Dreamhouse, 2025. Malachite, azurite, lapis lazuli, amazonite, aventurine, turquoise, chrysocolla, magnesite, howlite, amethyst, garnet, serpentine, quartz, chalcedony and quartz stalactite, fluorite, coral chalcedony, zeolite, larimar, sodalite, calcite, acrylic, steel, aquaresin, stainless-steel nails, and steel pins on coated polystyrene, 83 ¹⁄₂ × 83 ¹⁄₂ × 86 ¹⁄₂ in. (212.1 × 212.1 × 219.7 cm)

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Kathleen Ryan: Souvenir

Karma, 7351 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California
Through December 20

With her monumental, bejeweled sculptures of rotting fruit, Kathleen Ryan is a master of balancing the off-putting and the opulent, the enticing and the repellent. Souvenir features two new bodies of work that mark an evolution in her use of materials, yet share the visceral and charged associations for which she is known. At the center of three cast-concrete peaches sit car engines in place of pits, steel and chrome contrasting with the sculpture’s organic curves. In another series, Ryan enlarges cheap plastic rings, recreating their forms out of soda cans and bowling balls, giving literal weight to these seemingly inconsequential childhood trinkets.