SECRETS OF THE LAWN
ANGELICA LORENZI & HANS WENDEL
Curated by Zoe ZHANG Bing
Galerie Lulla is pleased to announce the opening of Secrets of the Lawn, organized by ZZArt Concept. Curated by Zoe ZHANG Bing.
Secrets of the Lawn features works by artist couple Angelica Lorenzi and Hans Wendel. Their work addresses the small fantastical worlds and creatures hidden right in the garden/lawn (Lorenzi) as well as questions of suburban life and emotions of alienation (Wendel).
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“The lawn, as blank as it seems, generates its own folklore.”
ANGELICA LORENZI
For the past four years, Angelica Lorenzi has delved into the intersection of function and form. Her sculptures are characterized by intricate decoration, undulating glazes, and tactile textures that often replicate surfaces found in nature. Her work infuses narrative and composition with whimsy, drawing inspiration from various references from Italian and American culture. From the natural world of plants, flowers, and mythical creatures to contemporary imagery of urban life and pop culture, Angelica combines this aesthetics to create works that subvert everyday perceptions of domestic space. Her work embodies multiple identities, manifesting as household objects, rituals and worlds that hover between the magical and the real. By using traditional materials such as ceramics to create unconventional forms, she seeks to dismantle traditional notions of structural and functional objects.
HANS WENDEL
Han's work, which he calls "Bro-Coco," is an aesthetic project that he has developed to explore the unexpected yet seamless fusion of middle-class masculinity with various periods of established high art. Through this body of work, he merges familiar symbols from contemporary bro culture—motorcycles, energy drinks, and suburban front lawns—with the painting styles, materials, and subject matter of historical art periods. The juxtaposition of these elements serves as a commentary on contemporary consumerism, the intersection of high and low culture, and the quest for self-identity in an ever-evolving world.
At its core, Bro-Coco is concerned with these unlikely pairings of mediums, styles, and contemporary subject matter. The more convincingly these elements are integrated, the more quixotic the result. By attempting to create a subtle, stable, and convincing union of high and low culture, Han’s work challenges the viewer's preconceived notions. When formerly disparate elements suddenly seem as if they were always meant to coexist, the work invites us to reconsider what we think we know about ourselves and our history.
