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Leila Heller gallery, Dubai - United Arab,

L.S. Design

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Leila Heller Gallery at The Armory Show, New York (2–5 March 2017). © Ocula. Photo: Charles Roussel.

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Leila Heller Gallery by Charlap Hyman & Herrero.

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Who Are the Standout Galleries at Art Dubai 2024?

Leila Heller, Sabrina Amrani, and NIKA Project Space orchestrated some of the most compelling booths at this year's fair.

Text by Shreya Ajmani for Ocula.

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Rachel Lee Hovnanian at Leila Heller Gallery

A huge, flawless bar of soap in Carrara marble acts as an icon of purity in Rachel Lee Hovnanian’s current solo show at Leila Heller Gallery. The third in a series of consecutive exhibitions by the artist at this Chelsea gallery, the show encourages introspection and the chance to ‘clean up’ some mental baggage. Assistant by gallery staff, a visitor can write down something (s)he’d like to eliminate from her/his life on one of the cast plaster soaps stacked against the gallery wall, then smash the soap with a mallet. (On view in Chelsea through July 20th). Rachel Lee Hovnanian, PURE Marble Large, carrara marble, 15 x 10 ½ x 3 ¾ inches, ed of 8, 2018.

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a week after visiting rachel lee hovnanian's cereal cafe, i stopped by her show at chelsea's leila heller gallery, which has garnered a bit of hype because of her "perfect baby showroom." set up like a hospital nursery, with babies in each bed, the showroom riffs on genetic modification, high expectations, and the overall influence of technology. hovnanian has created babies with particular character traits and predetermined (outrageously ambitious) futures. gallery-goers are encouraged to hold the babies, which feel shockingly real to the touch and have a weight distribution very similar to that of a real child.

between the cereal cafe and "plastic perfect," i've fallen in love with hovnanian's work and worldview. technology influences every part of contemporary life, and instead of fighting it, hovnanian mocks us a little and highlights the general absurdities of what we've now come to see as normal (liiike texting while in bed with a partner, which hovnanian's chelsea show addresses, and which an unsettling number of people find no problem with).

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Unafraid to mirror a seemingly intolerant society while hiding behind the guise of nameless up-risers, Neshat's curation at Leila Heller Gallery is an expert and simple one. Some of the artists she includes are well-known for their self-portraiture, such as Robert Mapplethorpe, whose three works in the show include the haunting yet endearing portrait of the artist gripping a skull in his tight fist while gazing sagely at the camera, and Marina Abramović, whose simple self-portrait while holding a falcon begs the viewer to ask 'who is the hunter, who is the hunted?'

-'The Mask & The Mirror at Leila Heller Gallery' by Sarah Hassan for ArtWrit

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Iké Udé's sartorial anarchy: beyond Dandyism

‘It is the pleasure of astonishing others, and the proud satisfaction of never being astonished by them’ Charles Baudelaire talking about Dandyism

The Story of Iké Udé ‘s sartorial anarchy 

Settings: New York, today

Leading Actor: New York based ,…

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