https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com Laetitia Olivier-Gargano Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:27:32 +0000 https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com en https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Homepage Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:49:45 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Homepage <img width="632" height="940" width_o="632" height_o="940" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/098b55caec5c3dcd6207ad395b33b9f7f46398048f686b682e422e9777f291e3/transparent-ham-sanga.png" data-mid="245875978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/632/i/098b55caec5c3dcd6207ad395b33b9f7f46398048f686b682e422e9777f291e3/transparent-ham-sanga.png" /> <img width="5160" height="3440" width_o="5160" height_o="3440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76efae7947a51f2f72b452867172e3448e288b87c8ee5c6954e4e04233e12508/transparent-The-Delightful-Adventures-of-Dinner-Time---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano.png" data-mid="245875860" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76efae7947a51f2f72b452867172e3448e288b87c8ee5c6954e4e04233e12508/transparent-The-Delightful-Adventures-of-Dinner-Time---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano.png" /> <img width="3385" height="5607" width_o="3385" height_o="5607" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bb289051445b7f52a2c4ca9993b2b8dcd80e724ed3d98df17f6be03c901aaee/transparent-egg-orchid.png" data-mid="245908256" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5bb289051445b7f52a2c4ca9993b2b8dcd80e724ed3d98df17f6be03c901aaee/transparent-egg-orchid.png" /> <img width="1333" height="565" width_o="1333" height_o="565" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cacb30925fddda78abeef7f2026eabab4d2cee2d9f058e1c73076de38f7d2259/transparent-musk-worm.png" data-mid="245875956" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cacb30925fddda78abeef7f2026eabab4d2cee2d9f058e1c73076de38f7d2259/transparent-musk-worm.png" /> https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Information Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:10:19 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Information Laetitia’s practice is driven by a close survey of food, plants and everyday objects, through surreal sculptural reimagining. Embracing whimsy and material experimentation to transform ordinary things into stories of her experiences. Laetitia’s work playfully engenders bodily responses from viewers due to its intense familiarity, yet complete absurdity. Our stomach turns, and we want to look away, but curiosity stops us. It is this uncanny sensation and the universality of it that her works make us aware of.Laetitia currently works from her studio in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.&nbsp; She graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from Monash University. Her work has been exhibited nationally at institutions such as Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Cement Fondu, Notfair and Firstdraft. Her work has also featured in Broadsheet, Artist Profile and Art + Australia journals. In 2019, Laetitia received the Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists, administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA). She undertook research in Japan, learning how to make their iconic plastic food samples. Laetitia’s practice often involves ‘hyper-surrealistic’ polyurethane cast sculpture and works on paper. ︎&nbsp; contact@laetitiaoliviergargano.com︎ @laetitia_oliviergargano Education2016 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Monash University2015 Bachelor of Fine Art, Monash UniversitySelected Exhibitions:Solo &nbsp;2025 Kitchen Garden, Stockroom Kyneton, Melbourne 2024 Planting a garden in my head, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne2022 Making sense of nonsense, Stockroom Kyneton, Melbourne2021 Sometimes when I feel empty, I eat a second breakfast. Firstdraft (Gallery 2), Sydney2020 sometimeswhenifeelemptyieatasecondbreakfast.net (online)2018 Warm Bodies, (Project Space) curated by Megan Monte and Josephine Skinner, Cement Fondu, Sydney2015 Fleshrooms, Link Wall Art space, Monash University Caulfield, Melbourne2014 Flesh, Runt Gallery, Monash University Caulfield, MelbourneGroup 2024 DISH, Town Hall Gallery, Boroondara Arts Centre, Melbourne 2021 Notfair 2021, curated by Sam Leach, Tony Loyd and Ashley Crawford, Windsor, Melbourne2021 Backwoods 11yrs. Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne2019 Knox Immerse, curated by Jodi Newcombe, Mountain High Shopping Centre, Melbourne2019 The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists, curated by Bella Cornell, UNSW Galleries, Sydney2017 Notfair 2017, curated by Sam Leach, Ashley Crawford and Tony Lloyd, Windsor, Melbourne2016 Windows XII The Dirty Dozen, Campbell Street Arcade, Melbourne2016 Hatched: National Graduate Show 2016, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth2015 MADA Now, Monash University Caulfield, Melbourne2015 Small Works Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne Selected Projects:2025 ‘SURREAL SOUP’, School holiday creative workshop for 9-15 year olds, Incinerator Gallery2024 ‘Share a Plate’, Explore and Create space at Town Hall Gallery, Boroondara Arts Centre2022 ‘Bite Size’, ProtoSHOP Brand X Creative Retail ResidencyAwards:2020 Sustaining Creative Workers Initiative, Creative Victoria2019 The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists administered by NAVA2019 Short-listed for Maddocks Art Prize2017 Special commendation for work in Notfair 2017, by judges Gareth Sansom, Anne Runhardt and Ashley Crawford2015 Edith Rose Memorial Prize2013 Monash University Fine Art ScholarshipPublications/Media2024 Future Perfect, interview with guest host Oslo Davis, 3RRR, broadcast 9th December 2021 The Art Show with Daniel Browning, ‘Surrealists at sea, fake food, and the Beijing Silvermine’, ABC Radio National, broadcast 30th June 20212021 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano is counting (scare)crows, interview with Firstdraft Co-Director Karen Golland, Firstdraft June&nbsp; 2019 Isla Sutherland, Knox Immerse Arts Festival, Broadsheet, 1st September 2019 Erin McFadyen, Discovery - Laetitia Olivier-Gargano, Artist Profile, Issue #47&nbsp;2018 Emma-Kate Wilson, Warm Bodies curated by Megan Monte and Josephine Skinner, Art + Australia, 6th October 2016 Anna Dunnill, Hatched: National Graduate Show 2016, Art Guide, 9th June&nbsp; I respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of the beautiful land on which I live and work. https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Artwork Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:50:17 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Artwork <img width="1024" height="1280" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08441cfa9a60b15f51dea91183154e02be0d6c127a035070d9f53d2b2da5b2b9/IMG_8304.png" data-mid="245868024" border="0" alt="Kitchen Garden " data-caption="Kitchen Garden " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08441cfa9a60b15f51dea91183154e02be0d6c127a035070d9f53d2b2da5b2b9/IMG_8304.png" /> <img width="1280" height="1280" width_o="1280" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b28a2437f651b83e48bba19e36bbba42597e514dcfbc9bf1a5396905b3d22423/24-2_THG_Dish_12.jpeg" data-mid="245868215" border="0" alt="It Tastes Like Home..." data-caption="It Tastes Like Home..." 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(Early Spring), 2025" data-caption="Composition #1 (Early Spring), 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ceae44ce698c7ecb86f2452b7ae6141976e4703fcd3b98263420cedf76439c72/Composition-1-Early-Spring-Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano.png" /> <img width="4896" height="3264" width_o="4896" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/796765c8806f0963ed5c8550a6566c9d0ae247babf1f940c8286bb0377efccd2/DSF-ML-17.jpg" data-mid="245868384" border="0" alt="The mushroom between my toes" data-caption="The mushroom between my toes" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/796765c8806f0963ed5c8550a6566c9d0ae247babf1f940c8286bb0377efccd2/DSF-ML-17.jpg" /> https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Shop Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:27:32 