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Light-Glyph (Blue)
Light-Glyph (Blue)

Light-Glyph (Blue)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Gold)
Light-Glyph (Gold)

Light-Glyph (Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Purple)
Light-Glyph (Purple)

Light-Glyph (Purple)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Trilateral Gold)
Light-Glyph (Trilateral Gold)

Light-Glyph (Trilateral Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)
Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)

Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Red)
Light-Glyph (Red)

Light-Glyph (Red)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Teal)
Light-Glyph (Teal)

Light-Glyph (Teal)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)

Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Purple)

Light-Glyph (Purple)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Purple)
Light-Glyph (Purple)

Light-Glyph (Purple)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)
Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)

Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Gllyph (Orange)
Light-Gllyph (Orange)

Light-Gllyph (Orange)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Gold)
Light-Glyph (Gold)

Light-Glyph (Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Pink)
Light-Glyph (Pink)

Light-Glyph (Pink)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Silver)
Light-Glyph (Silver)

Light-Glyph (Silver)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Teal)
Light-Glyph (Teal)

Light-Glyph (Teal)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Royal Blue)
Light-Glyph (Royal Blue)

Light-Glyph (Royal Blue)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Yellow)
Light-Glyph (Yellow)

Light-Glyph (Yellow)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)
Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)

Light-Glyph (Rose Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Avocado)
Light-Glyph (Avocado)

Light-Glyph (Avocado)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Pink)
Light-Glyph (Pink)

Light-Glyph (Pink)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Red)
Light-Glyph (Red)

Light-Glyph (Red)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Blue)
Light-Glyph (Blue)

Light-Glyph (Blue)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

With Light Glyphs, Casper Brindle presents two new bodies of work, each involving dramatic investigations into light, color and perspective. The results are poetic, sensual and spati...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Veil VIII
Veil VIII

Veil VIII

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

The Veils introduce Brindle’s newest series, where diaphanous washes of color float on elegantly suspended sheets of acrylic. Painted in layers from the back of these sleek, crystall...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Veil VII
Veil VII

Veil VII

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

The Veils introduce Brindle’s newest series, where diaphanous washes of color float on elegantly suspended sheets of acrylic. Painted in layers from the back of these sleek, crystall...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Composition 6

Composition 6

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Cello

Cello

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Cubist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Wood panels with Dowels

Wood panels with Dowels

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Composition 5

Composition 5

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Dorothy's Chair

Dorothy's Chair

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Tin Tiles with Rods

Tin Tiles with Rods

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

The Madame X works exemplify Eric Johnson’s passionate embrace of the sensuality of form. The sculptures are imbued with abstract bursts of color beneath pristine surfaces, which appear to undulate as one moves around their double-helix curves. Seen together, the series is a celebration of the exquisite harmony of depth, structure, color, and lovingly polished surfaces, somewhat blurring the line between painting and sculpture. Interestingly, the Madame X series was inspired by a painting by John Singer Sargent, and pays homage to Sargent’s portrait of the same title, which scandalized the Paris Salon of 1884. While Parisians were shocked by the slip of a dress strap and the alabaster complexion of the portrait’s subject, Johnson was inspired by the sinewy, vertical curves of Sargent’s composition. At the nexus of the L.A. art scene for nearly forty years, Eric Johnson’s work bears a distinctly Southern California hot-rod, materials-based aesthetic. Early on, Johnson was drawn to artists whose work also grew out of L.A.’s surf and car culture sensibilities. Utilizing new materials and industrial products, like resin & plastic, artwork of impossibly slick, sleek character began to emerge and was termed “Finish Fetish”. Johnson’s work is next generation heir to this work, and carries forward the DNA of such legendary Light and Space, Finish Fetish, artists as Craig Kaufman, DeWain Valentine, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell, Tom Jenkins and Tony DeLap. Eric Johnson’s works are also acutely personal representations of his life. A severe neck injury, and struggle with intense spinal pain, served as the initial catalyst for his exploration of structural forms, which are also informed by his ancestral heritage - Scottish, Cree Indian, and perhaps a boat-building urge from the Norse. His father, a race-car driver and expert in custom car fabrication, passed on a passion for cars and their restoration. Scouted into the Air Force during the Vietnam war as a fencing instructor (though he never served), Johnson discovered he was color-blind during an eye-exam. Surprisingly, this ignited an interest in color and experiments with layering automotive pigments and clear resins, which Johnson continues with in this series, fabricating molds, which allow him to do multiple iterations of the same shape while investigating variations of color. Eric Johnson attended Valley College; California Institute of Art and received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from University of California at Irvine. Johnson’s work is in many public and private collections, including: Oakland Museum; Laguna Beach Museum; Museum of Art and History (MOAH); Lancaster, CA; C.B.S. Broadcasting, New York, NY; Digital Domain, Venice, CA; Mary Barnes...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood

