OAK@IAO
selected works from Olfatory Art Keller’s first year of exhibitions
February 1 – 28, 2022
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The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO) in Los Angeles presents a survey of olfactory artworks selected from the first year of exhibitions at Olfactory Art Keller (OAK), a New York gallery for olfactory art that opened in early 2021.
The survey will give an overview over the current status of creative work with scents by international artists. On view will be experimental scents pulled from the three group exhibitions Perfumers Gone Wild, Ten Encounters, and New York/New Fumes. Some of these scents were created by classically-trained perfumers including master perfumer Christophe Laudamiel (from New York/New Fumes), others by artists using scent as a medium, including olfactory art pioneer Gayil Nalls (from New York/New Fumes).
Camilla Nicklaus Maurer’s olFACTORY was a site-specific installation that, per the artist’s request, cannot be recreated outside of New York City. However, the scents involved in creating the installation (“Young Banana” and “Old Banana”) will be on display, together with scented blown glass sculptures by Josely Carvalho (from Suspensio), the 2019 winner of the Art and Olfaction Sadakichi Award for Experimental Scent. Also on display will be M Dougherty’s /FOREST BATH sculptures made from mycelium, wax, and resin, scented with fragrances including essential oils distilled by the artist. Brian Goeltzenleuchter will be represented by one of the hand sanitizing stations from Scents of Exile, a socially engaged olfactory artwork that bears witness to the refugee and immigrant experience.
Artists represented in OAK@IAO include:
Brian Goeltzenleuchter (Scents of Exile)
Camilla Nicklaus Maurer (olFACTORY)
Carlos Benaim (Perfumers Gone Wild)
Chiaki Nomura (Perfumers Gone Wild)
Christophe Laudamiel (New York/New Fumes)
Gayil Nalls (New York/New Fumes)
Irina Adams (New York/New Fumes)
Josely Carvalho (Suspensio)
M Dougherty (/FOREST BATH)
Tessa Liebman (New York/New Fumes)
Yves Cassar (Perfumers Gone Wild)
PHOTOS FROM CURATOR AND ARTIST RECEPTION
Saturday February 19th – 6pm to 9pm
Olfactory Art Keller seeks to encourage artists to create olfactory art and collectors to collect it. We do this by providing an exhibition space for olfactory objects, experiences, and performances as well as for works of multisensory art in which odor is essential. We also provide technical and logistical support for artists to work with odor and educate collectors about archiving volatile art. Our goal is to popularize olfactory aesthetic experiences in our visuocentric digital world.
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IAO GALLERY
The Institute for Art and Olfaction’s gallery is devoted to exhibitions, performances, installations and other expressions that make use of or engage with the medium of scent. The space includes a dedicated 154 square foot room within the IAO, and two window galleries that face the pedestrian street, Chung King Road.
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