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5lb
The Strong Are
Saying Nothing
Lawrence LaBianca
oak, steel, modified winch, steel cable
102" x 32" x 24.5", 2011
$4,800 |
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2ll TOOL FOR REVEALING LOST INFORMATION, Lawrence LaBianca
wood, glass lens, steel, 14.5" x 38" x 4.5", 1998, $10,000 |
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3lb CAMPHOR
Lawrence LaBianca, glass with photo, branch, steel, 12" x 22" x 7", 1999, $6,500 |
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1ll THESAURUS
Lawrence LaBianca, cast glass, stainless steel, redwood, 15" x 15.5" x 3.5"-11.25", 2004, $7,500 |
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4ll THE WOODPILE, Lawrence LaBianca, oak, stainless steel, 66" x 120" x 16", 2004, $20,000
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Selected exhibitions and venues:
San Francisco, Craft and Folk Museum, Reliquaries for America, California; Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Virginia Groot Foundation Visual Perspectives: 14 Years of the Virginia A. Groot Awards, Chicago, Illinois; Works Gallery, 21 Useful Objects (for getting there), (solo exhibition), Sonoma, California; Bucheon Gallery (solo exhibition), San Francisco, California; Dorothy Weiss Gallery (solo exhibition), San Francisco, California; Oliver Arts Center (juried exhibition) Oakland, California; Richmond Art Center (two-person exhibition), Richmond, California; Sanchez Art Center, Unearthed, Pacifica, California; Bitters Gallery (solo exhibition) Seattle, Washington. Numerous collaborative sculptures for San Francisco choreographers and dance companies, including the Yerba Buena Arts Center; ODC Theater; and the Theater Artaud.
Recipient:
Creative Work Fund, Collaborative Grant, Virginia Groot Foundation Grant for Sculpture; Ernie Kim Award, Richmond Art Center, California; Scholarships: Pilchuck Glass School (Full Scholarship, each of 3 years), Seattle, Washington, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado. |
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5ll TIMELINE, Lawrence LaBianca, walnut ladle, cast glass,steel, 10" x 48" x 10" , 2000, $8,500
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Statement:
Metal and wood come together in a way that transcends any particular age, LaBianca says. "My pieces are timeless in the sense that they are not grounded in any particular moment," he says. "The story that I'm telling has something to do with the past but is also looking to the future." It worries him that people seem to be so detached from nature. "I was ... reading an old National Geographic, and it was all about the oil crisis in the '70s. There was a picture of a woman with dead ducks, covered in oil." It was an image that could have been ripped from this newspaper's current front page.
From: Anatomy of Folklore: Johansson Projects show uses materials raw, Reyhan Harmanci
San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 2007 |
To purchase the artwork of Lawrence Labianca
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts
or telephone
tel: 203-834-0623 or fax: 203-762-5981
www.browngrotta.com
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