Sculptural Installations by Robert Therrien
Born in 1947, Robert Therrien was an American artist known known for his large-scale sculptures. His work reimagined and reinvented objects from everyday life, such as a set of table and chairs or stacks of plates, turning them into monumental immersive sculptures. Los Angeles-based, Therrien was described as being possessed by a sense of wonder over commonplace experiences.
The artist’s solo exhibition at the The Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2000 examined the work at what proved to be a crucial moment in his career. The show featured monumental new sculptures, including the 1994 “Under the Table”, “No Title”, a stack of blue plastic plates originally exhibited in 1999, and three gigantic beards.
“Therrien has been making exquisitely crafted sculptures that are easily recognized as objects encountered in the daily world. Yet, however recognizable the object, the sense of estrangement in these new sculptures is more pronounced than ever before.” – critic Christopher Knight