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Shop Coming soon! More works available via Stockroom Kyneton https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Kitchen-Garden Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:13:28 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Kitchen-Garden Kitchen Garden 2025Exhibition 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, 2025Polyurethane resin, enamel paint11 x 11 x 4 cmEdition of 5 + AP Salada Vase, 2025Polyurethane resin, 3D printed PLA, enamel paint10 x 10 x 10 cmEdition of 5 + AP Egg Sanga Vase, 2025Polyurethane resin, 3D printed PLA, plaster, polymer clay, enamel and polymer paint12 x 12 x 4 cm Sketchbook #1, 2025Polyurethane resin, polymer paint, gouache, paper collage and polymer clay on boardFramed in Tasmanian Oak50 x 60 cm Cheerful Cosmos, 2025Polyurethane resin, polymer paint, gouache on boardFramed in yellow50 x 60 cm CrunchPolyurethane resin, polymer paint, gouache and paper collage on boardFramed pink40 x 40 cm MunchPolyurethane resin, polymer paint, gouache on boardFramed in green40 x 40 cm <img width="1024" height="1280" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08441cfa9a60b15f51dea91183154e02be0d6c127a035070d9f53d2b2da5b2b9/IMG_8304.png" data-mid="245918996" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08441cfa9a60b15f51dea91183154e02be0d6c127a035070d9f53d2b2da5b2b9/IMG_8304.png" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d0a5b8ec83f2f16bd4e1565d8c97c90af726c4cc87f81fbf150519ffd27f0b9/Egg-Sanga-Vase.png" data-mid="245919050" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/854/i/3d0a5b8ec83f2f16bd4e1565d8c97c90af726c4cc87f81fbf150519ffd27f0b9/Egg-Sanga-Vase.png" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15c6473a310973732fe5f2997566647e1e9b178f39995a6e2fc6216b36684c00/IMG_8416.png" data-mid="245919004" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/854/i/15c6473a310973732fe5f2997566647e1e9b178f39995a6e2fc6216b36684c00/IMG_8416.png" /> <img width="1025" height="1280" width_o="1025" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2a4b663b4196e3e36b92f714e26c76753d338890d312045b6427cb4b3a609b3/IMG_8314.png" data-mid="245919001" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2a4b663b4196e3e36b92f714e26c76753d338890d312045b6427cb4b3a609b3/IMG_8314.png" /> <img width="1025" height="1280" width_o="1025" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebd38fbe2c2b18acd07b55c57a0535c289256a85a3c0aabc6c94879b1d7f638a/IMG_8317.png" data-mid="245919002" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebd38fbe2c2b18acd07b55c57a0535c289256a85a3c0aabc6c94879b1d7f638a/IMG_8317.png" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/283d3de39351f97af0078b6e1c53ed5d31d16bf62aa5806fdef1787b1e60e83f/Pie-Vase.png" data-mid="245919010" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/854/i/283d3de39351f97af0078b6e1c53ed5d31d16bf62aa5806fdef1787b1e60e83f/Pie-Vase.png" /> <img width="1024" height="1280" width_o="1024" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f89e892c5a8c73308a2199267379346514f05b7fcb1e5e5adc7488bf9690eee3/IMG_8307.png" data-mid="245919000" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f89e892c5a8c73308a2199267379346514f05b7fcb1e5e5adc7488bf9690eee3/IMG_8307.png" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e792e53bf6940d89c05acb50b86daaffcf95199d0626c6c5987e776f06b5455/Salada-Vase.png" data-mid="245919051" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/854/i/2e792e53bf6940d89c05acb50b86daaffcf95199d0626c6c5987e776f06b5455/Salada-Vase.png" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d7fbe286090321fe44b488e7e51ad9aa1134d03d5034ee4d7886353ce3c3c91/IMG_8384.png" data-mid="245919003" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/854/i/8d7fbe286090321fe44b488e7e51ad9aa1134d03d5034ee4d7886353ce3c3c91/IMG_8384.png" /> https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Planting-a-garden-in-my-head Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:53:52 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Planting-a-garden-in-my-head Planting a garden in my head 2024Installation in the Atrium at Incinerator GalleryConcrete, polyurethan resin, epoxy resin, polymer paint, air dry clay, corten steel, sand, flies, garden stakes, tea cupImage credit: Ginna Rizzo 1.