Pool & Marianela
PLASTIC RELIGION
December 2 – 31, 2016
POOL & MARIANELA
PLASTIC RELIGION
December 2 – 31, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, December 2nd 8PM
Pool & Marianela – Plastic Religion
In 2014, two Argentine artists, Marianela Perelli and Pool Paolini, turned 33 models of Barbie and Ken into religious icons for an exhibition called “Barbie, the Plastic Religion“. The show featured Barbie as the Virgin Mary and Ken as Jesus Christ, and included religious figures from Catholicism, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism with versions of Barbie as Joan of Arc, Mary Magdalene and the Virgin of Lourdes. The show provoked widespread controversy in several languages from Argentina to France.
In 2016, the artists were invited by Mattel and Les Art Decoratifs to display four of their pieces in the museum of decorative arts in the Palais du Louvre, Paris, and were also received in the Vatican by Pope Francis who accepted a gift of their Barbie, “Our Lady of Lujan“.
During the month of December, Pool and Marianela will be presenting their “Barbie, the Plastic Religion” in Los Angeles at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Among the numerous pieces in the exhibition, the artists will be displaying two new paintings created in the style of Byzantine icon (gold leaf), portraits of Barbie (“Our Lady of Mattel”) and Ken (“Sacred Heart of Mattel”); 12 Via Crucis altarpieces; an eight piece nativity scene; 13 small good leaf paintings; and a Barbie Porsche 911 with Ken as Krishna, Buddah and Jesus.
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Pool & Marianela – Santa Liberada
17 x 4.5 x 11″ in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Virgen de las Mercedes
14.25 x 3.5 x 4.5″ in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Virgen de Lourdes
14 x 5 x 8.5″ in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Oxun
13 x 6 x 7″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – San Benito
15 x 4 x 4.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Judas
14 x 4 x 5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Jesus
15 x 4.5 x 5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Santa Veronica
14 x 4 x 5.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – San Patricio
14 x 4.5 x 5.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – San Veletin
14 x 4 x 7″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Gauchito Gil
14 x 4.5 x 6.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Hope
14 x 4 x 5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Juan Diego
14 x 4.5 x 8″ in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Buddha
9 x 6 x 7.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Virgen de Luján
16 x 4 x 11.5″ in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Virgen de Gaudelupe
14 x 4.5 x 8″ in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Salette
14 x 4 x 5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – San Francisco de Assis
13.25 x 5 x 5.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Sagrado Corazon
14 x 6 x 6.5″ in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Bautista
15 x 4.5 x 5.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Santa Barbara
14 x 4 x 5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Agatha
13.5 x 5 x 5.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Loretto
15 x 3.5 x 8″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Krishna
14 x 4.5 x 5 in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Virgen Del Cabo
15 x 4.5 x 5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Medalla Milagrosa
14 x 4 x 6″ in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Saint Germain
14 x 5 x 7″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Santa Cecilia
13 x 3.5 x 7″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Baphomet
13 x 5 x 7.5″ in, $700 Sold
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Pool & Marianela – Cristo
19 x 3.5 x 10.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – San Nicolas
14.5 x 4.5 x 6″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Virgen de San Nicolas
14 x 4.5 x 5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Virgen de la Dulce Espera
14 x 4.5 x 5.5″ in, $700
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Pool & Marianela – Madonna di due Gemelli
14 x 4.5 x 5.5″ in, $700
Pool & Marianela – Nativity Scene 7 Characters & 2 animals arranged with backdrop in a recreation of the Nativity. $4500 Sold
Pool & Marianela – Auto Enlightenment Barbie Porsche 911 with Ken as Christ, Buddha & Krishna. $2500
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- Croce Stazionale (Guariento di Arpo), MDF, gold leaf, oil, acrylic, epoxy 21×14″ $900 Sold
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- Cristo de San Damian (anonymo), MDF, gold leaf, oil, acrylic, epoxy. 13.5×11″ $900
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- Crucifijo con Historia de la Pasion de la Redencion (Toscano, anonymo), MDF, gold leaf, oil, acrylic, epoxy. 14×11″ $900 Sold
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- Crucifix no 20 (maestro bizantino di Pisa). MDF, gold leaf, oil, acrylic, epoxy. 14×11″ $900
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- Cruz 434 (Maestro della Croce) MDF, gold leaf, oil, acrylic, epoxy. 12×10″ $900
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- Crocifisso con i dolenti e storie della Passione (Bernardo Daddi). MDF, gold leaf, oil, acrylic, epoxy. 21×14″ $900
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- Il Crocifisso do Ognissanti (Giotto). MDF, gold leaf, oil, acrylic, epoxy.21×14″ $900
Pool & Marianela – Thirteen Icons. 6.5×6.5 in. (x13), MDF, gold leaf, oil, acrylic, epoxy. $2600
Contact our gallery director, Matt Kennedy, to be placed on the preview list: info@laluzdejesus.com
