Kitchen Garden

2025
Exhibition at Stockroom Kyneton


Laetitia Olivier-Gargano presents a new suite of artworks combining hyper-real resin cast sculpture collaged into painterly watercolours, alongside a collection of food inspired ikebana vases.

A love of food and gardening is celebrated in this exhibition. The title being a play on the term for the beautiful and edible potager’s garden, that is often found in country homes - Laetitia quite literally combines the aesthetics of food and plants within her works. Focusing on the textures and colours of the garden to explore the contemplative qualities of cultivating nature. This attention to the meditative beauty of the artists’ garden is contradicted by the juxtaposition of comfort food and every day objects.
Playing with the combination of the beauty, and the reality of the world that surrounds us, Laetitia brings the suburban garden into the home kitchen. Delicate floral arrangements emerge from a tantalisingly realistic meat pie. An egg salad sandwich is flanked by whimsical watercolours of this summer’s harvest. Views through the kitchen window offer a peaceful observation and time for introspection.


Pie Vase, 2025
Polyurethane resin, enamel paint
11 x 11 x 4 cm
Edition of 5 + AP 

Salada Vase, 2025
Polyurethane resin, 3D printed PLA, enamel paint
10 x 10 x 10 cm
Edition of 5 + AP 

Egg Sanga Vase, 2025
Polyurethane resin, 3D printed PLA, plaster, polymer clay, enamel and polymer paint
12 x 12 x 4 cm

Sketchbook #1, 2025
Polyurethane resin, polymer paint, gouache, paper collage and polymer clay on board
Framed in Tasmanian Oak
50 x 60 cm

Cheerful Cosmos, 2025
Polyurethane resin, polymer paint, gouache on board
Framed in yellow
50 x 60 cm

Crunch
Polyurethane resin, polymer paint, gouache and paper collage on board
Framed pink
40 x 40 cm

Munch
Polyurethane resin, polymer paint, gouache on board
Framed in green
40 x 40 cm