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Alex Anderson, Everything is made of light
Exhibition
Alex Anderson. Everything is made of light
24 Feb 2024 – 6 Apr 2024
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Address
- 538 N Western Ave
- Los Angeles
California - CA 90004
- United States
Sargent’s Daughters is pleased to present Everything is made of light, Alex Anderson’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, and his first in our West Coast location.
About
This latest body of work moves Anderson’s virtuosic ceramic forms into novel and expansive directions. Delving into the artist’s recent research on metaphysical concepts, the exhibition pushes the medium of ceramics into the realm of universal experience.As one of the greatest technical ceramicists of his generation, Anderson continues to innovate formally, building increasingly complex structures and finishing them with avant-garde glazing techniques. This exhibition includes both free-standing sculptures and wall-mounted works that feature crystalline glazes and flowing, natural forms. They blur the borders and edges of the ceramic object, playing with open compositions and reflected light.
These innovative forms coincide with Anderson’s deepening investigation into spiritual practices and esoteric philosophy. As the title of the exhibition indicates, Anderson’s recent research has centered around concepts of animacy and energy, including the work of 11th century mystic Hildegard von Bingen. The artist does not view this as a shift away from his past bodies of work, which have explored contemporary politics, racial identity, and consumption. Rather, Everything is made of light is another phase in his interrogation of what it means to be alive in the present moment. By focusing on the metaphysical underpinnings of daily life, Anderson’s work offers a novel vantage point on desire, suffering, pleasure, and materiality.
