Rosson Crow's Incandescent Paintings at Galerie Nathalie Obadia Explore Destruction and Renewal

Rosson Crow presents nine paintings born from fire and personal loss in an exhibition at Galerie Nathalie Obadia in Paris. The Texas-born, Los Angeles-based artist created the series after wildfires ravaged Los Angeles in January 2025 and the subsequent death of her mother. These dual traumas inspired incandescent works depicting burning California pools, Baroque interiors overwhelmed by waves, and Versailles furniture engulfed by invasive vegetation. Crow employs a destabilizing technique, layering psychedelic undercoats, collages of 1940s postcards, 1960s textiles, magazine fragments, photographic transfers, and oil paint to forge dense, sensual surfaces. The resulting paradoxical universe is maximalist yet deserted, animated by a Pop palette that vibrates with each form. References include James Rosenquist's Vortex and Robert Darnton's pre-revolutionary Paris, as seen in works like Revolutionary Spirit Seizes the Cardroom. Rather than a requiem, La Rupture proposes an optimistic thesis: destruction as a threshold and grief as a pivot toward new intensity and unexpected forms. The exhibition runs until May 30, 2026, at 91 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, with free admission from Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mondays and Sundays.