De Wain Valentine

De Wain Valentine, Double Disk (blue with red edge), 1966, painted in 2019
Fiberglass
66 x 54 x 66 in
167,6 x 137,2 x 167,6 cm
De Wain Valentine, Circle Sepia to Violet, 1969, casted in 1975
Cast polyester resin
17 3/8 x 1 3/16 in
44,1 x 3 cm
De Wain Valentine, Circle Smoke Gray, 1970
Cast polyester resin
34 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 2 3/8 in
87,6 x 87,6 x 6 cm
De Wain Valentine, Two Triangular Columns, 1968
Cast polyester resin
17 x 19 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches
43,2 x 50,2 x 13,7 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Coral, 1972
Cast polyester resin
22 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in
57,8 x 12,1 x 12,1 cm
De Wain Valentine, Portal Rose, 1969, casted in 2014
Cast polyester resin
24 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 3 5/8 in
63,2 x 42,9 x 9,2 cm
De Wain Valentine, Triangle Gray, 1975
Cast polyester resin
12 13/16 x 6 1/2 x 2 5/16 in
32,5 x 16,5 x 5,9 cm
De Wain Valentine, Concave Circle Pale Rose, 1968, casted in 2017
Cast polyester resin
9 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
22,9 x 60 x 60 cm
De Wain Valentine, Purple Illuminated Skyline, 1997
Acrylic on canvas with acrylic polymer resin
48 x 72 in
121,9 x 182,9 cm
De Wain Valentine, Circle Blue Green, 1972, casted in 2019
Cast polyester resin
75 3/4 x 75 3/4 x 6 in
192,4 192,4 x 15,2 cm
De Wain Valentine, Vertical Skyline, 2010
Acrylic on acrylic construction
72 x 48 in
182,9 x 121,9 cm
De Wain Valentine, Circle Blue Green, 1972-2016
Cast polyester resin
193 x 193 x 14 cm
76 x 76 x 5 1/2 inches
De Wain Valentine, Concave Circle, Purple, 1968 - 2016
Cast polyester resin
74,3 x 74,3 x 37,2 cm
29 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches
De Wain Valentine, Column Blue, 1975-2015
Cast polyester resin
266,7 x 26 x 50,8 cm
105 x 10 1/4 x 20 inches
De Wain Valentine, Blue column, 1970
Cast polyester resin
184,1 x 59,7 x 16,51 cm
De Wain Valentine, Five-Sided Diamond Column Gray, 1975
Cast polyester resin
157,5 x 42,5 x 20,3 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Gray , 1975
Cast polyester resin
58,7 x 28,9 x 25,1 cm
De Wain Valentine, Large Blue Circle, 1972-2015
Cast polyester resin
198,1 x 198,1 cm
De Wain Valentine, Diamond Column, 1969-2014
Cast polyester resin
92,1 x 51,4 x 25,4 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1991
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1989
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1986
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1982
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1982
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Gray, 1975
Cast polyester resin
58,7 x 28,9 x 25,1 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1990
Mixed media on paper
76 x 112 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1990
Mixed media on paper
76 x 112 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1986
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1991
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1991
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1991
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
De Wain Valentine, Clear Portal, 1969-2014
Cast polyester resin
61 x 44,4 x 10,2 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Gray, 1975
Cast polyester resin
109 x 44 x 14 cm
De Wain Valentine, Concave Circle, Rose, 1968-2014
Cast polyester resin
60 x 60 x 24,1 cm
De Wain Valentine, Circle Blue to Gray, 1970
Cast polyester resin
44,5 x 44,5 cm
De Wain Valentine, Circle, Clear-Rose, 1970
Cast polyester resin
44,5 x 44,5 cm
De Wain Valentine, Circle, Clear-Blue, 1971
Cast polyester resin
44,5 x 44,5 x 3 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Gray with Cloud, 1969-70
Cast polyester resin
237,1 x 80 x 27,9 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Gray, 1975
Cast polyester resin
109 x 44 x 14 cm
De Wain Valentine, Diamond Column, 1975
Cast polyester resin
231,1 x 92,7 x 19 cm
De Wain Valentine, Diamond Column, 1975
Cast polyester resin
231,1 x 92,7 x 19 cm
De Wain Valentine, Nightline Passage, 1992
Polymer resin, acrylic paint
244 x 427 x 7 cm
De Wain Valentine, Nightline Passage, 1992
Polymer resin, acrylic paint
244 x 427 x 7 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Gray, 1975
Cast polyester resin
58,7 x 28 x 24,2 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Gray, 1975
Cast polyester resin
58,7 x 29,5 x 22,5 cm
De Wain Valentine, Double Disk, 1966
Fiberglass reinforced polyester
161,9 x 142,2 cm
De Wain Valentine, Small Circle, 1971
Cast polyester resin
44,5 x 44,5 x 3 cm
De Wain Valentine, Small Circle, 1971
Cast polyester resin
44,5 x 44,5 x 3 cm
De Wain Valentine, Small Circle, 1971
Cast polyester resin
44,5 x 44,5 x 3 cm
De Wain Valentine, Red Concave Circle, 1970
Cast polyester resin
96 Ø x 12 in
De Wain Valentine, Slab, 1968
Cast polyester resin
177,8 x 58,4 x 43,2 cm
De Wain Valentine, Gray Column, 1975-76
Cast Polyester Resin
355,6 x 222 x 24 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline 007, 2010
Acrylic paint on acrylic construction
121,9 x 182,9 x 8,3 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Gray, 1975
Cast polyester resin
59,4 x 26 x 24,4 cm
De Wain Valentine, Square gray dapple to black, 1970-71
Cast polyester resin
86,04 x 86,04 x 6,99 cm
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1985
Mixed media on paper
88,3 x 118,1 x 4,8 cm (framed)
34 3/4 x 46 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches (framed)
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1991
Mixed media on paper
76 x 112 cm
29 7/8 x 44 1/8 inches
De Wain Valentine, Skyline, 1991
Mixed media on paper
75 x 105 cm
29 1/2 x 41 3/8 inches
De Wain Valentine, Amber to Gold Circle, 1971
Cast Polyester Resin
17 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 1 5/8 in
44,5 x 44,5 x 4 cm
De Wain Valentine, Column Gray, 1975
Cast polyester resin
59 x 29,5 x 23 cm

