David Hendren
The Fourth Wall
April 13 - May 18, 2019
David Hendren lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Influenced by constructivist formalism, Bauhaus stage design, and post-modern architecture––especially where form is used to disrupt the rationality of built space––he creates large scale sculptures and installations using materials including wood, metal, fabric, light, and sound to explore altered states of being. Though abstract, Hendren’s latest sculptures recall classical representations of victory and defeat. Some figures pose triumphantly holding in their hand the severed head of the opponent, while others seem in the midst of a despondent retreat. Hendren primarily used a chainsaw to create these latest sculptures, imbuing all of them with a literal distress as well as a felt emotional anxiety.
