SEVENTH HOUSE GALLERY IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION OF NEW YORK DESIGNER, DANA ARBIB. THIS SHOW IS ON VIEW IN LOS ANGELES AT 7001 MELROSE AVENUE, WITH AN OPENING RECEPTION HELD FROM 6 TO 8 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 22ND.

SUFFUSO IS A COLLECTION OF LIGHTING AND VESSELS THAT REFLECTS ARBIB’S EXPOSURE TO THE RICH TAPESTRY OF ITALIAN DESIGN AND NORTH AFRICAN ANTIQUITIES COLLECTED IN HER CHILDHOOD HOME. RAISED AMID THIS UNIQUE AMBIANCE THAT CELEBRATED THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN ANCIENT AND MODERN, ARBIB’S DESIGNS DELIGHT IN THIS INTERPLAY. GLASS WORKS ARE CRAFTED IN THE RENOWNED GLASS-MAKING CENTER OF MURANO, ITALY WHERE ARBIB SPENDS UP TO THREE MONTHS EACH YEAR. EACH PIECE COMPRISING SUFFUSO IS A DIVE INTO LIMINAL TERRITORY WHERE THE LUSH EXCESSES OF THE 1980S GRACEFULLY YIELD TO THE REFINED MINIMALISM OF THE 1990S, ENLIVENED BY HER OWN RECOLLECTION AND EXPERIENCE OF THIS PERIOD.

HANDBLOWN FUME GLASS IS FEATURED IN A PALETTE OF TINTS PAIRED WITH DEEP BLACK—CASTING AMBIENT ILLUMINATION THAT TRANSFORMS SPACE WITHOUT OVERWHELMING. DELICATE GLASS SPIRALS ARE A REPEATING MOTIF, SHOWCASING A TIME-HONORED TECHNIQUE THAT DEMANDS THE MASTERY OF SKILLED AND STEADY-HANDED ARTISANS. ADDITIONAL PIECES ARE RENDERED IN COLORLESS TEXTURED GLASS, THE ‘CRAQUELURE’ OF THIS TREATMENT IDEAL FOR ITS DIFFUSION OF LIGHT.

FRANK GEHRY’S DANZIGER STUDIO AND RESIDENCE, HOME OF SEVENTH HOUSE AND AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF LA POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE, IS THUS CAST IN A NEW LIGHT. ARBIB’S WORK IS EXHIBITED ALONGSIDE THE GALLERY’S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE 20TH CENTURY DESIGN, EACH PIECE SELECTED BY SEVENTH HOUSE FOUNDER TREVOR CHENEY IN COMPLIMENT AND RESPONSE TO ARBIB’S VISION. THE EFFECT IS A NOD TO THE MILANESE INTERIORS OF THE EARLY 1990S, WHERE SLEEKNESS AND SEDUCTION ARE BALANCED BY THE BRIGHT GLOW OF POST-MODERN SENSIBILITY.

IN AN ERA IN THE THRALL OF MASS PRODUCTION, ARBIB'S COLLECTION CHAMPIONS THE BESPOKE, CELEBRATING THE IMPERFECTIONS AND UNIQUE QUALITIES OF HANDCRAFT. THIS DEDICATION TO TRADITIONAL METHODS HONORS THE PAST AND HOPES TO FOSTER ESTEEM FOR SLOW DESIGN FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

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