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Peter Shelton,\u00a0bluewiggle<\/i>, 2013, mixed media, 101 x 56 x 53 in. (256.5 x 142.2 x 134.6 cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA 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.\u201d
\u2013 Peter Shelton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Shelton\u2019s sculpture bluewiggle <\/i>is currently on view in our 2nd floor group exhibition<\/a> through July 2, 2015. Visit Shelton\u2019s blog <\/a>for a behind the scenes look at how this sculpture was made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interested in learning more about Shelton\u2019s work? Here\u2019s a recent film we produced on his 2011 L.A. Louver solo exhibition eyehand<\/i><\/a>, which brought together a selection of sculptures dating from 1975-2011. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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