A New Look at Sculpture
January 10 -February 23, 2024
Opening Reception – January 12, 2024 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM, featuring live music and free refreshments
Arthur Gonzalez, The Trees will Sway and the Bones will Break, 2019
ceramic, board, bones, plastic, wood, leather, mixed media, 60″ x 52″ x 12″
The John Natsoulas Gallery is proud to present the exhibition A New Look at Sculpture from January 10 to February 23, 2024. This exhibition examines the unique sculptural perspectives of eight distinctive figurative artists. By showing them all together, each artist’s notable style gains a space within an important dialogue. Diverse materials, scale, and imagery highlight how each sculptor approaches humanist subjects to reveal their inner worlds.
This represented group of multi-generational artists have exhibited extensively nationally and internationally. Their sculptures speak to universal human experiences. This exhibition offers viewers the chance for close examination of the many textures and forms these artists achieve in wood, bronze and ceramic.
Artists: John Buck, Shaun Burner, Deborah Butterfield, Franceksa Gamez, Arthur González, Ken Little, Manuel Neri, Michael Stevens
Panel Discussion – February 3rd, 2024 from 2:00-4:00 PM, with curator Sarah Poisner and artists Shaun Burner, Franceska Gamez, Arthur González, and Michael Stevens
Ken Little, Air, 1983, Leather boots, belts, wires, paint, mixed media, 60" x 35" x 37"
Stevens, Daddy's Little Girl, 2019, Pine, enamel, dry mount print, 72" x 21.5" x 17"
Deborah Butterfield, Untitled, 2011, Unique cast bronze with patina, 112″ x 92″ x 40″
John Buck, Just Desserts, 2004, wood, 103.5″ x 40″ x 22.5″
Arthur González, Acid Rain, 1988, ceramic, wire, epoxy, wood, 36″ x 41″ x 13″
Michael Stevens, Cliff Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 2006, pine, enamel, plastic, 65″ x 33″ x 18″
Michael Stevens, Little Cabin by the Sea, 1995, mixed media, 37″ x 20″ x 8″
Ken Little, Forces (forSis), 1982, shoes, deer skin jacket, paint, mixed media, 55″ x 84″ x 18″
Manuel Neri, Pecadoras Series II, 1998/1999, Bronze with silver-nitrate patina, 33.5″ x 9″ x 7″