Details:

Dunham created this work in a large vessel, where water evaporates from a screen and leaves behind a portrait of the artist's materials as they interact and change forms.
Unframed

① Artwork:

drip it in

Made in large vessels, Dunham brings together material compositions and supports them as they change forms. Dunham embraces the poetry of her materials list, letting them harmonize and dematerialize, forming space for gentle reception. Substances like volcanic water sourced by Dunham and chlorophyll, a material made through photosynthesis, interact over lengths of time in dialog with one another. As the water evaporates from the work and returns to the air, it leaves behind a portrait, continuing the principle of process and experimentation that drives her practice.

Specs:

36.5 inches
48 inches
2.5 inches
48 inches

③ Artist:

Hayden Dunham

Hayden Dunham's interdisciplinary work consists of sprawling assemblages as well as their terrestrial and synthetic byproducts. She creates systems that track and contain energy as it is transferred through various material states, including fluoride silica and volcanic ash. Dunham’s sculptures are also physical ecosystems that both embrace and neutralize environmental toxicity.

BIO:

Hayden Dunham was born in 1988 in Austin, TX.

Solo exhibitions of Dunham’s work include: Burns Blue at Company in New York City; Inside Darkness There Are No Lines at the Times Square Space in New York City; and HA:no name no side:TH at Artspace in Sydney, Australia.

Dunham’s work has also been shown in exhibitions and performances at: MOMA PS1 in New York City; the New Museum in New York City; Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, France; the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Ireland; Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York City; Artist Curated Project in Los Angeles, California; and SIGNAL Gallery in Brooklyn, New York.

Dunham currently lives and works in New York City and Los Angeles, California.

Hayden Dunham:
drip it in, 2021
Volcanic water, porcelain, pollen, black orchid, charcoal, copper, pea flower, acrylic, stain, auto body pigment, wood, adhesive, screen
48.0 × 36.5 × 2.5 inches /
Hayden Dunham:
drip it in, 2021
Volcanic water, porcelain, pollen, black orchid, charcoal, copper, pea flower, acrylic, stain, auto body pigment, wood, adhesive, screen
48.0 × 36.5 × 2.5 inches /