Ray Padron

DAD HAT - Blue Painted Wood Sculpture of Baseball Cap

2019

DEGLOVING is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2018 from red milled cedar wood. The piece belongs to a series of work centering around clothing items and...

SUIT JACKET is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2019 from burned poplar wood. The piece belongs to a series of work centering around clothing items and ...

"I welcome the continual emergence of change, evolution, and the inevitable challenges that form a large part of a working artist’s life." With CHEF'S HAT, a recent and evolving work, I am moving into more dimensionality and space. My intention is to push patterned and embellished surfaces on paper from its naturally flat surface into a more structural and spatial plane. This involves making sculptural pieces from paper and experimenting with new construction methods using strips and lengths of paper over-lapped and fastened together, shaped into objects with physical presence. I feel I am migrating from the flat surface into the third dimension. I envision the paper constructions as a landscape to be wandered in and out of, through and around, a space that invites all and sundry to enter on their own terms. I hold firmly to the belief that my work exhibits a playfulness that belies a more serious assessment of our social world. I am interested in how something that is initially perceived as frivolous and celebratory can constitute a reaction against and resistance to the shadowy world of misfortune, hard luck, and weariness. Born in 1959, Lanie Gannon was predominantly inspired by the 1970s. Conceptualism is often perceived as a reaction to Minimalism, and the leading art movement of the 1970s, challenging the boundaries of art with its revolutionary features. The movements that succeeded were all representative of a strong desire to evolve and strengthen the art world, in response to the tensions of the previous 1960s. Process art branched...

Blueprint is a sculpture made from polystyrene, wood, and spray foam fused with an outer layer of iridescent fabric, cement, spray paint, and a steel grab bar...

This beautiful one of a kind ceramic hand made LA Dodgers cap is from Yael Yanay’s latest body of works. These hand-crafted ceramic hats are meticulously designed to resemble iconi...

This intriguing large blue clay piece by Canadian artist Steven Heinemann bridges the divide between sculpture and ceramics. The teardrop-shaped vessel appears deflated and gently cu...

These beautiful one of a kind ceramic hand made NY Yankees caps are from Yael Yanay’s latest body of works. These hand-crafted ceramic hats are meticulously designed to resemble ic...

Sinuosity sculpture. Wall mount or pedestal mount. Mid Blue metallic finish. 21"x18"x7" keywords; #sinuous, focus on material, sculptural folds, Aldo Chaparro, use of common material...