Kelly Wearstler say’s “Rugged Teracotta”

It all started with slinky disco balls. The surrealist melted forms from the dutch collective Rotganzen cought the eye of AD100 Hall of Fame designer Kelly Wearstler, who snatched one up for her own Los Angeles abode. When her fascination with mirrored object wouldn’t settle, Wearstler tapped Rotganzen to dream up five exclusive mosaic works for her, simultaneously launching the Kelly Wearstler Gallery online in 2021.

We really want to have long-standing relationships with these artists, Wearstler tells AD Pro. “They want to grow and evolve, and we are going to continue to push each other and create interesting pieces. Glassware by Sticky Glass

Silver sequined blob -Melted disco balls by Dutch art collective Rotganzen

Stand Out Pieces

Objects in the collection by Felix Muhrofer and Lior Modan

Mirrors by Amelia Briggs

Woks by YehRim Lee

Wearstler first encountered the velvet canvas works of Lior Modan, an Israeli artist based in Brooklyn, in an L.A. gallery. “I was so intrigued by his process, There is quite a bit of relief to them”, she says. The nuanced, hand-dyed compressed velvets for the Gallery are framed in resin-cast belt buckles and explore Modan’s “infatuation with Los Angeles and sunny California” as Wearstler puts it

A slew of striking new decorative accents brings additional fodder to the collectible furniture. Detroit sculptor Ebitenyefa Baralaye, for example, conjures the African Baobab tree in his duo of subtly textured 27-inch terracotta vessels dressed in chevron motifs. Table by Muhrhofer