Art Talk
Richard Deacon with Sui Jianguo and Incognito
British and Chinese sculptors at L.A. Louver plus ICA benefit event.
By Hunter Drohojowska-Philp • • 4m ListenWelsh-born Richard Deacon is a sculpture of considerable renown, a winner of the Tate Museum’s Turner Prize in 1987 and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1999.
Richard Deacon Fold in the Fabric 5, 2018 Sculpture: wood (Holly and Cedar), epoxy Table: fumed oak and MDF board Sculpture: 12 1/4 x 13 3/4 x 11 in. (31 x 35 x 27.8 cm) Table: 18 x 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (45.5 x 55 x 55 cm) Credit Line: © Richard Deacon. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
Richard Deacon Cuttings 2, 2018 Sculpture: stainless steel Table: oak and MDF board Sculpture: 13 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 11 1/2 in. (34 x 53 x 29 cm) Table: 21 7/8 x 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (55.5 x 55 x 55 cm) Credit Line: © Richard Deacon. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
The show also includes four ceramics, irregular polyhedrons of five or six sides, slab-molded and glazed on top with neutral white or black or swirls of blue. He has transformed the pedestals into sculptures but when you look down at them, you not only see them as forms but as paintings. Made in 2014, each is titled Flat, an allusion to their appearance from above but not from any other angle.
Richard Deacon Flat 10, 2014 glazed dark clay 22 1/4 x 27. 1/2 x 22 7/8 in. (56.5 x 70 x 58 cm) Credit Line: © Richard Deacon. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
Richard Deacon Size is Everything #3, 2018 Sculpture: wood (Beech and Elm), epoxy Table: tulip wood and MDF board Sculpture: 29 1/4 x 23 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (74 x 60 x 16 cm) Table: 27 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (70.5 x 55 x 55 cm) Credit Line: © Richard Deacon. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
Sui Jianguo Planting Trace -- Island 6, 2018 galvanized photosensitive resin 3D printing 11 x 13 1/2 x 5 in. (27.9 x 34.3 x 12.7 cm) Credit Line: © Sui Jianguo. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
Sui Jianguo Planting Trace 1, 2014-2016 cast bronze 114 1/8 x 70 7/8 x 67 in. (290 x 180 x 170 cm) Credit Line: © Sui Jianguo. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
