RNDD Gallery Walk Vignette at Eggersmann
We had such an exciting night this past Friday at the River North Design District’s 6th Annual Fall Gallery Walk! Our vignette was featured at the eggersmann showroom and showcased the intriguing and emotional work of Bobbi Meier.
The walk featured 20 showrooms exhibiting designer vignettes from Chicago’s top designers, showcasing living settings highlighting artwork created by some of the brightest stars in the art world today.
We are also pleased to announce that our vignette was awarded Best Vignette Design!
Here are some highlights from our opening night on Friday!
Our Concept Statement
Our vignette, featuring Bobbi Meier’s series Family Portraits, captures the emotional chaos of a family game night. This drawing room is a space to feel; intense colors, textures, and patterns meld together seamlessly to create an atmosphere of excitement and energy that is on the verge of spilling over into madness.
Family Portraits is a series of objects spilling from frames and cast in porcelain. Bobbi Meier writes that “the frame becomes a device to bring tidiness to a messy situation. It simultaneously attempts to entrap and protect an object, which cannot be contained: underlying emotional chaos.” This vignette is a playful take on Meier’s work, inviting you to indulge in an evening of lively gameplay; let loose, have a cocktail, and spill the emotions that emerge during a competitive family game night.
Meet the artist, Bobbi Meier of salonlb.
“Producing work that is sensuous, slightly frightening, and grotesquely humorous has become a means to engage discomfort and anger with situations that cannot be changed.”
Bobbi Meier is a Chicago-based visual artist. She works in various mediums such as sculpture, collage, drawing, photography, and most recently, performance. Her work is realized through provocative use of materials such as pantyhose, spandex, porcelain, and found home furnishings, embedding themes of emotional history, struggle, and loss in its making. (salonlb.com)
Surrender Your Senses
This was truly an evening of the senses!
Sight
Beautiful eye-catching colors, designs, and intriguing art pieces were everywhere.
Taste
A signature cocktail, the Scarlet Gimlet, savory h'orderves, and decadent desserts were indulged in throughout the evening.
Touch
The eggersmann team prepared an interactive coral sponge artwork for guests to add their own colors, texture, and interpretation. The pieces were then raffled off in a social media hashtag challenge!
Smell
While guests explored the exhibit, we invited them to smell three very different scents of Zest, Smoked Woods, & Meadow.
Sound
A carefully designed playlist surrounded the studio space with a mix of upbeat tempos and contemporary hits.
