Lapis Regalia, When Sculpture Meets Painting

What happens when a sculpture invites another artist into its story? Some works arrive complete. Others reveal themselves through dialogue.

Presented at Seraphim in Antwerp, Lapis Regalia marks the first artistic collaboration in the history of CARMELO Paris. Bringing together a symbolic gemstone sculpture and an abstract painting, the exhibition explores what becomes possible when two creative languages share a common vision.

At its heart stands the Falcon — a handcrafted gemstone sculpture from the Masterpiece Séries, crafted from Lapis Lazuli and Rock Crystal. Long associated with vision, discipline, and aspiration, the Falcon has become a recurring symbol within the CARMELO Paris universe, embodying the journey of growth through daily devotion and artistic refinement.

Yet this collaboration begins long before the sculpture itself.

Lapis Lazuli, a deep-blue metamorphic stone prized since antiquity, carries traces of lazurite, calcite, and pyrite. Its golden inclusions evoke the image of a night sky illuminated by distant stars. Across civilizations, it has been associated with wisdom, sovereignty, and the pursuit of higher vision — qualities that continue to inspire many of the crystal art objects created within CARMELO Paris.

For this exhibition, Sean Go approached the Falcon through the language of paint. Using

impasto — a painting technique where pigment is applied thickly enough to create physical texture — the canvas becomes almost sculptural itself. Derived from the Italian word meaning “mixture” or “dough,” impasto preserves the movement of every gesture, allowing texture to carry emotion alongside color.

As Sean shares:

"The inspiration was to blend impasto painting with Carmelo's Art Object sculpture. To blend the different textures together."

As for me, the Falcon remains a marker of personal and artistic evolution.

"Crafted from Lapis Lazuli and Rock Crystal, the Falcon bird stands as a marker of growth, refinement, and shared creation. Its materials carry both symbolism and presence — the depth of vision, the pursuit of clarity, and the strength required to continue evolving."

The result is a dialogue between permanence and movement. Between mineral and pigment. Between sculpture and canvas. Together, the works invite viewers to experience a shared story from two perspectives. This first collaboration reflects a belief that has long guided CARMELO Paris: meaningful creation rarely happens alone. Behind every bespoke crystal sculpture, every collectible art design, and every luxury art object to live with exists a community of conversations, influences, and shared experiences.

Lapis Regalia celebrates precisely that.

• A meeting of mediums.

• A meeting of perspectives.

• A meeting of creators.

  
  

And perhaps a reminder that the most enduring works are those that continue to evolve through the people they touch. Exhibited at Seraphim, Antwerp through June 2026.