Latest in: sculpture
“America made me great.” So says artist Rina Banerjee, reflecting on her immigrant upbringing in New York and Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood, in an interview for the catalog of the Pennsylvania Academy of the …
RICHARD DEACON & SUI JIANGUO 6 September – 20 October 2018 Reception for the artists: Thursday, 6 September, 6-8pm L.A. Louver is pleased to present a two-person exhibition with British artist Richard Deacon and …
Looking back at Richard Deacon’s recent exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art, which came to a close on September 4, 2017. Richard Deacon: What You See Is What You Get is the …
Ed Kienholz initially conceived The Non War Memorial (1970) as a Concept Tableau, that never fully materialized. Provoked by the senseless casualties of the Vietnam War, Kienholz envisioned a “war memorial”that would consist of …
Dark Tower by Ben Jackel (2017) A dark tower stands in New York City on 5th Avenue, between 57th and 56th streets. Constructed in 1983, this sleek black glass-surfaced skyscraper has been there for …
“If six to one odds is unfair in my tableau, than 170 million to 20million is sure as hell unfair odds in my country.” - Edward Kienholz American assemblage and installation artist Edward Kienholz’s …
“Kienholz does not tend to sublimate the lowness and tragedy of life, the conditions of solitude and triviality, but rather uses them as tools that can highlight the low, popular universe, a place where …
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has released a new video series on their website that feature different artists discussing works from their permanent collection. Alison Saar was invited to participate and …
Here, we get a look into Alison Saar’s studio as she prepares for her upcoming L.A. Louver exhibition Silt, Soot and Smut. Utilizing a wide range of materials and mediums, Alison Saar has created a …
With the installation of Richard Deacon’s stainless steel sculpture Siamese Metal #6 in the Skyroom, we’re taking a look back at some of his earlier installations in our unique open air space. Well know for his …
We’re thrilled to be showing new work by Alison Saar in May 2016. In this new body of work, she’s taken inspiration from Cab Calloway’s 1934 song “ Call of the Jitter Bug.” If you’d …
Listen to a recent radio interview with sculptor Peter Shelton and David Colosi, host of the Clocktower radio show. (Click here for the audio). As a visual supplement to the interview, we’ve gathered images …
World-renowned artists Sui Jianguo and Richard Deacon share an immense admiration for each other’s work, as well as each other. They were recently profiled in a recent Chinese publication, in which they discuss 17 …
Fantastic profile on Matt Wedel in the current January 2016 issue of Cincinnati Magazine – “There’s a lot of muscle memory in those pieces,” Wedel says of the botanical-succuli series, which was begun during …
LOS ANGELES TIMES Review Around the Galleries: Matt Wedel’s ‘Peaceable Fruit’ ceramics have a hint of fiery apocalypse by Christopher Knight Ceramics has an ancient history of fusing painted surfaces with sculptural forms. Perhaps …
In her recent commissioned public art sculpture, Alison Saar has created a stunning bronze sculpture, located at the Hall of Justice in Downtown Los Angeles. Here, the artist recounts the conceptual basis for the …
Michael C. McMillen, best known for his immersive installations and assemblage sculptures, will be presenting a selection of early and new mixed media sculptures at L.A. Louver in January 2016. Of the works included …
“Inside the two-storey, beachside space Wedel has installed more than a dozen of his massive flower trees (rendered in ceramic, porcelain and stoneware) which range in size and weight from a 40 lb blue …
Matt Wedel’s exhibition Peaceable Fruit is now fully installed and ready for tomorrow’s opening! Join us Wednesday, November 18, 6-8pm, as we celebrate this new and vibrant body of work. His discreet and monumental ceramic sculptures …
Another ceramic sculpture by Matt Wedel, which will be on view in his forthcoming exhibition Peaceable Kingdom – opening at L.A. Louver on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 6-8pm. In this new body of work, …
Downtown Los Angeles just added another work to its public art collection with this commissioned sculpture by L.A.-based artist Alison Saar. Located outside the Hall of Justice the towering 12 ft tall bronze sculpture …
We are excited to announce a forthcoming L.A. Louver exhibition with sculptor Matt Wedel. Titled Peaceable Kingdom, the exhibition will feature a series of new ceramic sculptures that have never been shown before, including …
It’s official – fall is here! With today being the first day of the Autumn Equinox, we’re inspired by Alison Saar’s sculpture Fall that was installed in New York’s Madison Square Park in the fall …
The Today Art Museum in Beijing has launched an unparalleledexhibition that combines physical and virtual reality to produce an augmentedreality in which human sensorial presence and technology are codependent. The Future of Today:Imaginary Future, …
Enrique Martinez-Celaya’s sculpture “The Fight for Air” will be part of El Segundo Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition “Experience 19: TOUCH” alongside works of Alison Saar, Gajin Fujita, Peter Shelton and many more. Exhibition will …
This week’s Art Talk features KCRW’s Edward Goldman visiting studios of local Los Angeles sculptors. Strolling though Peter Shelton’s industrial, factory-like studio in downtown Los Angeles, Ed is strike by the bodily relationship between him …
The Kuntsmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland just opened a new exhibition by one of Britain’s most celebrated living sculptors and Turner Prize winner, Richard Deacon. Celebrating the artist’s mastery of material and form, On the Other …
Econo-can by Edward and Nancy Kienholz at HoodMuseum of Art, New Hampshire 22 August – 6 December 2015 The Hood Museum of Art presents a group exhibition featuring the collection of Trevor Fairbrother, an independent …
In his Athens, Ohio studio, Matt Wedel works closely with nature…His ceramic sculptures converge harmoniously with the forces of nature, creating a picturesque scene in which his sculptures quietly stares back at you…And sometimes, …
It’s been a treat to have this work by British artist Tony Cragg included in our 2nd floor exhibition of abstract sculpture. The impressive form is completely carved from wood. Its surface ripples with …
“A lot of my early work started off nominally geometric andconstructed, but I would sneak in a reference to the bodywithout depicting the body, which was a way of creating akind of subversive connection. …
Don’t miss the chance to see Ben Jackel, Frederick Hammersley, Enrique Martínez Celaya and Sui Jianguo in the exhibition Showing Off: Recent Acquisitions at the Denver Art Museum. The group show highlights gifted and purchased …
In addition to our longstanding gallery space in Venice, CA, L.A. Louver has also acquired a 13,000 square foot industrial warehouse space in the emerging urban corridor between Culver City and Central Los Angeles. …