De Wain Valentine was born in Colorado and arrived in L.A. in 1965 to teach a course in plastics technology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is regarded today among the earliest pioneers in the use of industrial plastics and resins to execute monumental sculptures that reflect the light and engage the surrounding space through its mesmerizingly translucent surfaces that arrest one's gaze. […] This technical knowledge, combined with his subsequent experience working with fiberglass-reinforced plastic in boat building shops and painting automobiles, air planes - and even, according to some, UFOs - led to his fascination and artistic involvement with sculptures made out of colored plastic and polyester resin, all materials evoking a futurist era.

Extract from an essay by art historian and author Joachim Pissarro, part of the illustrated catalogue on De Wain Valentine to be published by Almine Rech Gallery.

Exhibitions

Museum Exhibitions

Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today

October 12, 2019 — January 06, 2020 • Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, USA
in 'Glow Like That'

March 27 — May 13, 2019 • K11 Art Foundation in K11 Atelier, Victoria Dockside, Hong Kong
The cool years: Los Angeles, from Pop Art to Light and Space

July 01 — November 04, 2018 • Villa Arson, Nice, France

De Wain Valentine

Exhibitions

Works from 1967 to present

Plastic Show, Organized by De Wain Valentine

Frieze Masters 2015, De Wain Valentine

De Wain Valentine

Art Basel 2014

Platform, Curated by Nicolas Trembley

De Wain Valentine

Museum Exhibitions

Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today

in 'Glow Like That'

The cool years: Los Angeles, from Pop Art to Light and Space

Selected press