Los Angeles has been the home of important, ambitious sculptors for decades. The city has long been a place where art mixes freely with architecture, aerospace, and other cutting-edge industries, Hollywood, communities, countercultures, and undergrounds. L.A. sculptors have intersected with global movements including Minimalism, Light and Space, Land Art, and Assemblage, and have incubated hybrid, experimental practices that have run against the grain of global trends.
The conversation features artist Kelly Akashi, who is deftly skilled at working across diverse materials and explores the impermanence of the natural world; artist Sharif Farrag, who creates organized chaos through his maximalist ceramic sculptures; and artist Guadalupe Rosales, whose artworks archive and celebrate the collective memories of Chicano youth culture of the ‘90s.
