DAVID NASH
DAVID NASH
LOS ANGELES RODEO DRIVE
PARIS MONTAIGNE
LOS ANGELES RODEO DRIVE "SHEAVES", 2000 BEECH
PARIS MONTAIGNE "FRAME", 2017 WOOD
DAVID NASH WORKS PRIMARILY WITH WOOD THAT HAS FALLEN NATURALLY OR HAS BEEN FELLED DUE TO AGE, DISEASE OR SAFETY. HE ALSO MAKES PLANTED WORKS; LIVING, GROWING SCULPTURES; LONG TERM PROJECTS THAT SPAN DECADES; TREES, BRAMBLES, COPSES ARE SCULPTED AND MANIPULATED OVER TENS OF YEARS TO FORM DOMES, GRIDS OF SAPLINGS AND WALLS OF LIVING MATTER.
OUT OF THE FELLED TREES EMERGE EGGS, COLUMNS AND PYRAMIDS. DOMES ARE FORMED FROM ELEMENTS OF THE TREE, CORK OAK BARK IS STACKED TO MAKE TOWERING SPIRES AND SQUAT 9M CIRCLES. OAK BRANCHES ARE BURNT AND STUCK INTO THE GROUND END ON TO FORM LOW CONVEX STRUCTURES. HE BURNS AND CHARS THE WOOD TO FORM DEEP BLACK, VELVETY SURFACES. BURNT EDGES HIGHLIGHT GEOMETRIC SHAPES CUT INTO COLUMNS, HEXAGONAL SHAPES ARE CARVED INTO OAK EGGS.
456 NORTH RODEO DRIVE
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210
53 AVENUE MONTAIGNE
75008 PARIS
