For its second participation in la Biennale des Antiquaires, Carpenters Workshop Gallery will present on its booth unique artworks by American designer Wendell Castle and paintings by American artist David Smith, showcased within a scenography by French artist Ingrid Donat.

The hybrid shapes created by Wendell Castle seem to be a real challenge to any categorization. The organic and voluminous curves, appearing to grow from the ground are both welcoming and intriguing. The artist incorporates more and more complex volumes, in a process of accumulation which reveals itself through wide and multidimensional entities. 

Most of Wendell Castle’s works presented at this 27th edition of la Biennale des Antiquaires are unseen, and were made especially on the occasion of this prestigious event. 

The scenography conceived by Ingrid Donat to be like a sculpted wood and metal jewelry case, welcomes Wendell Castle’s unique artworks to highlight the work Carpenters Workshop Gallery executes, transcending classic categorizations in terms of art and design. The gallery’s proposals stand precisely at the crossroads of both universes.

In order to enrich this dialogue, a selection of works from the final creation period of American artist David Smith will be also presented on the booth. His enamel painting technique produces sculptural negative forms on the paper, which illustrates his ongoing effort to confront his two favorite mediums. His aerial vision with sombre shades, respond perfectly to Wendell Castle and Ingrid Donat’s artworks.

CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY REPRESENTS AND PRODUCES
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS

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 choices are guided by the research of an emotional, artistic and historical relevance; a relevance that appears as an evidence.

The gallery relies on the partnership of childhood friends, Julien Lombrail and Loic Le Gaillard. They first opened a space in London’s Chelsea in 2006 in a former carpenter’s workshop; they then followed with a second space in Mayfair in 2008.

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.

The expansion into Paris confirms the two founders’, and associate gallery director Aurélie Julien’s comittment to the international promotion of the gallery’s artists and designers.