“A lot of my early work started off nominally geometric and
constructed, but I would sneak in a reference to the body
without depicting the body, which was a way of creating a
kind of subversive connection. Desire, memory, humor, even
wistfulness are powerful psychic qualities that I do not avoid.
I wanted to enter the work directly and have its narrative
understood as much in the body as the mind.”
– Peter Shelton

Peter Shelton’s sculpture bluewiggle is currently on view in our 2nd floor group exhibition through July 2, 2015. Visit Shelton’s blog for a behind the scenes look at how this sculpture was made. 

Interested in learning more about Shelton’s work? Here’s a recent film we produced on his 2011 L.A. Louver solo exhibition eyehand, which brought together a selection of sculptures dating from 1975-2011. 

IMAGE: Peter Shelton, bluewiggle, 2013, mixed media, 101 x 56 x 53 in. (256.5 x 142.2 x 134.6 cm)