Spotted Blue White

Spotted Blue White

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

The Madame X works exemplify Eric Johnson’s passionate embrace of the sensuality of form. The sculptures are imbued with abstract bursts of color beneath pristine surfaces, which appear to undulate as one moves around their double-helix curves. Seen together, the series is a celebration of the exquisite harmony of depth, structure, color, and lovingly polished surfaces, somewhat blurring the line between painting and sculpture. Interestingly, the Madame X series was inspired by a painting by John Singer Sargent, and pays homage to Sargent’s portrait of the same title, which scandalized the Paris Salon of 1884. While Parisians were shocked by the slip of a dress strap and the alabaster complexion of the portrait’s subject, Johnson was inspired by the sinewy, vertical curves of Sargent’s composition. At the nexus of the L.A. art scene for nearly forty years, Eric Johnson’s work bears a distinctly Southern California hot-rod, materials-based aesthetic. Early on, Johnson was drawn to artists whose work also grew out of L.A.’s surf and car culture sensibilities. Utilizing new materials and industrial products, like resin & plastic, artwork of impossibly slick, sleek character began to emerge and was termed “Finish Fetish”. Johnson’s work is next generation heir to this work, and carries forward the DNA of such legendary Light and Space, Finish Fetish, artists as Craig Kaufman, DeWain Valentine, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell, Tom Jenkins and Tony DeLap. Eric Johnson’s works are also acutely personal representations of his life. A severe neck injury, and struggle with intense spinal pain, served as the initial catalyst for his exploration of structural forms, which are also informed by his ancestral heritage - Scottish, Cree Indian, and perhaps a boat-building urge from the Norse. His father, a race-car driver and expert in custom car fabrication, passed on a passion for cars and their restoration. Scouted into the Air Force during the Vietnam war as a fencing instructor (though he never served), Johnson discovered he was color-blind during an eye-exam. Surprisingly, this ignited an interest in color and experiments with layering automotive pigments and clear resins, which Johnson continues with in this series, fabricating molds, which allow him to do multiple iterations of the same shape while investigating variations of color. Eric Johnson attended Valley College; California Institute of Art and received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from University of California at Irvine. Johnson’s work is in many public and private collections, including: Oakland Museum; Laguna Beach Museum; Museum of Art and History (MOAH); Lancaster, CA; C.B.S. Broadcasting, New York, NY; Digital Domain, Venice, CA; Mary Barnes...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Blue)

Light-Glyph (Blue)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

In the first of his newest series, Light-Glyphs, a range of colors illuminate the interior of translucent sculptural boxes. The color is muted and light diffused through frosted surf...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Pigment

Light-Glyph (bblue)
Light-Glyph (bblue)

Light-Glyph (bblue)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

In the first of his newest series, Light-Glyphs, a range of colors illuminate the interior of translucent sculptural boxes. The color is muted and light diffused through frosted surf...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Pigment

Light-Glyph (Silver)

Light-Glyph (Silver)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

With Light Glyphs, Casper Brindle presents two new bodies of work, each involving dramatic investigations into light, color and perspective. The results are poetic, sensual and spat...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Pigment

Light Glyph VFSV
Light Glyph VFSV

Light Glyph VFSV

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Light-Glyphs, a range of colors illuminate the interior of translucent sculptural boxes. The color is muted and light diffused through frosted surfaces. At center, a thin blade of co...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Pigment

Portal Glyph X
Portal Glyph X

Portal Glyph X

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Emerging from a history of innovative West Coast artists, who pioneered the Finish Fetish and Light and Space movements, Casper Brindle has mastered the industrial materials at his d...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Vacuum Horizontal Light-Glyph (Silver)
Vacuum Horizontal Light-Glyph (Silver)