&nbsp; &nbsp; Shit!, 2024 (tea)2. &nbsp; Mum keeps telling me I should meditate - I’d rather pull out weeds. 2024 (crumpet)3.&nbsp; &nbsp;Eating your breakfast outside makes you 10% happier. 2024 (toast)4.&nbsp; &nbsp;Suburban Simplicity, 2024 (egg and bacon muffin)5.&nbsp; &nbsp;Lunchtime Arrangement, 2024 (tomato and toast) Inspired by Japanese suiseki (scholar’s rocks), Laetitia creates compositions of organic matter that invite meditation on their aesthetic qualities. Mundane objects—a stone or even a hamburger—become focal points for contemplation, transforming the trivial into a centre of deep thought. Through the inclusion of junk food and everyday items, these sculptures prompt viewers to appreciate the beauty in trash and the comfort in high calorie food. Echoing William Blake’s idea of seeing the world in a grain of sand, Laetitia’s work explores the duality and beauty between nature and suburbia—between stone and object, a picture of the world is revealed through the aesthetics of everyday life. Her hyper-surreal sculptures, crafted from cast epoxy resin, merge the contemplative qualities of nature with suburban reality. These playful, uncanny combinations seek to evoke bodily responses, teetering between intense familiarity and complete absurdity. Infused with narrative, the works reflect personal stories of growth, nostalgia, and navigating a world of uncertainties. Like a collage of experience, they express the contradictions of existence—uneasily optimistic, cheerfully nihilistic—a messy bouquet of life. <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21926abbfaffddd52082c7d7a81d9bbb0aff2e1463e49f79c069f77cfea8bc31/GRPhoto_LaetitiaOlivierGargano_HIRES-3.jpg" data-mid="245920063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21926abbfaffddd52082c7d7a81d9bbb0aff2e1463e49f79c069f77cfea8bc31/GRPhoto_LaetitiaOlivierGargano_HIRES-3.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26939e75d8ee1f2e210df14e753d70c964bf8900705b09f1d0333cba4b48db35/GRPhoto_LaetitiaOlivierGargano_HIRES-11.jpg" data-mid="245920059" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26939e75d8ee1f2e210df14e753d70c964bf8900705b09f1d0333cba4b48db35/GRPhoto_LaetitiaOlivierGargano_HIRES-11.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d1947a333c7f9b67f8815fb9c13fba3b0be37102464aa3a35e767c2fe71ce2e/LaetitiaOlivier-Gargano_ArtworkImage2.jpg" data-mid="245920058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d1947a333c7f9b67f8815fb9c13fba3b0be37102464aa3a35e767c2fe71ce2e/LaetitiaOlivier-Gargano_ArtworkImage2.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b9999757c2cf88e0ce94f8ef6c4cf02c3b12eafdc721a8007b44bc1ff5712fd/GRPhoto_LaetitiaOlivierGargano_HIRES-13.jpg" data-mid="245920064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b9999757c2cf88e0ce94f8ef6c4cf02c3b12eafdc721a8007b44bc1ff5712fd/GRPhoto_LaetitiaOlivierGargano_HIRES-13.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efd6fc920f851631e3c3e4762c34650947fbca1ecf4aa699e5bdeff7ca71b887/GRPhoto_Incinerator-December_HIRES-22-1.jpg" data-mid="245920061" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efd6fc920f851631e3c3e4762c34650947fbca1ecf4aa699e5bdeff7ca71b887/GRPhoto_Incinerator-December_HIRES-22-1.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/823e282623e2b3f4eb87b56e3743336bd6c6626e4034261d9fd1038ac886e225/GRPhoto_Incinerator-December_HIRES-28.jpg" data-mid="245920062" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/823e282623e2b3f4eb87b56e3743336bd6c6626e4034261d9fd1038ac886e225/GRPhoto_Incinerator-December_HIRES-28.jpg" /> https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/It-tastes-like-home Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:07:22 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/It-tastes-like-home It Tastes Like Home... 2023 Polyurethane resin, polymer paint, varnish, polymer clay, ceramic dishes, snail shell, plastic bread tags, cicada, fly, moth, bark, peg, leaves, gecko 60 x 60 cm approx. Commissioned by Boroondara Arts as part of the ‘DISH’ exhibition at Town Hall Gallery 7th February - 27th April 2024 Image credit: Installation