Kathryn Spence: Solo Exhibition

Solo Exhibition

San Francisco based artist Kathryn Spence will make her Los Angeles debut with a show of sculptural objects, and, for the first time in her career, drawings. Spence, who became well known for stuffed animals coated in mud, has expanded the range of materials and objects to include hand sewn paper towels, coins and buttons made from scotch tape and cardboard, thread accumulated in piles, and large mud objects stuffed with clothes, blankets, and lint. She will also show drawings focusing on birds and the natural world, with an emphasis on nature¹s small overlooked aspects. All of Spence¹s labor-intensive sculptures honor the overlooked, the abject, and the incidental in ways that enhance their possibilities.

Kathryn Spence
Untitled Thread Pile
2003
Thread, glue, wood shelf
7 x 7 1/2 x 8

Kathryn Spence
Untitled Thread Pile *
2003
Thread, glue, wood shelf
4 1/2 x 5 x 5

Kathryn Spence
Paper Towels *
2003
Paper towels and thread
Dimensions Variable

Kathryn Spence
Paper Towels
2003
Paper towels and thread
Dimensions Variable

Kathryn Spence
Untitled
2003
Colored pencil, graphite, object on paper
Dimensions Variable

Kathryn Spence
Untitled
2003
Graphite, colored pencil on paper
40 x 30

Kathryn Spence
Untitled
2003
Graphite, colored pencil on paper
11 x 14

Kathryn Spence
Untitled (Box of bird drawings) *
2003
Graphite, colored pencil on paper in a cardboard box
13 1/2 x 11 x 2

Kathryn Spence
Untitled
2003
Mud, clothes, curtains, blankets, towels, String, lint
21˜ x 41˜ x 39˜

Kathryn Spence

Mixed Medium
Installation View

Kathryn Spence

Mixed Medium
Installation view

Kathryn Spence

Mixed Medium
Installation View

Kathryn Spence
Installation view of Paper Towels
2004
Mixed Medium
Dimensions Variable