After the fair

Hello,

Over the past week, we returned to the San Francisco Art Fair with a solo presentation—one that felt particularly meaningful for us, and a moment to share more closely with all of you.

What stayed wasn’t the pace of the fair, but the way people spent time with the work. Again and again, there was a pause—not instant recognition but something that took an extra moment to settle.

We presented a new body of work by Jay Lomakin, continuing his Watching Cartoons series and for the first time, the sculptural wall works were shown alongside a large-scale painting, allowing the work to move more fully between image and object.

I’ve always been drawn to the clarity in Jay’s work—the way something so reduced can still hold a full emotional register. In this presentation, that clarity began to shift. The same form, experienced through different materials, can feel heavier in one instance, more fragile or open in another.

As Mara Gladstone wrote in her piece for Artnet, “An artist who gets what his medium is doing.”

One work in particular drew people in—a sculpture developed in collaboration with 10th Floor Studio, formed from mycelium. Not constructed in the traditional sense, but grown, its surface shaped by its conditions—porous, irregular, and impossible to repeat exactly.

What I find compelling is the shift in control, and the way the work sits between what is made and what is allowed to form. Working with a living material introduces time, environment, and unpredictability into the process. 10th Floor Studio’s approach made that possible in a way that feels both precise and open-ended, resulting in a sculpture that feels familiar, but not fixed.

It opened up a new direction within Lomakin’s practice- less about refining a form, and more about allowing it to take shape. It feels like a pivotal work for the artist, and a favourite. The piece itself remains available, for the moment.

The presentation was recognised as one of the Top 5 booths at the fair, and if you weren’t able to experience it in person- or would like to revisit it, you can find the link below.

We’re also planning a small studio visit with Jay this autumn, and will share more details soon.

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Watching Cartoons | Jay Lomakin

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These moments are always part of something ongoing- for the work, and for how it’s seen. I’m grateful to be building this with artists I believe in deeply, and to share it with all of you as it continues to take shape.

Warmly,
Rodania

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