Marc Le Rest, “In Full Feather”
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 16th, 6-8pm.
Exhibition runs: August 16th – September 14th, 2025.
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 16th, 6-8pm.
Exhibition runs: August 16th – September 14th, 2025.
Haven Gallery is pleased to present a collection of fifteen new paintings from French artist Marc Le Rest for his fourth solo show, “In Full Feather” opening at Haven Gallery. “In Full Feather” continues the artists exploration of both animal and human sitters, adorned in opulent garb and armor, harking to historic nobility and status. Elaborate beadwork, lush palettes and elegance dominate Le Rest’s portraits, yet touches of humor and whimsy add a playful and light hearted element to his sitters, sharing what lies beyond the poised and posed.
About Marc Le RestBorn in the remote Armorica in France, Marc Le Rest turned his back in his early age to a promising career within the Holly Church and dedicated himself to the Arts and the kingdom of lingerie in Paris. But soon, he deserted the french capitale for New York, where he became an acclaimed garden gnomes designer. After a while he abandoned his decorative dwarfs to settle down among a bunch of drug dealers in Mexico, from where he flew to Bollywood, hoping to break through in indian cinema. In vain. So he withdrew along an Angels Bay back in Armorica and completely gave in his penchant for scabrous old ladies and lilliputian geishas, to whom he devoted three illustrated books. But he had to rush away from his ocean retreat and went hiding up the Black Mountains where he ended up by taking care of the dead people. And there, stroke by a sudden compulsion, he undertook to decorate with lace, penis and sumos, bodybuilders and alligators, and quantity of others harmless creatures.
In the same life, Marc Le Rest contributed as a textile designer to the collections of Hermès, Armani, J.P. Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel and Etro in Europe, but also collections of the major home furnishing textile companies in the United States.
