Almine Rech Gallery - Grosvenor Hill is pleased to present 'Plastic Show', a selection of works by seminal California artists from the Light and Space movement: Mary Corse (b.1945), Robert Irwin (b.1928), Craig Kauffman (1932–2010), John McCracken (1934–2011), and De Wain Valentine (b.1936) – five artists who, through a series of individual explorations, went on to investigate the broad potential that plastics (i.e., synthetically produced resins) could yield...
Plastic Show
Organized by De Wain Valentine
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London, Grosvenor Hill
Opening on Thursday, February 9th, 2017
From 6 to 8 pm

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill

February 09 — March 25, 2017 • London, Grosvenor Hill
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John McCracken, Link, 2000
Polyester resin, fiber glass and wood
231 x 38 x 6,5 cm -
Craig Kauffman, Macopa, 2007
Acrylic lacquer on vacuum-formed plastic
86,4 x 96,5 x 30,5 cm
34 x 38 x 12 inches -
John McCracken, Untitled, Black Column, 1977
Polyester resin, fiberglass and plywood
292,1 x 121,9 x 73.7 cm
115 x 48 x 29 inches -
Robert Irwin, Prism, 1971
Acrylic
365 x 15 x 15 cm
143 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 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, Circle Blue Green, 1972-2016
Cast polyester resin
193 x 193 x 14 cm
76 x 76 x 5 1/2 inches -
Mary Corse, Untitled (White Light Series), 1966
Wood, plexiglass, fluorescent tubes
182,9 x 168,9 x 26,7 cm
72 x 66 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches -
John McCracken, Untitled, 1972
Polyester resin, fiberglass and wood
250,2 x 45,7 x 4.1 cm
98 1/2 x 18 x 1 5/8 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 -
John McCracken, Dark Matter, 1990
Polyester resin, fiberglass and plywood
22,9 x 228,9 x 40,6 cm
9 x 90 1/8 x 16 inches
Press release
Selected press
- Dreamidiamachine.com: ‘ART-PRESENTATION: Plastic Show’, by Efi Michalarou, February 15, 2017 — 0.0
- Nytimes.com: ‘An Art Show Celebrates a Once-Maligned Material: Plastic’, by Hettie Judah, February 10, 2017 — 0.0
- The Daily Telegraph: 'Why there's (once again) a great future in plastics', by Colin Gleadell, February 7, 2017 — 0.0
- Telegraph.co.uk: ‘Plastic fantastic: Almine Rech celebrates the 1960s Light and Space Movement’ by Colin Gleadell, February 7, 2017 — 0.0