Lawrence LaBianca
Born: 1963, Mineola, NY
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2ll TOOL FOR REVEALING
LOST INFORMATION
wood, glass lens, steel
14.5” x 38” x 4.5”, 1998
$10,000
3lb CAMPHOR
glass with photo,
branch, steel
12Ó x 22Ó x 7Ó, 1999
$6,500
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.4ll THE WOODPILE, oak, stainless steel, 66Ó x 120Ó x 16Ó, 2004, $20,000
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
5ll Timeline, walnut ladle, cast glass,steel, 10" x 48" x10" , 2000, $8,500
Looking Glass: seeing through the medium, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
Through December 16, 2007, Opening Reception: Sunday, November 18th, 3-5pm
Looking Glass features the works of: Elin Christopherson, Bella Feldman, Sarah Hirineisen, Lawrence LaBianca, Kana Tanaka991 Tyler Street, Suite 114, Benicia, California 94510, tel: 707-747-0131, http://www.artsbenicia.org/
New West Coast Design, San Francisco Museum Of Craft and Design, San Francisco, Ca
January 18, 2008 through March 30, 2008New West Coast Design will highlight a collection of the most exciting new designs for contemporary living currently emerging on the West Coast, including functional pieces for interiors, outdoor sports gear, and landscape design. The breadth of work to be displayed will emphasize multiplicity of materials and objects, designed and fabricated by established and new artists in the field. Participating venues include: San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design, Velvet da Vinci, CCA, San Francisco Center for the Book, Museum of Craft & Folk Art, Bucheon Gallery and Artworks Gallery. Co-Curators: Ted Cohen and Kathleen Hanna, Exhibition Design: Ted Cohen
550 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94102, Phone: 415.773.0303, http://www.sfmcd.com/exhibt_next.htm
1ll THESAURUS
cast glass, stainless steel, redwood
15” x 15.5” x 3.5”-11.25", 2004
$7,500
Tom Grotta
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