Galerie Lulla
620 Imperial St Los Angeles, CA
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Tuesday - Saturday from 12pm to 6pm

Galerie Lulla is pleased to present IROSABI, an exhibition in collaboration with tefutefu, and curated by Hikari Mori and Yurina Hattori Roche, featuring work by Erin and Sam Falls, Eugene Kangawa, Keiko Murakami, Maria Moyer, Kurumi Ono, Keitaro Takata, Gen Taniguchi, Sawako Nasu, Shanelle Ueyema, tefutefu, and Yu Kobayashi.

Taking its name from tefutefu’s design philosophy, IROSABI explores the quiet presence of time as it registers through color, subtle shifts in hue, surface, and tone that speak to aging as a generative force. Rather than preserving a moment, these works embrace its slow unfolding.

Across sculpture, ceramics, textiles, and functional objects, the participating artists and craftspeople draw on Japan’s enduring sensitivity to impermanence: the softening of everyday materials through touch and use, the transformation of natural pigments, the quiet erosion that gives rise to new texture and form. As the sky marks the hours in tone, as leaves signal the shifting season, so too do these works render time visible, even tactile.

Though rooted in tradition, the exhibition is resolutely contemporary. Each piece offers a personal interpretation of IROSABI, an abstract yet embodied response to materials, history, and change. Unified by a shared reverence for process and a sensitivity to color’s quiet language, the works together form a meditation on transience, deeply local in spirit, yet universally resonant.

"Just as living things fade and new life is born, color, too, is a living force - dynamic and ever-changing."
— Hikari Mori / Model, Creative Director of tefutefu, 2025

Opening Reception
Saturday, May 3 from 6 to 9pm
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IROSABI Workshops
Galerie Lulla is hosting a series of IROSABI workshops that have been curated to gather community, learn from our incredibly talented artists, and to connect with our inner sense ofplay. We can't wait to create with you! 
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Kakishibu Dyeing Workshop with Shanelle Ueyama
Sunday, May 4 from 3pm to 6:30pm 
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Ikebana Workshop with Naoko Zaima
Sunday, May 11 from 2pm to 3pm
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