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“STILL AT IT” last day to see, today Thursday Oct. 15 - Thank you all for participating and attending. 🙏@leicagalleryla @paris.chong and all the support from @leicastorela @leicastoreparis for the equipment & tech assistance. & @kloimages 🙏 #jimmchughphotography

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Woods Davy’s (@woods.davy) new series continues to defy gravity, transforming stones into improbable acts of balance.

On view now at The KINN (@thekinn.co) in Venice, California through June.
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Woods Davy
Ascension, 12/18/25, 2025
Stone and steel
20 × 16 × 16 in | 50.8 × 40.6 × 40.6 cm

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Dan Mano - Old passport mask

Please note the extraordinary dark-encrusted-unctuous patina of this old maskette that testifies both its great age and its very long tribal use

The almost sweating oiliness of the wood makes me think that this object was probably used not only as a personal charm, but perhaps also for divination rites - Secret rites during which the objects were sprinkled with oils and magic substances, and then interrogated for propitiatory & medical purposes - This last one is however a personal supposition of mine, of which I am absolutely convinced, but which however does not find certain and objective evidences

Ex Galerie Lucas Ratton
- ex collection Tom Phillips London
- ex Auction House Woolley & Wallis (2024)

Wood & Metal - 8,7 cm

Photo courtesy Vincent-Girier Dufournier

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#danmaskettes #africanminiatures #masks #masques #masken

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Dan or Dan Mano - Passport mask most probably also with Bassa influences

A very very old example, certainly one of the early productions of the passport masks of Ivory Coast and Liberia
- please note its “primitive” style, which is evidence of the great age of this object
- please also note its great patina and many signs of use, characteristics that are the undoubted proof of the very long tribal use of the maskette

I find very curious the similarity of this maskette to some Inuit ivory productions - Obviously this is an African object that comes from Ivory Coast or Liberia, no doubt about this statement - But it has many many similarities, also with regard to the color of its patina, with the small ivory masks of the Inuit of the artic and subarctic regions of North America and Asia

Wood - 8,6 cm

Ex Lempertz Bruxelles (2026 - Lot 12 pcs)
- ex collection Vittorio Mangiò (item collected by him in the field around 1968)
- ex collection Daniele Grassi

Photo courtesy
- Valentin Clavairolles for all images with grey background
- Lempertz for the last three images with white background

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#danmaskettes #africanminiatures #africanmasks #peronicollection #peroniafricanart

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Happy Mother’s Day to our mothers, and to the mother of us all.

This work is part of a new series by Woods Davy (@woods.davy) titled Ascension, in which Davy, as art critic and curator Shana Nys writes, “collaborates with nature.”
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Woods Davy
Ascension, 1/30/26, 2026
Stone
32 1/2 × 19 × 19 1/2 in | 82.6 × 48.3 × 49.5 cm

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Sabbatikal’s (@sabbatikalsapce) exhibition, On Matter, brings together Charles Arnoldi (@charlesarnoldistudio) and Woods Davy (@woods.davy) in a dialogue around material, gesture, and the quiet tension between structure and chance.

In this walkthrough, I (@sachahcohen) share a closer look at the works on view and the ideas shaping the exhibition—how each artist approaches form, weight, and the act of making.

On view at The KINN (@thekinn.co) in Venice through June 28.

Thank you to everyone involved and particularly Joshua (@joshuabgeyer) for support with the making of this video.

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My first time visiting @coastlineartgallery was a winner on Thursday as the centerpiece of an OC arts day that also included @ocmamuseum, the Newport Beach sculpture garden, @gwcontemporary, and watching unusually huge surf at sunset from Main Beach. The undisputed highlight was “California Art: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation” featuring captivating works from Vasa, Casper Brindle, Gary Lang, Eric Orr, Peter Lodato, and many more. This coming Wednesday through Friday are the last three days before it closes; highly recommended! At OCMA, Sophie Calle’s “Overshare” runs the emotional gamut from playful and intriguing social experiments to poignant tales about death and dying. GW Contemporary’s “As the Sun Lights Our Skin” features Will Cooke works that sparkle to life when viewed in person, and the glass-walled gallery itself is always a delight in Laguna’s late afternoon sunlight. #orangecountyart #ocartworks #artexhibits #californiaart #artgalleries

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“In arranging stones, one must let the stones speak.”
— Musō Soseki

Woods Davy (@woods.davy) approaches sculpture as a collaboration with nature. Each stone carries its own weight, balance, and history. Rather than forcing form, Davy listens to the material, allowing gravity and structure to guide the composition toward moments of quiet equilibrium.

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Woods Davy
Cantamar, 2/1/26, 2026
Stone on granite pad
32 × 32 × 18 1/2 in | 81.3 × 81.3 × 47 cm

The artwork is on view at The KINN (@thekinn.co) as part of Sabbatikal’s (@sabbatikalspace) exhibition “On Matter: Charles Arnoldi & Woods Davy” in Venice, California.

Please e-mail on@sabbatikal.com for inquiries and additional information.

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Grateful for such a celebratory and memorable opening night for On Matter, a Sabbatikal exhibition curated by yours truly.

My deepest thanks to Charles Arnoldi and Woods Davy for their trust and collaboration, and to The KINN and Venice Fine Arts for co-hosting this presentation. Bringing this exhibition to life required the care and commitment of many friends, colleagues, collectors, and staff. Thank you for being part of it.

On Matter remains on view at The KINN in Venice through June 28, 2026.

I hope you’ll experience it in person.

#OnMatter #CharlesArnoldi #WoodsDavy #Sabbatikal #thekinn

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Great studio visit with Woods Davy, in the space where his gravity defying sculptures take shape among his world class collection of African masks. Thanks @woods.davy!

WOODS DAVY⁠
Clouds From the Sea⁠
Currently on view through February 28

#WoodsDavy #contemporarysculpture #Environmentalart #artiststudio #scottrichardscontemporaryart

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The first collaboration between two legends.

Charles Arnoldi and Woods Davy, Untitled, 2025. Rebar and rock. 41 x 27 x 22 ½ in. Courtesy of the Artists. Exclusively available during the in-person live auction on March 7.

Get your ticket to win this artwork at the link in our bio!

The first collaboration between Arnoldi and Davy, this piece emerged from conversations exploring what the upcoming LAM exhibition, 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨, could become. Inspired by demolition sites—their exposed rebar jutting from concrete rubble—the work unites their greatest influences: Arnoldi's sticks and Davy's stones.

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