Vacuum Horizontal Light-Glyph (Silver)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

With Light Glyphs, Casper Brindle presents two new bodies of work, each involving dramatic investigations into light, color and perspective. The results are poetic, sensual and spat...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Pigment

Balloon Dog (Magenta)

Balloon Dog (Magenta)

By Jeff Koons

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed and numbered with certificate of authenticity (signature and edition number are fired onto the verso) Dimensions: 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 5" Material: Porcelain ©Jeff Koons Produc...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Vacuum Small Vertical Light-Glyph (Orange)
Vacuum Small Vertical Light-Glyph (Orange)

Vacuum Small Vertical Light-Glyph (Orange)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

With Light Glyphs, Casper Brindle presents two new bodies of work, each involving dramatic investigations into light, color and perspective. The results are poetic, sensual and spat...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Pigment

Light-Glyph 50 (Rose Gold)
Light-Glyph 50 (Rose Gold)

Light-Glyph 50 (Rose Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

In the first of his newest series, Light-Glyphs, a range of colors illuminate the interior of translucent sculptural boxes. Light diffuses through their frosted surfaces and softens ...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Pigment

Folding Chair
Folding Chair

Folding Chair

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Creating sculptures of exquisite peculiarity is an art in which Takei excels. His elegantly crafted works embody the notion of the whimsical, contradictory and idiosyncratic. There is an immediately detectable sense of humor and quick wit about the sculptures in this exhibition. Beyond playfulness, however, Takei’s aim is to challenge the viewer to alter the way in which they look at reality. Taking cues from the Surrealists of the early 20th century, Takei transforms the mundane into the fantastic - and sometimes absurd. His work is a constant inquiry into the meaning of functionality and the perception of purpose. Much like Man Ray’s iconic readymade sculpture, The Gift (1921), and Meret Oppenheim’s infamous fur-covered teacup (Object, 1936), Takei recontextualizes those pragmatic objects that we immediately recognize. With his piece Soft Shoulders (2011), Takei deconstructs a wooden clothes hanger...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Spoke
Spoke

Spoke

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood

Watson's Wand
Watson's Wand

Watson's Wand

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood

Untitled Kernel

Untitled Kernel

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Boutade 38
Boutade 38

Boutade 38

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Aria (Clear)

Aria (Clear)

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Aria (Green)

Aria (Green)

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Aria (Yellow)

Aria (Yellow)

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Aria (Red)

Aria (Red)

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Eric Johnson creates enigmatic and sensual abstract sculptures that are constructed with pigment, wood and resin. Johnson’s work seamlessly unites two traditions of Southern California art - the sleek and sexy aesthetic of the Finish Fetish movement and the organic and elegant tradition of woodworking. His handcrafted pieces are sheathed in resin skins, which often reveal glimpses of the wooden architectures encased within. Endlessly fascinated by physics and science, Johnson’s references range from cosmology and astrophysics to the human form. Johnson’s work is deeply personal - in addition to drawing inspiration from his ancestral boat-building heritage (which is Norwegian, Scottish and Cree Native...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Aria (Violet)

Aria (Violet)

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Lacquer, Automotive Paint

One Way
One Way

One Way

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Creating sculptures of exquisite peculiarity is an art in which Takei excels. His elegantly crafted works embody the notion of the whimsical, contradictory and idiosyncratic. There is an immediately detectable sense of humor and quick wit about the sculptures in this exhibition. Beyond playfulness, however, Takei’s aim is to challenge the viewer to alter the way in which they look at reality. Taking cues from the Surrealists of the early 20th century, Takei transforms the mundane into the fantastic - and sometimes absurd. His work is a constant inquiry into the meaning of functionality and the perception of purpose. Much like Man Ray’s iconic readymade sculpture, The Gift (1921), and Meret Oppenheim’s infamous fur-covered teacup (Object, 1936), Takei recontextualizes those pragmatic objects that we immediately recognize. With his piece Soft Shoulders (2011), Takei deconstructs a wooden clothes hanger...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Two in Hand

Two in Hand

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Here for Me

Here for Me

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Rubber, Wood

Untitled

Untitled

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Tree of Souls

Tree of Souls

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Snake Carrier

Snake Carrier

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

Reach

Reach

By Koji Takei

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood