Larry Bell
Larry Bell is one of the most renowned and influential artists to emerge from the Los Angeles art scene of the 1960s. Known foremost for his refined surface treatment of glass and explorations of light, reflection and shadow through the material, Bell’s significant oeuvre extends from painting and works on paper to glass sculptures and furniture design. Bell’s understanding of the potential of glass and light allows him to expand visual and physical fields of perception, and his sculptures to surpass traditional bounds of the medium. He has said: ‘Although we tend to think of glass as a window, it is a solid liquid that has at once three distinctive qualities: it reflects light, it absorbs light, and it transmits light all at the same time.’
Bell’s use of commercial industrial processes in his studio, located in Venice, California since the 1960s and Taos, New Mexico since the 1970s, demonstrates his unparalleled skill and dedication in each step of his sculptures’ fabrication. Since 1969, his studio has managed its own high-vacuum coating system that allows him to deposit thin metal films onto his glass surfaces, harnessing a little known technique developed for aeronautics to create an unprecedented body of work.
Selected Artworks
Cube #10-1-92
1992
Untitled
1992
Untitled
1985
Ghost Box
1962
Untitled
1961
Untitled 1962
1962
Untitled 1960
1960
The Aquarium
1962
Glacier
1999
Untitled
1969
ELIN 5
1981
Untitled
1959
MS 22
1978
CLTRI-18
1987
CS 11.26.16D
2016
CS 11.15.16B
2016
CS 9.14.16A
2016
Pacific Red (V)
2016
9.9.16D
2016
Pacific Red (I)
2017
3D VD 1.30.15F
2015
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