01/16/2026
Original video:
‘Dreamhouse’ (2025) by Kathleen Ryan , part of her Souvenir exhibition, on view at Los Angeles through January 10, 2026.
At seven feet tall, ‘Dreamhouse’ transforms the humble raspberry into an uncanny hybrid of decay and opulence. Its fleshy surface is articulated with a grid of magenta plastic beads, while the advancing rot is rendered through an extravagant array of natural stones including malachite, lapis lazuli, turquoise, azurite, and others, meticulously applied across the form. Inside, a hollow, cavernous interior drips with quartz, fluorite, and chalcedony stalactites and stalagmites, inviting an encounter with both allure and decline. Through this synthesis of synthetic and precious materials, Ryan extends her ongoing exploration of entropy and excess, unsettling conventional ideas of value, desire, and permanence.
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