Concrete, glass, light and air! Back from an amazing 4 days at the São Paulo Biennial, where I attended a symposium on practices of attention. Too much to describe in a single post, but I wanted to share a few images of the pavilion itself designed by Oscar Niemeyer 1957. Without the need for tickets, or check in lines, viewers just walk in and out of this airy building, creating a remarkable fluidity to the park around it. #oscarniemeyer #architecture #bienalsaopaulo
The final and most engaging piece in an amazing show by #williamforsythe at the #icaboston. The directions are simple, avoid contact with the weighted strings. Yet, the experience of spacializeing your body amid these moving objects and the sound of the pneumatics is just incredible. #pendulum #plumbbob #pnumatic #movement #contemporaryart #frogger #kineticart #choreographicobjects #evarespini
MAX ROSE FLIPS STATEN ISLAND!!!! he had a 25% chance of winning this district, huge props to the 3000 volunteers who work their ass off this weekend in the last year campaigning for Max. Change is possible! #changeispossible #maxrose
Inverness Boat by Jay Nelson. While out in the bay area I got to see an original drawing for this piece and in an in-process polaroid in the apartment of bay area artists and amazing hosts @csollars and @beautifulpossibility. (Thank you again for putting me up!) . . . #jaynelson #boat #art #boatart #contemporaryart @jay #inprogress #sketch
Deceptively simple, strange and beautiful. The New Embodied Sign Language by #FriederikePezold, part of Before Projection at #sculpturecenter . . . . #videoart #femaleartist #beforeprojection
Thanks to all those came out to see Badwater at @makeroom.la It was exciting to what happen in 2 months #growth #encrusted #salt #badwater
It is exciting to see in person what can grow in 2 months. . . . Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Thurs - Sat 1-6pm https://makeroom.la/williamlamson/badwater #salt #glass #geology #contemporaryart #fineart #artobject #sculpture #installationart #sculptor #design #light #planet #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #geologic
Last Weekend to see Badwater Closing reception 3-6pm tomorrow . . . . Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Thurs - Sat 1-6pm https://makeroom.la/williamlamson/badwater #salt #glass #geology #contemporaryart #fineart #artobject #sculpture #installationart #sculptor #design #light #planet #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #geologic
Sunburn — Chris McCaw Sunburned GSP #676( San Francisco Bay), 2013. 8x10 Excited to be speaking with Chris McCaw tonight at the San Francisco Arts Commission. Details below. Friday, October 26, 2018 at 6:30 PM – 8 PM PDT 10,000 Fahrenheit Sept 15-Nov 15, 2018 San Francisco Arts Commission 401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 325 San Francisco, CA 94102 #chrismccaw #williamlamson #lensbased #contemporaryart #contemporaryphotography #sun
An Invisible Universe - On view at Make Room . . . . Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Thurs - Sat 1-6pm https://makeroom.la/williamlamson/badwater #aninvisibleuniverse #salt #glass #geology #contemporaryart #fineart #artobject #sculpture #installationart #sculptor #design #light #planet#williamlamson #badwater
Final week to see Badwater at Make Room. If you are around on sun oct 28, stop by the closing party 3-6 pm. It would be great to see you! . . . . Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Thurs - Sat 1-6pm https://makeroom.la/williamlamson/badwater Badwater is a complex installation of objects, materials and processes that create an abiotic ecosystem, a network of non-living things that, while inanimate, continue to exert their material agency. In a time when extreme weather conditions have become a reality around the world and in California in particular, Badwater uses a climate controlling infrastructure to create an accelerated cycle of flood and drought. Inspired by the saltwater spring in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, and the resilient ecosystem around it that has evolved to withstand these harsh conditions, Lamson’s piece is a generative work that brings these quiet geologic forces into the gallery and allows them to develop over the two month duration of the show. ______ #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #salt #glass #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #photograms #contemporaryphotography #artdaily #nowonview #sculpture #abstractsculpture #geology #geologic
If you are in Bay Area, I will be in conversation with artist Chris McCaw at the San Francisco Commission for the Arts from 630-8pm on Friday as part of 10,000 Fahrenheit, a group exhibition centered on the sun. Friday, October 26, 2018 at 6:30 PM – 8 PM PDT 10,000 Fahrenheit Sept 15-Nov 15, 2018 San Francisco Arts Commission 401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 325 San Francisco, CA 94102 #chrismccaw #williamlamson #lensbased @sfac_galleries
Twin Rockers by Arlene Shechet. Not sure what she is doing to that surface, but its amazing! ceramic, steel, acrylic, and plywood #ArleneShechet #sculpture #ceramics #surface #nationalgalleryofart @ngadc @arleneshechet
