For its third participation in Le Salon: Art + Design in New York Carpenters Workshop Gallery will present a solo show of work by French artist Ingrid Donat.

The booth will be evocative of an elegant city-life apartment, showcasing the strong, solid yet simultaneously delicate works in Ingrid Donat’s signature bronze. The pieces shown will include works such as Table Basse Anneaux and Grande Commode aux 5 Engrenages, a piece which incorporates the juxtaposition of delicate engraving with the appearence of industrial machine cog wheels. 

New works have been created for The Salon: Art & Design 2014, such as Banc Tribal in bronze and leather. The artist is involved in every stage of the production from her original designs.

To enrobe the setting the walls will be decorated with sculpted wooden and bronze panels by the artist.

Ingrid Donat takes her inspiration from Africa, Oceana and South America. The complex patterns with which she decorates bronze is evocative of Art Deco, tribal tattooing, or even the work of Gustav Klimt and Armand-Albert Rateau.

In 2015, Carpenters Workshop Gallery will publish a monograph dedicated to her work.

ABOUT CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY

Carpenters Workshop Gallery transcends classical borders in terms of art and design. Its proposal stands just at the intersection of these two universes: reaching precisely a symbiosis of art and design.

Carpenters Workshop Gallery produces and exhibits functional sculptures by international rising and already established artists and designers going outside their traditional territories of expression. The gallery is actively involved in the research and production of the limited edition works exhibited.

The gallery relies on the partnership of childhood friends, Julien Lombrail and Loic le Gaillard. The opening of a 600 square metre space in Paris in 2011 at 54 rue de la Verrerie, an address steeped in history as it was previously occupied by the Galerie de France for several decades, is a kind of return to their roots.

This Paris step confirms the commitment of the two founders of the gallery, as well as that of Aurelie Julien, their director, to the international promotion of their artists and designers.