view of ‘DISH’ at Town Hall Gallery, February 2024. Photography by Christian Capurro. Installation image shows scuptures by Mechelle Bounpraseuth in foreground. The cabbage moths in my garden. The splash of bird shit on my windscreen. The quick snack of sakatas and cheese when I come home from work, before I walk the dog. The sun bleached peg and some dried up weeds I pulled out from the backyard. The mid-week dinner of steamed dumplings from the freezer. The bread tags that gather on my kitchen bench and sometimes fall on the floor. The fucking flies everywhere. All these things taste like home. <img width="2500" height="1615" width_o="2500" height_o="1615" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15e63d842b4020220f1194625297cf8a76363f0906a481ac429fc503c02f4a27/24-2_THG_Dish_12.jpg" data-mid="245920378" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15e63d842b4020220f1194625297cf8a76363f0906a481ac429fc503c02f4a27/24-2_THG_Dish_12.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1654" width_o="2500" height_o="1654" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08ec1d0aead179bad80d48bf76ad7b37bdd1b811019f47ec9b3a24375338d2a5/24-2_THG_Dish_13.jpg" data-mid="245920369" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08ec1d0aead179bad80d48bf76ad7b37bdd1b811019f47ec9b3a24375338d2a5/24-2_THG_Dish_13.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1642" width_o="2500" height_o="1642" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6235cbb00f9985f49d15bdd2a57c2519995b48e6ab019c70fcf03574b500964/24-2_THG_Dish_14.jpg" data-mid="245920374" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6235cbb00f9985f49d15bdd2a57c2519995b48e6ab019c70fcf03574b500964/24-2_THG_Dish_14.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1406" width_o="2500" height_o="1406" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8cc6ff8f5045c667e3a3455d90161e104d4e6dc055db6df21a60f1409fbc23bd/24-2_THG_Dish_18.jpg" data-mid="245920375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8cc6ff8f5045c667e3a3455d90161e104d4e6dc055db6df21a60f1409fbc23bd/24-2_THG_Dish_18.jpg" /> https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/SURREAL-SOUP Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:03:54 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/SURREAL-SOUP SURREAL SOUP 2025Creative workshop Photos courtesy of Incinerator Gallery Join artist Laetitia Olivier-Gargano for a school holiday art making workshop for tweens/teens aged 9-15 years, inspired by the fantastical food in her exhibition ‘Planting a garden in my head’. In this workshop, students will learn techniques with air dry clay and resin to create their very own mini surreal soup!Students will be taught techniques to mix realistic colours, create textures, and get to take home their final creation. <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4efb3c970c6e9db2453b4c28c09103308ca1995c604bf792b1a76f283bc1342f/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-5.jpg" data-mid="245920260" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4efb3c970c6e9db2453b4c28c09103308ca1995c604bf792b1a76f283bc1342f/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-5.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6949845600358614beb07def434cc255976a13ddbd3bf5f5a3561596142a20a3/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-53.jpg" data-mid="245920266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6949845600358614beb07def434cc255976a13ddbd3bf5f5a3561596142a20a3/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-53.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12b81a135f5b6ee9c5faac2407fee1f810d439c201aa4e28905f752bc267e799/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-34.jpg" data-mid="245920258" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12b81a135f5b6ee9c5faac2407fee1f810d439c201aa4e28905f752bc267e799/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-34.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7ebdb91af0e9345794fde20f755ee5aacbdb40ec0f8da44f2c3c4f2589f8410/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-55.jpg" data-mid="245920268" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7ebdb91af0e9345794fde20f755ee5aacbdb40ec0f8da44f2c3c4f2589f8410/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-55.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e071fe4c6392b908f11275500992289a05b6e72feba85c15752930c31ebb412/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-15.jpg" data-mid="245920262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e071fe4c6392b908f11275500992289a05b6e72feba85c15752930c31ebb412/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-15.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b9f53fb0f81127d600ef62e78b6337f867df72413e902818a5469975f7312b2/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-48.jpg" data-mid="245920265" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b9f53fb0f81127d600ef62e78b6337f867df72413e902818a5469975f7312b2/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-48.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9b998405487c99fb3672a7abd0fd8c13d736d637373947c1422ed95199e31be/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-54.jpg" data-mid="245920267" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9b998405487c99fb3672a7abd0fd8c13d736d637373947c1422ed95199e31be/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-54.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3053c5d9753b8d58c5a6933bb745c41c00f8e403a0d6a4f7df3e384f0c148c24/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-40.jpg" data-mid="245920263" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3053c5d9753b8d58c5a6933bb745c41c00f8e403a0d6a4f7df3e384f0c148c24/Surreal-Soup---Laetitia-Olivier-Gargano---Public-Program-Documentation---16-Jan-2025-40.jpg" /> https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Share-A-Plate Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:13:47 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Share-A-Plate Share a Plate 2024Creative activity and installation in the Explore and Create Space at Booroondara Arts Centre Think about the things that remind you of home. Is it the colour of your bedroom walls? Is it the branches that create shadows through your window? Is the smell of pancakes sizzling on a Sunday morning? &nbsp; What would these things look like served on a plate? What would they taste like? Laetitia Olivier-Gargano invites you to create an illustration of something that reminds you of home, which will then be added to a giant plate. An entire meal of memories to share&nbsp;together. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e39275036ca3afb8bcc9ecf148d131112e67e1d021a4c22398470740b9c894fd/_MG_5536-1.jpeg" data-mid="245920486" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e39275036ca3afb8bcc9ecf148d131112e67e1d021a4c22398470740b9c894fd/_MG_5536-1.jpeg" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a6d6a109725db0f3008d2cc5c774bfa5626d46441807bcdafd8799336772f96/_MG_5563.png" data-mid="245920511" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a6d6a109725db0f3008d2cc5c774bfa5626d46441807bcdafd8799336772f96/_MG_5563.png" /> <img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dcfc0e3ff3f9e81a4bfc8d920e07aa5a01a8a48fd3122ed8b0f6bb60c2e7200/_MG_5533.png" data-mid="245920513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4dcfc0e3ff3f9e81a4bfc8d920e07aa5a01a8a48fd3122ed8b0f6bb60c2e7200/_MG_5533.png" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15d11a5cff3f0019887d7d3c0dd0bcb8f81808f1b0dea2abd9fcd5aa6af3c918/_MG_5558.png" data-mid="245920519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15d11a5cff3f0019887d7d3c0dd0bcb8f81808f1b0dea2abd9fcd5aa6af3c918/_MG_5558.png" /> <img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/165e8dd624f27035fa6b18e5f2bedbd4c9637f7b44ff5b185bb3214fca347a17/_MG_5526_edit.png" data-mid="245920510" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/165e8dd624f27035fa6b18e5f2bedbd4c9637f7b44ff5b185bb3214fca347a17/_MG_5526_edit.png" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe05b8f537d6028e35a1309a8d3184c6457344986d7570b62f98a8da6d65189a/_MG_5548-copy.png" data-mid="245920517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe05b8f537d6028e35a1309a8d3184c6457344986d7570b62f98a8da6d65189a/_MG_5548-copy.png" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7a3480a59a8a3c7fa94e5bc9bbd5950124c40d402d620aa5ce137cb64b268b7/_MG_5551.png" data-mid="245920518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7a3480a59a8a3c7fa94e5bc9bbd5950124c40d402d620aa5ce137cb64b268b7/_MG_5551.png" /> <img