MEGAN BOGONOVICH, OONA BRANGAM-SNELL, HILLIARY GABRYEL, ROSE NESTLER, and NEVENA PRIJIC
Felix Art Fair

February 19 - 23, 2025

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Los Angeles, California
Room 1124

Press Release

Mrs. is pleased to announce our participation in the Felix Art Fair 2025, with works by Megan Bogonovich, Oona Brangam-Snell, Hilliary Gabryel, Rose Nestler, and Nevena Prijic; on view at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California, February 19 - 23, 2025.

Megan Bogonovich draws her aesthetic from the natural world, yet not one we recognize; her lavish and wild ceramic botanicals are a nature produced in the recesses of her mind rather than in the garden or forest. At times her work appears alien, like a flora found under the sulfur-rich rains of Venus. In other moments, pieces reflect the natural world with phallus and mammorial curves embedded in the lush vegetation. Bogonovich presents sex as a technical, even aesthetic facet with blossoms nestling bodily details among the fecundity of a stubborn weed. The sheer pleasure of these works offers a hint of critique; a world of imaginary nature calls caution to a future world of nature imagined.

Oona Brangam-Snell’s work highlights the enduring significance of traditional symbols and their continued relevance in contemporary iconography, especially in a time when fabric design is increasingly shaped by digital technology and mass production. Drawing inspiration from centuries of textile craftsmanship, she approaches her designs as paintings first, before bringing them to life as machine-loomed and hand-embroidered tapestries. Her art emphasizes the rich history of textile production while exploring how these traditions intersect with modern techniques and the digital age. Through this process, Brangam-Snell reflects on the evolving relationship between art, culture, and technology.

Hilliary Gabryel’s work explores themes of consumer culture, gender, and the American Dream by transforming mass-produced furniture, such as vacuum-formed headboards and vanity mirrors, once sold by Franco Cozzo, into new art pieces. These items, aspirational objects tied to bourgeois status, are repurposed to question societal ideals of femininity and consumerism. Gabryel’s craftwork disrupts the original designs, adding sexual energy and power, and re-contextualizing them through a lens of complex beauty standards. The artist’s alterations challenge the expectations embedded in these consumer objects, offering new interpretations of ownership and value.

Rose Nestler revisits historical artworks to challenge the constraints of patriarchy and its impact on the representation of the female figure. Through her bold, often humorous sculptures, the Brooklyn-based artist highlights the empowering potential of textiles and craft-based techniques. By playing with scale, color, sexuality, and humor, she subverts traditional interpretations of art history and the stereotypical feminine qualities often embedded within it. Nestler reimagines these qualities as symbols of strength and freedom, offering a new, liberating perspective on the female form.

Nevena Prijic, originally from Serbia, draws inspiration from Neolithic history and the connection between biological life and machines. Her work blends figuration and abstraction, transforming Vincha culture-inspired figurines into cyborg-like creatures, covered in transparent "drawings" of the human body as both a machine and spiritual energy. The figures are set against bright geometric shapes that clash with serene natural landscapes, highlighting the tension between virtual and real, ancient and futuristic. This opposition evokes a sense of timelessness and interconnectedness, transcending borders, languages, and gender.

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