Frieze:Otterson Createsend, Edited 28 April (PDF)

JOEL OTTERSON:
THE EXCITED EYE

May 1st - June 16th

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JOEL OTTERSON
b. 1959

Lives and works in Los Angeles
Joel Otterson received his BFA at Parson’s School of Design in New York in 1982, and the following year he had his
first exhibition at the Gallery Nature Morte, a hub of the late 20th-century avant-garde arts scene. Otterson is an artist
at the forefront of the ever-changing field of sculpture. His assemblages deconstruct the domestic environment, calling
to question the relationship of the object to the viewer and its environs. Otterson has a deep-seated interest in the
forms of Greek vessels and, in his words, how “their genetics have been spread throughout the history of the world.” At
times his vessels disappear entirely so that only the decoration remains— call it assemblage through disassemblage.
Copper pipe, pottery and glass, cast metal and bronze, and lacework are the materials that often constitute Otterson’s
work. The artist blurs the line between the seemingly disparate spheres of learned and vernacular culture, art, and craft
to create both utilitarian and deconstructed, sculptural objects.
Across the arc of his career, Otterson has exhibited at MoMA and the Whitney Biennial in New York, The Broad and the
Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the Venice Biennale. His approach to artwork helps him to apprehend the nature
of material and visual culture.

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Joel Otterson
The Naked Reader, 2018
Cast brass and gold leaf
50h x 32.50w x 8d in
OTT004
$ 25,000.00

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Joel Otterson
Springtime Anytime, 2017
Plated brass and enameled glass
26.50h x 17.50w x 4d in
OTT005
$ 20,000.00

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Joel Otterson
Born Again II, 2017
24 karat gilded brass and painted steel
24h x 12w x 5d in
OTT006
$ 18,000.00

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Joel Otterson
Deathless, 2017
Plated brass and enameled glass
16h x 8.50w x 4d in
OTT007
$ 18,000.00

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New York New York 10021

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Joel Otterson
Voluptuous Desire, 2018
Cast iron, brass, and 24 karat gold
73h x 43w x 36d in
OTT008
$ 55,000.00

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Joel Otterson
American Dream, 2018
Brass and patina
45h x 32w x 6d in
OTT010
$ 25,000.00

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New York New York 10021

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Joel Otterson
Bearing Gifts, 2018
Brass and Japanese silver leaf
50h x 25w x 5d in
OTT011
$ 25,000.00

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New York New York 10021

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