Repost from @makeroom.la using @RepostRegramApp - Last two week to see Badwater at Make Room before it closes on Sunday, October 28th. - #badwater #williamlamson
Flow Genesis 14.2018 16x20 inch Silver Gelatin print . . . Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Thurs - Sat 1-6pm https://makeroom.la/williamlamson/badwater #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #salt #glass #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #photograms #contemporaryphotography #artdaily #nowonview #sculpture #abstractsculpture #geology #geologic
Charles Ross, Hanging Islands, conceived 1966, refabricated 2015, acrylic and metal (36 prisms), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Virginia Dwan #charlesross #virginiadwan #light #space #nationalgalleryofart @ngadc
Two weeks left to see Badwater at Make Room. . . . . Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Thurs - Sat 1-6pm https://makeroom.la/williamlamson/badwater Badwater is a complex installation of objects, materials and processes that create an abiotic ecosystem, a network of non-living things that, while inanimate, continue to exert their material agency. In a time when extreme weather conditions have become a reality around the world and in California in particular, Badwater uses a climate controlling infrastructure to create an accelerated cycle of flood and drought. Inspired by the saltwater spring in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, and the resilient ecosystem around it that has evolved to withstand these harsh conditions, Lamson’s piece is a generative work that brings these quiet geologic forces into the gallery and allows them to develop over the two month duration of the show. ______ #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #salt #glass #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #photograms #contemporaryphotography #artdaily #nowonview #sculpture #abstractsculpture #geology #geologic
Rachel Whiteread at the National Gallery of Art. #sculpture #contemporaryart #rachelwhiteread
6 weeks in, salt has totally enveloped this foam and resin sculpture. Thanks to @kevincooley_ for stopping by and sending me some pictures. ___ Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Thurs - Sat 1-6pm https://makeroom.la/template_exhibition-mainpage-1 Badwater is a complex installation of objects, materials and processes that create an abiotic ecosystem, a network of non-living things that, while inanimate, continue to exert their material agency. In a time when extreme weather conditions have become a reality around the world and in California in particular, Badwater uses a climate controlling infrastructure to create an accelerated cycle of flood and drought. Inspired by the saltwater spring in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, and the resilient ecosystem around it that has evolved to withstand these harsh conditions, Lamson’s piece is a generative work that brings these quiet geologic forces into the gallery and allows them to develop over the two month duration of the show. ______ #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #salt #glass #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #photograms #contemporaryphotography #artdaily #nowonview #sculpture #abstractsculpture #geology #geologic
Flow Genesis 2018.13 16 x 20 in. Unique Silver Gelatin Photogram ______ Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 https://makeroom.la/template_exhibition-mainpage-1 Badwater is a complex installation of objects, materials and processes that create an abiotic ecosystem, a network of non-living things that, while inanimate, continue to exert their material agency. In a time when extreme weather conditions have become a reality around the world and in California in particular, Badwater uses a climate controlling infrastructure to create an accelerated cycle of flood and drought. Inspired by the saltwater spring in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, and the resilient ecosystem around it that has evolved to withstand these harsh conditions, Lamson’s piece is a generative work that brings these quiet geologic forces into the gallery and allows them to develop over the two month duration of the show. ______ #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #salt #glass #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #photograms #contemporaryphotography
#Tillmans at #zwirner
One month of growth…. Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Thurs - Sat 1-6pm https://makeroom.la/template_exhibition-mainpage-1 Badwater is a complex installation of objects, materials and processes that create an abiotic ecosystem, a network of non-living things that, while inanimate, continue to exert their material agency. In a time when extreme weather conditions have become a reality around the world and in California in particular, Badwater uses a climate controlling infrastructure to create an accelerated cycle of flood and drought. Inspired by the saltwater spring in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, and the resilient ecosystem around it that has evolved to withstand these harsh conditions, Lamson’s piece is a generative work that brings these quiet geologic forces into the gallery and allows them to develop over the two month duration of the show. ______ #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #salt #glass #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #photograms #contemporaryphotography
