This lot was donated by Project Room with proceeds benefitting Hollyhock House.
Project Room sculpts each candlestick with aluminum foil before sand-casting it in aluminum at their local foundry. It’s a physical ‘game of telephone’, a translation, or a conversation, or maybe a pun. A humble-but-striking, utilitarian-but-elegant, perfectly imperfect piece.
Project Room is a full service artist-run design studio. Founded in 2015 by Los Angeles-based artist Isaac Resnikoff, and growing out of an open-ended collaborative framework, Project Room has evolved into a small but ambitious studio. Their work includes residential renovation, new construction and interior design, restaurant and retail design, furniture, lighting, and urban infrastructure. True to their fine art roots, the studio is simultaneously rigorous and playful, exacting and expansive.
Curated by Dung Ngo, design expert and Editor in Chief of AUGUST, this selection of works will benefit Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic Hollyhock House. Focused on architecture and architectural design, the remarkable range of furnishings, artwork, and objects reflect the vibrant design landscape of Southern California and includes contributions from influential figures and firms including Johnston Marklee, Kulapat Yantrasast, Christopher Norman, Ali Tayar, Edwin Chan, Design, Bitches, West of West, Hiroshi Clark, and more.
Hollyhock House, photographed by Stan Ecklund. Image courtesy of City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
Located in Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House is the only UNESCO World Heritage site in Los Angeles. Representative of Wright's masterful integration of architecture and nature, the architectural treasure is stewarded by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to provide a timeless cultural space for both the local community and visitors worldwide and proceeds from this sale will support its contemporary exhibitions program.
Hollyhock House, photographed by Joshua White. Image courtesy of City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
