Emma Scully Gallery presents “Flower Beneath the Foot,” an exhibition that honors the creative partnership between renowned textile designer Madeline Weinrib and the late poet, critic, and artist Rene Ricard. The show, which features work from Dana Arbib and Simone Bodmer-Turner, as well, will open on April 23, 2025, at the gallery.
The focal point of “Flower Beneath the Foot” is the collaboration between Weinrib and Ricard. Their collection of rugs, first conceived in 2009 and developed over the years since then, represents the culmination of a deep friendship that spanned decades. Known for his poetry and art criticism, Ricard’s contributions to the New York art scene were monumental. His essay The Radiant Child (1981) helped propel the careers of artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, forever cementing his place in the history of contemporary art. In the 1980s Ricard also explored painting, and, ultimately, his creative spirit extended to the world of design, where his work with Weinrib produced some of the most personal and meticulous pieces of their careers.
| Hours | By appointment only |
| Venue | Emma Scully Gallery |
| Type | Exhibition |
| Duration | By appointment only |
| City | New York City |
About
Emma Scully Gallery
Emma Scully Gallery champions cutting edge contemporary collectible design. Located in a 19th Century townhouse on the Upper East Side, we present challenging work in a rich historic context. We represent and support the work of groundbreaking living artists, designers, and craftspeople. Critical to the gallery’s mission is the exhibition program where new work is commissioned around conceptual themes. This intellectual backbone of our collection, resulting from years of exhibition, is the question of how to deal with the challenges of creating for the today’s material society: the landscape of superabundance, the ecological cost of overproduction and the shift from the physical to the digital world. In promoting equity the gallery recognizes the need to facilitate production in order to support the broadest range of talent in the design community. The gallery therefore acts as manufacturer for a portion of the collection work.