JOÃO MARIA GUSMÃO + PEDRO PAIVA at Andrew Kreps. I saw their work a few years ago at sculpture center, and loved the mysterious way that their actions unfold. #joaomariagusmaopedropaiva #andrewkrepsgallery
Flow Genesis 2018.02 16 x 20 in. Unique Silver Gelatin Photogram ______ Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 https://makeroom.la/template_exhibition-mainpage-1 Badwater is a complex installation of objects, materials and processes that create an abiotic ecosystem, a network of non-living things that, while inanimate, continue to exert their material agency. In a time when extreme weather conditions have become a reality around the world and in California in particular, Badwater uses a climate controlling infrastructure to create an accelerated cycle of flood and drought. Inspired by the saltwater spring in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, and the resilient ecosystem around it that has evolved to withstand these harsh conditions, Lamson’s piece is a generative work that brings these quiet geologic forces into the gallery and allows them to develop over the two month duration of the show. ______ #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #salt #glass #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #photograms #contemporaryphotography
I love the idea of Flow Separation by Tauba Auerbach, which repurposes the WWI camouflage painting technique developed by British painter Norman Wilkinson called dazzle painting. These paintings were intended not to camouflage, but “ to optically distort their forms, confusing enemy submarines tracking their distance, direction, and speed” (Public Art Fund) 👌🏽👀 @PublicArtFund #FlowSeparation #DazzleShip #TaubaAuerbach
Good Company. Badwater #21, Foam and Resin, 2018. Alexander Calder, Red Maze III, 1955. Francis Picabia. Table, George Nakashima. #contemporarysculpture #alexandercalder #francispicabia #georgenakashima #williamlamson
Flow Genesis 2018.01 24 x 20 in. Unique Silver Gelatin Photogram ______ Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA https://makeroom.la/template_exhibition-mainpage-1 Badwater is a complex installation of objects, materials and processes that create an abiotic ecosystem, a network of non-living things that, while inanimate, continue to exert their material agency. In a time when extreme weather conditions have become a reality around the world and in California in particular, Badwater uses a climate controlling infrastructure to create an accelerated cycle of flood and drought. Inspired by the saltwater spring in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, and the resilient ecosystem around it that has evolved to withstand these harsh conditions, Lamson’s piece is a generative work that brings these quiet geologic forces into the gallery and allows them to develop over the two month duration of the show. ______ #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #salt #glass #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #photograms #contemporaryphotography
Amazing site visit to the #catskills property of @armandbgraham which abuts the Platekill creek. #futurestudio #architcture #sketch
Repost from @artillery_mag using @RepostRegramApp - PICK OF THE WEEK. ▫️Channeling Death Valley into downtown LA, William Lamson has transformed Make Room into “Badwater,” an ecologically themed installation as poetically evocative as it is scientifically ingenious. ▫️Via an elaborate system of pumps, fans, hoses, timers and other contraptions, ▫️Lamson has converted the gallery into a microclimate mimicking evaporation cycles of Badwater Basin salt flats. ▫️Upon entering, you become cognizant of changed air tasting of humid salinity. Toward a far wall is a tiered structure, the exhibition’s centerpiece. -Annabel Osberg ▫️Read it here or Swipe Up in Stories: https://artillerymag.com/william-lamson/ . . @williamlamson @makeroom.la . . #makeroom #williamlamson #badwater #PickOfTheWeek #ArtilleryMag #LAArt #LAArtReview #weeklyartreview
The sketch I made for Badwater in March. _____ Badwater Sept 1- Oct 28 Make Room 1035 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 https://makeroom.la/template_exhibition-mainpage-1 Badwater is a complex installation of objects, materials and processes that create an abiotic ecosystem, a network of non-living things that, while inanimate, continue to exert their material agency. In a time when extreme weather conditions have become a reality around the world and in California in particular, Badwater uses a climate controlling infrastructure to create an accelerated cycle of flood and drought. Inspired by the saltwater spring in Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, and the resilient ecosystem around it that has evolved to withstand these harsh conditions, Lamson’s piece is a generative work that brings these quiet geologic forces into the gallery and allows them to develop over the two month duration of the show. ______ #williamlamson #badwater #contemporaryart #salt #glass #time #crystals #makeroomla #laart #la #photograms #contemporaryphotography
