David Seth Moltz
Religious Vegetables
at Olfactory Art Keller
25 Henry Street
June 24 to July 2, 2022
Opening Reception: June 23rd 6 to 9pm
Olfactory Art Keller is honored to present David Seth Moltz’ solo exhibition Religious Vegetables, a collection of 12 new aromatic explorations informed by mystical scripture, vegetation, history, and other whimsical ish that walks the line between the sacred & profane. Each of the 12 fumes is available in an edition of one (prices on request).
WEARABLE ONION
If you ever wanted to wear an onion, now’s your chance. Rare AF Himalayan plants temper beautifully pungent onions!
Deodar, Sugandha, Wild onion bulb, Hydro distilled Khus
JUST UN BEAVER
I get my beavers up in Canada.
Fur accord, vegan castoreum, Canadian hemlock spruce
EATING FERNS I PASS THE YEARS IN PEACE
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Ferns, spinach absolute, pond, Cold mountain peace
MOZARABE CHANT
A preservation of ancient gums singing praise from a crumbled Visogothic chapel.
Wild Omani incense, Borneo Kinam, Moroccan khella, Baltic amber
WOMAN PEELING PARSNIPS
Mae’s moody kitchen where a woman peels some motherfuckin’ parsnips.
Orange dyed cloths, parsnips, woman
JESUS’ FEET
Alabaster jar of finest nard, Mary’s tears, house filled with anointed feet.
Spikenard, holy rose, alabaster flesh
MESOLITHIC FISH TRAPS
5000 year old fish traps found in an Irish bog.
Bog water, Wet reed, wicked old wood
NO SHIRT TEMPLE
Roadside sandalwood stills by the medieval Kerala mundir.
Kerala sandalwood, screwpine kewra, agarwood
HOT MAQUIS
Overflowing shrub vegetation flowering in Corsican summer. Bees fucking everywhere.
Brouts water, Nigella absolute, jasmine, acacia
YONDER HERMIT
Serene Himalayan air at the fringes. Monk’s kettle smoking softly somewhere in the distance.
High elevation Kashmiri lavender, smoked tea, holy blue alpine air.
IMPERIAL EAGLESNAKE TOADSTOOL
Rarest private collection Cambodian ouds, balanced with matchless materials.
Cambodian oud, eaglewood, distilled rose, musk
CLOUD CITY TICKET
Under old growth forest pine, tar extracts emit secret portals to timeless cloud cities.
Pine undergrowth, various ouds, musk clouds