width="2481" height="3508" width_o="2481" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0da62580fba1b68aedc9fa1101986ad67118c642407734f34cad53fe11c557c5/Worksheet-Share-A-Plate---with-instructionspdf.png" data-mid="245920514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0da62580fba1b68aedc9fa1101986ad67118c642407734f34cad53fe11c557c5/Worksheet-Share-A-Plate---with-instructionspdf.png" /> https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Making-Sense-of-Nonsense Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:52:49 +0000 Laetitia Olivier-Gargano https://laetitiaoliviergargano.com/Making-Sense-of-Nonsense Making sense of nonsense Installation view, Stockroom Kyneton, Melbourne.22nd October - 27th November 2022 Trying to make sense of the chaotic nature of the last few years, Laetitia depicts her experiences in a cheerfully nihilistic way. Aestheticising hyper-real forms to convey emotions and memories, Making sense of nonsense is almost a painting show, not quite a sculpture show. Carefully painted ‘hyper-surreal’ resin sculptures are laid out like constructivist paintings among a vivid, energetic blue. Lunch leftovers become abstract collages and detailed sculptures double as whimsical candelabras. Each life-like scene is intently placed as a tactile translation of memory. Food is the defining feature of this exhibition, as a joyful comfort, as helpful procrastination, and as a reminder of loved ones. Fleshy oysters ooze their ‘bougie’ picnic opulence. An impassive brick of minced meat stresses the appreciation of boredom. All timely reminders that life is just a bit nonsense. <img width="4395" height="4000" width_o="4395" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ff7bf6976d2a3880915a3626b81b59a1f35a5971e0f285ce336f8b788b93ad0/cropped.png" data-mid="245920871" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ff7bf6976d2a3880915a3626b81b59a1f35a5971e0f285ce336f8b788b93ad0/cropped.png" /> <img width="1280" height="1190" width_o="1280" height_o="1190" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/567dd4bfcf12c12fe050a9054a89d0bc5ef1ede22c23f444b01b70e288a36cb7/IMG_2639.jpeg" data-mid="245920868" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/567dd4bfcf12c12fe050a9054a89d0bc5ef1ede22c23f444b01b70e288a36cb7/IMG_2639.jpeg" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/080ddcbf2c9d18c3219289fb7d6ed5299e1d3c0d536f0dd23ade08ac1fe9e267/IMG_2428.jpeg" data-mid="245920872" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/080ddcbf2c9d18c3219289fb7d6ed5299e1d3c0d536f0dd23ade08ac1fe9e267/IMG_2428.jpeg" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1dc022d58b49b4572736ede8093fa3a8c2832124fa968ba48616f90418015ef/IMG_2640.jpeg" data-mid="245920876" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1dc022d58b49b4572736ede8093fa3a8c2832124fa968ba48616f90418015ef/IMG_2640.jpeg" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85451ce2fa492ec83352c0dd42c85d2faade09c946670a69dcece193852c2844/IMG_2440.jpeg" data-mid="245920873" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/854/i/85451ce2fa492ec83352c0dd42c85d2faade09c946670a69dcece193852c2844/IMG_2440.jpeg" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59f548ef005f848c2a824336ce79fc081d83265fbfeb2e2514ad7f6901651112/IMG_2471.JPG" data-mid="245920879" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59f548ef005f848c2a824336ce79fc081d83265fbfeb2e2514ad7f6901651112/IMG_2471.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b394f2e684991e7b4ac1a8e204e176e80480030375a552accd02fdbc688af159/IMG_2464.JPG" data-mid="245920878" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b394f2e684991e7b4ac1a8e204e176e80480030375a552accd02fdbc688af159/IMG_2464.JPG" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e5f5aa63ccb587ea896ccdd10d7920735425737de4731100ffbb92a9750d391/IMG_2644.jpeg" data-mid="245920877" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e5f5aa63ccb587ea896ccdd10d7920735425737de4731100ffbb92a9750d391/IMG_2644.jpeg" />