Purple Magazine
— The Los Angeles Issue #30 F/W 2018
dewain valentine
los angeles
light and space
dewain valentine
DeWain Valentine is associated with the California Light and Space group — Larry Bell, James Turrell, Craig Kauffman, and Doug Wheeler — whose stripped-down sculptural process favored light and immateriality over New York Minimalism’s industrial structures. Working with a chemical engineer, he found a way to make large pieces of resin that would not crack. Valentine then has to intensely car-wax the surface so that it looks like a natural, translucent solid.
All artworks courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech Gallery, Copyright ADAGP, Paris, 2018
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DEWAIN VALENTINE, COLUMN GRAY, 1975 COPYRIGHT ADAGP, PARIS, 2018, PHOTO BY REBECCA FANUELE
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DEWAIN VALENTINE, CIRCLE BLUE TO GRAY, 1970 COPYRIGHT ADAGP, PARIS, 2018, PHOTO JOSHUA WHITE
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DEWAIN VALENTINE, BLUE COLUMN, 1970 COPYRIGHT ADAGP, PARIS, 2018, PHOTO JOSHUA WHITE
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DEWAIN VALENTINE, AMBER TO GOLD CIRCLE, 1971 COPYRIGHT ADAGP, PARIS, 2018, PHOTO BY SVEN LAURENT