{"id":86,"date":"2017-11-21T23:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T23:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2017\/11\/21\/art-now-la-deborah-butterfield-three-sorrowsthe\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:16:06","slug":"art-now-la-deborah-butterfield-three-sorrowsthe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/art-now-la-deborah-butterfield-three-sorrowsthe","title":{"rendered":"ART NOW LA Deborah Butterfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d28e4a4eeb8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d28e4a4eeb8\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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At 98\u2033 high x 86\u2033 long, this cast bronze horse originally constructed from disparate pieces of wood faces the wall as if to say, \u201c<i>Let me be, I am content in this concrete courtyard. The wood used in the creation of my structure might come from Kelly Canyon, Idaho, but it has been transformed and now I am a stoic, solid presence guarding the entrance to the gallery<\/i>.\u201d Butterfield\u2019s other works, located in the sky-room and on the second floor also suggest this idea of transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout her long career, Butterfield has been assembling large and small-scale horses from found objects \u2013 specifically different kinds of wood, which are then cast in bronze to create freestanding sculptures, each with a unique structure and personality. Butterfield uses the horse as another artist might use the figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her sculptures are representations: self-portraits and metaphors for myriad emotional and physical states. Each horse is constructed from actual wood, and then documented, disassembled and cast in bronze. The sculptures are then given a patina that approximates the tonalities of the original, making it appear as if the works were made of wood, not bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is most striking about her latest work, <i>Three Sorrows (quake, tsumani, meltdown from Gretel Ehrlich in Facing the Wave)<\/i>, 2016, is that Butterfield branches out in an exciting new direction \u2013 incorporating debris from natural disasters into the work as well as scattering this detritus on the floor around the sculpture. The work takes its title from <i>Facing the Wave<\/i>, Gretel Ehrlich\u2018s accounting of the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collecting fragments that washed ashore in remote Alaska islands, including bits of plastic and marine scraps that found their way across the ocean, Butterfield has created an emotionally charged work. As always, the physical horse stands tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a regal subject, though in this instance many of its internal parts are assembled from pieces of blue plastic and dried out buoys rather than cast bronze, giving the animal an aura of tragedy. The creature is surrounded by well-worn and disintegrating fragments from another time and place, infusing it with a sense of loss and melancholy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Butterfield has an intuitive knack for knowing what pieces of twisted and knotted wood will define the uniqueness of each horse\u2019s presence and personality. Sometimes she combines numerous smaller pieces to build up an area, such as the back legs in <i>Elkhorn<\/i>, 2016. At other times, the body and head of the horse contain larger pieces of refuse like in <i>K\u014dka<\/i>i, 2017, where Butterfield has incorporated large sections of yellow trash. All horses, like all people, are not the same, and Butterfield recognizes these differences, thinking of each work as a specific representation that transcends place and time. They become figurative works with spiritual and emotional resonance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=1670\">Deborah Butterfield: <i>Three Sorrows<\/i><\/a><i> <\/i>is on view through January 6, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ART NOW LA Deborah Butterfield: \u2018Three Sorrows\u2019The Equine Transformed by Jody Zellen Deborah Butterfield\u2018s exhibition at LA Louver begins outside the gallery with Kelly Canyon, 2016. 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