User:Irnenlu/Helen Pashgian

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 Work 

Some of her first sculptures are dated to the 1960s. Her early works mainly consisted of spheres made out of polyester resin, which would be present in her future solo exhibitions.

Her first solo exhibition was at Pomona College Museum of Art in Claremont, California, in 2010. The show, Helen Pashgian: Working in Light, consists of Untitled 2007-09, where it is green column structures made out of acrylic. The columns are paired and is illuminated by it the lighting inside of the sculpture, showing the objects that are imbedded into the columns.

Later in her career, Pashgian was invited to do more solo exhibitions. On March 30, 2014, Pashgian had a solo exhibition, Helen Pashgian: Light Invisible, at LACMA. The show consists of twelve acrylic columns are lined up in pairs in a dark room, known as Untitled 2012-13. Similar to the sculptures in the Pomona show, the only sources of light are coming from the columns themselves. The columns are paired together and spaced out in ten-foot intervals. On the outside, the acrylic creates a matte and opaque finish, and on the inside are objects that the artist did not disclose, letting the viewer to interpret themselves. Because the columns are the only light source, the display changes at each angle. As the viewer moves from one pair to another, the projections of the columns form a parabola creating continuity with each piece.

On November 4, 2021, the solo exhibition, Sphere and Lenses in Lehmann Maupin, New York, contained Untitled 2021. It is a lens sculpture that is forty-five inches in diameter and made of cast epoxy. The epoxy created a "frosted" effect giving texture and opaqueness to the lens. There is color in the center, and it dissipates along the radius. In addition, ambient lighting would be added set in intervals of five minutes triggered by movement.

Pashgian was invited to have another solo exhibition on November 19, 2021, Helen Pashgian: Presences, at SITE, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The exhibition starts with Pashgian spheres that were made in the 1960s that are lined up on an acrylic pedestal. Another work showcased was layered rectangles made out of acrylic and Untitled 2021 from Lehmann Maupin's show. One of the show's centerpieces is the installation of Helen's 2014 LACMA exhibit. The other main exhibit has the visitors wearing paper booties and immersing themselves in the installation, which involves the lighting and the room. A disk will illuminate, and the wall will project an image up to the visitor.

* I added exact dates for the exhibitions for the final draft

Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions


 * January 22,2006 - April 9, 2006 - The Senses: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Pomona College Museum of Arts Claremont, CA
 * May 12, 2006 - August 28, 2006 - Translucence: Southern California Art from the 1960s and 1970s, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
 * January 8, 2010 - February 6, 2010 - Primary Atmospheres: Works from California 1960 - 1970, David Zwirner Gallery, NY
 * 2012 Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
 * September 25, 2011 - January 22, 2012 - Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
 * October 1, 2011 - February 5, 2012 - Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
 * April 26, 2013 - January 6, 2014 - Beyond Brancusi: The Space of Sculpture, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
 * 2014 - California Dreamin’: Thirty Years of Collecting, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
 * 2015 - Made in California, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL
 * July 7, 2018 - September 8, 2018 - Water & Light, Ochi Gallery and Emily Friedman Fine Art, Ketchum, ID
 * September 26, 2018 - January 6, 2019 - Space Shifters, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
 * 2019 - Radiant Light and Expanded Space, Pearl Lam, Hong Kong, China
 * October 12, 2019 - January 6, 2020 - Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK
 * March 12, 2021 - April 09, 2022 - Light & Space, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
 * April 01, 2021 - April 30, 2021 - Beyond the Light of East & West, The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
 * November 23, 2021 - March 20, 2022 - Light Space Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Solo Exhibitions


 * 2007- Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
 * January 22, 2010 - April 11, 2010 - Helen Pashgian: Working in Light, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
 * March 30, 2014 - June 29, 2014 - Helen Pashgian: Light Invisible, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
 * July 16, 2019 - August 31, 2019 - New Lenses and Spheres, Vito Schnabel Projects, St. Moritz, Switzerland
 * November 12, 2019 - February 29, 2019 - Lehmann Maupin, Seoul, and Hong Kong
 * April 15, 2021 - December 18, 2022 - Primavera, Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, CA
 * November 4, 2021 - January 15, 2022- Spheres and Lenses, Lehmann Maupin, New York
 * November 19, 2021 - March 27, 2022 - Helen Pashgian: Presences, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM