Cristina Lei Rodriguez - NOMEN: American Women Artists from 1945 to Today New York Monday, June 17, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist

  • Catalogue Essay

    Cristina Lei Rodriguez
    Born 1974, Miami

    1996 BA Middlebury College, Vermont
    2002 MFA California College of Art, San Francisco

    Selected museum exhibitions: Brooklyn Academy of Music Peter Jay Sharp Building (2014); de la Cruz Collection, Miami (2013); Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami (2007); Oakland Museum of California (2002)
    Selected honors: Artist-in-Residence, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami (2007); International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York (2006)
    Selected public collections: The Bass, Miami; de la Cruz Collection, Miami; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Pérez Art Museum Miami; Rubell Family Collection

    The objects that Cristina Lei Rodriguez creates take many forms, but all are made from common materials that are given a new intangible life. Her work is both organic and abstract, yet pristinely finished, echoing a tension between the natural and the artificial. An important figure in Miami’s art scene, Rodriguez creates sculptures that channel the character of the city as she experiences it, stating: “Nature here can be so aggressive and so strong, the natural environment here is really alive, but it’s also really about the city being constructed and so much of it is an illusion.”

63

Stool (Pink Quartz I)

plastic, epoxy, grout, plaster, pigment and dye
20 x 17 1/2 x 17 in. (50.8 x 44.5 x 43.2 cm.)
Executed in 2016. This lot is sold with lot 64, Stool (Pink Quartz II) by Cristina Lei Rodriguez.

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NOMEN: American Women Artists from 1945 to Today

New York Selling Exhibition 19 June - 3 August 2019