Jul
16,
2026
Los Angeles is about to get a new dose of color, movement and design. Opening Friday night at albertz benda’s Los Angeles gallery, Parallel Practices: Tailored Structures & Kinetic Surfaces brings together internationally recognized artist Felipe Pantone and Los Angeles-based designer and artist Etai for their first collaborative exhibition.
On view from July 17 through August 8, the exhibition places Pantone’s kinetic, visually charged artwork in conversation with Etai’s fashion and design-driven practice. And fittingly, the show is taking over the gallery’s mid-century modern home near Chateau Marmont, creating an environment that feels less like a traditional white-box gallery and more like stepping into a fully realized visual world.
Pantone is known for his bold explorations of color, movement and digital visual systems, while Etai’s work sits at the intersection of fashion, furniture and design. Rather than attempting to blend their individual styles into one, Parallel Practices is built around the dialogue between them, and the tension that can happen when two distinct creative languages meet.
The result is a collection of collaborative design pieces alongside Pantone’s signature wall-based works. For the new pieces, Etai began with mid-century furniture sourced throughout Los Angeles before digitally mapping and reworking each object. Pantone then designed custom fabric elements, produced by Italian textile house Limonta, which were incorporated into the furniture through a process of deconstruction and reconstruction. The finished works reimagine classic design structures through contemporary imagery while still preserving the logic and character of the original objects.
Meanwhile, Pantone’s kinetic works bring the movement. Built around rhythm, repetition and optical effects, the pieces create a sense of velocity that feels right at home in Los Angeles’ constantly shifting visual landscape.
What makes the exhibition especially interesting is the way the work is presented. The furniture and wall pieces are not treated as separate works simply hanging in the same room. Instead, they are arranged as part of one interconnected environment, with each piece influencing the way the next is experienced.
Parallel Practices: Tailored Structures & Kinetic Surfaces opens with a special event Friday, July 17, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at albertz benda, 8260 Marmont Lane in Los Angeles.
