Sophie Wahlquist

Canalicoli (Rainbow), 2023120 x 30 x 30cm6000 USD

Details

MaterialGalleryLocation

ceramic, glaze, water pump and tubingBaert GalleryLos Angeles

Description

Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This vibrant, sculptural artwork features a colorful, organic form that appears to be a flowering plant or fungus sprouting from a pedestal. The colors, ranging from bright yellows and oranges to deep blues and greens, create a sense of dynamic energy and growth. The overall composition is asymmetrical and irregular, with a playful, whimsical quality. The distinctive textures and layering techniques suggest a focus on materiality and the expressive potential of the medium. This piece seems to celebrate the natural world and the process of transformation, inviting the viewer to contemplate the interplay between the organic and the constructed. ...

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Artist

Sophie Wahlquist

1983

As a German transplant to Los Angeles, Sophie Wahlquist’s work combines the dueling sensibilities of a historically rich European lineage of figuration in painting and California’s sun-drenched prism on the natural world. Wahlquist’s paintings depart from a state of mind rather than from a narrative. Playing with different genres of painting and medium, new gestures and perspectives reverse existing ideas. She likes to negotiate the level to which absence can be replaced by clarity of something intangible or how the depiction of something recognizable can become a trigger for imagination. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles. ...

Sophie Wahlquist: Artworks

Sophie WahlquistSearch, find, select, grasp, position, assemble , release, wait, 202210000 USD

Sophie WahlquistUntitled, 20212000 USD

Sophie WahlquistLast Night, 20211200 USD

Sophie WahlquistAnd the Moon Under Her Feet, 20217000 USD

Sophie WahlquistPerch or Fly, 20218000 USD

Sophie WahlquistUntitled, 20211500 USD

Sophie WahlquistForest, 20194500 USD

Sophie WahlquistCanalicoli (Morning), 202315000 USD

Sophie WahlquistCanalicoli (Night), 202310000 USD

Sophie WahlquistCanalicoli (Dawn), 20238000 USD

Sophie WahlquistCanalicoli (Blue), 20236000 USD

Sophie WahlquistCanalicoli (Rainbow), 20236000 USD

Sophie WahlquistCaligo (Rock), 20234000 USD

Sophie WahlquistCaligo (Light blue), 20234000 USD

Sophie WahlquistCaligo (White), 20234000 USD

Sophie WahlquistCaligo (Turquoise), 20234000 USD

Sophie WahlquistIn the garden, 202213500 USD

Sophie WahlquistMaja, 202311500 USD

Sophie WahlquistRolling chairs, 20227500 USD

Sophie WahlquistHold my breath, 20227500 USD

Gallery

Baert Gallery

Los Angeles

Founded in 2016, Baert Gallery maintains a distinct focus on bridging the historical legacies and artistic sensibilities of Europe and Los Angeles. Working with a roster of emerging artists, the gallery is committed to showcasing a diverse program of work that engages complex philosophical, critical, and political concepts while challenging settled and conventional aesthetic expectations. Located in Los Angeles’ Arts District, the gallery is dedicated to fostering and promoting the region’s unique art scene in a spirit of local cooperation and in dedication to mindful sensitivity towards its broader geographical and social milieu. ...