty, craftsmanship and culture combine to imbue his creations with striking visual power. Tariku worked for the World Bank for many years and committed himself to sculpture and furniture late in life. “He is one of a kind,” Lewis says, “he’s smart, humble, has an amazing talent, he is a unicorn!” Tariku produced some furniture for the new movie Black Panther and has been collected by museums throughout the country. He also had a successful showing in December at Design Miami where his work sold out. Harry Morgan is another artist-designer that Lewis and Sherri believe deserves more attention. The 28-year-old graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2014 and since then has exhibited widely throughout the UK and internationally and won several top prizes. “He combines glass and concrete, and that juxtaposition of materials is really exciting,” Lewis says. The results resemble blocky geometric chunks of igneous rock formations, icicles or stalagmites, hovering somewhere between sculpture, art, and design. Defying all categories, they perfectly encompass the gallery and its vision. On the Surface, January-April 2023, Wexler Gallery New York. On the Surface, January-April 2023, Wexler Gallery New York. New Work by Wendell Castle; Works on Paper by Chuck Close, January-March 2008, Wexler Gallery Philadelphia. Relationships: In Situ Environments, March-May 2015, Wexler Gallery Philadelphia.

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