Lot 13
LADDIE JOHN DILL(B. 1982)Light Trap/Taipei, 2024
13 – 27 February 2025, 17:00 PST
Online, Los AngelesUS$5,000 - US$7,000
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LADDIE JOHN DILL (B. 1982)
Light Trap/Taipei, 2024
powder coated 6061-T4 aircraft grade aluminum
12 x 24 in.
30.5 x 70 cm.
powder coated 6061-T4 aircraft grade aluminum
12 x 24 in.
30.5 x 70 cm.
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Provenance
Courtesy of Laddie John Dill
Laddie John Dill, a Los Angeles artist, had his first solo exhibition in New York City with Ileana Sonnabend Gallery in 1971. He was one of the first Los Angeles artists to exhibit "light and space" work in New York. He has exhibited works from his "Light Sentences" and "Light Plains" series in institutions nationally and globally. has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in these pieces in the last decade as well, including a recent acquisition of a "Light Plains" sculpture by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is currently on view in Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Dill has been crafting light and earthly materials like concrete, glass, sand, and metal into luminous sculptures, wall –pieces, and installations since the 1970s. Referring to his choice of materials, Dill explains: "I was influenced by [Robert] Rauschenberg, Keith Sonnier, Robert Smithson, Dennis Oppenheim, and Robert Irwin, who were working with earth materials, light, and space as an alternative to easel painting." When Dill does use canvas, he paints with pigments derived from cement and natural oxides.