Artist: Mason Cooley | Location: Weaverville, NC
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Artist: Mason Cooley | Location: Weaverville, NC
Weaverville, NC
I am originally from Southern California where I began my sculpture and teaching career. For nearly 15 years, I taught art and design courses as well as exhibited sculpture, both in Los Angeles and abroad.
My focus has gone from installation-oriented sculptures that dealt with idiosyncratic forms and ideas about the American landscape to (after moving here to the mountains of Western North Carolina 7 years ago) focusing on furniture. The furniture is indebted to my sculpture background and although my pieces are functional, I very much try and find those formal instances where I can exceed the furniture category. It is my hope the viewer will explore why and how certain details operate within each piece and realize that other subjects beyond furniture are at play. For example, my current pieces are experiments on where human and object meet and how an organic connection belongs not only to the human but the thing itself.
Artist Website
https://prideandarchive.spacecrafted.com/