Untitled

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© Helen Pashgian
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© Helen Pashgian
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© Helen Pashgian
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© Helen Pashgian
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© Helen Pashgian
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Untitled

1968-1969
Sculpture
Cast polyester resin and acrylic insert
Height: 8 3/8 in. (21.27 cm); Diameter: 8 5/8 in. (21.91 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by The Hillcrest Foundation and the Modern and Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions Endowment (M.2010.88)
Modern Art
Not currently on public view

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Since early childhood, Helen Pashgian has been fascinated by the complex relationship between light and surface. “I was always interested in seeing into my sculptures and through them,” she has said....
Since early childhood, Helen Pashgian has been fascinated by the complex relationship between light and surface. “I was always interested in seeing into my sculptures and through them,” she has said. “I was also interested in how the ambient light or whatever light was put on them animated them. That’s why I was interested in having them highly polished.” In Untitled, Pashgian set a bent acrylic rod within a cast resin object, complicating the way her almost transparent sculpture reflects and refracts light.

Exhibition label: Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2021, Carol S. Eliel.
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Bibliography

  • Eliel, Carol, editor. Light, Space, Surface: Art from Southern California. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2021.
  • Eliel, Carol. Helen Pashgian. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014.