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HOUSE OF GAGA — A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION

The Dumas and Flaubert-derived title of the Air de Paris exhibition HOUSE OF GAGA—20 YEARS LATER (A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION) refers to the year in the late 1990s when Fernando Mesta joined Air de Paris to do an internship.

Ten years later, Mesta and José Rojas founded House of Gaga in Mexico City. This Air de Paris show celebrates the gallery and two decades of art by Julien Ceccaldi, Nicolas Ceccaldi, Trisha Donnelly, Bruno Pelassy, Vivian Suter, and Danny McDonald (Mended Veil).

HOUSE OF GAGA—20 YEARS LATER (A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION)

Through June 15.

Air de Paris

32, rue Louise Weiss, 13th, Paris.

In October 2019, Air de Paris will move to the Komunuma art center in Romainville, Seine-Saint-Denis.

House of Gaga—20 Years Later (A Sentimental Education), Air de Paris, from top: Julien Ceccaldi, Hooded Corpse, 2018, skeleton model, melted plastic, chicken wire, synthetic wig, hoodie, underwear, socks, slipper and woodstain, and acrylic paint; Bruno Pelassy, untitled, 2000-2001, silk, silicone, beads, lace, in an aquarium; Nicolas Ceccaldi, untitled, 2017, crucifix, holographic vinyl, plastic frame; Mended Veil (2), 1999–2019, mixed media; ; Bruno Pelassy, untitled, 1995, glass beads, nylon, wood; Vivian Suter, untitled and undated, acrylic, glue and mud on canvas; Julien Ceccaldi, Secret Base—10 years later, 2019, acrylic on canvas. Artwork and images courtesy and © the artists, the photographers, House of Gaga, and Air de Paris.

JULIEN CECCALDI’S ‘LESS THAN DUST’

Last night artist Julien Ceccaldi was at Ooga Twooga (aka 356 Mission), the satellite space to art/zine/book/clothing store Ooga Booga, to talk about his recent work and sign a zine of new comics titled Less Than Dust. The zine features Ceccaldi’s iconic muscular, pointy-chinned women and pig-faced men embroiled in millenial melodrama.

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According to his website, Ceccaldi “produces comics in small editions with narratives centered on manga heroines trying to maintain the facade of a thriving self.” He has shown in Los Angeles, Berlin, New York, Geneva, and Montreal. His work was also featured on the June 2014 cover of Artforum.

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Less Than Dust can be purchased at Ceccaldi’s website or through Ooga Booga online.