Fragile Gardens 1, 2024d

ANDY PAIKO x Dr. Woo

Fragile Gardens 1, 2024
Etched Glass, brass, steel, leather, shells
101 x 15.5 x 15.5 in

Wexler Gallery proudly announces a groundbreaking collaboration between renowned glass artist Andy Paiko and famed tattoo artist Dr. Woo, with three unique works that debuted at Design Miami 2024. This partnership merges glass artistry, tattoo culture, and design, featuring intricately crafted reliquary jars blown by Paiko and etched with Woo’s signature tattoo imagery. These works explore the duality of fragility and strength in glass, while scrutinizing memory, permanence, and the human desire to preserve experiences.  

Paiko’s blown glass vessels, inspired by 17th-century reliquaries, serve as containers for sacred memories, much like tattoos etched onto the body as living reliquaries of personal narratives and emotions. This collab- oration blurs the line between the external and internal, the container and the contained, inviting viewers to reflect on how memory, identity, and sacredness intertwine. Both mediums transform chosen elements into timeless, deeply human expressions of preservation. 

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