Working in both two and three dimensions, Robert Therrien transforms elements from the culture of everyday life into works of art that evoke classical archetypes.
His deceptively simple oeuvre lends itself to psychological interpretation, given its evident fascination with the narratives of childhood, while remaining firmly objective due to its literal proximity to the real and its relationship to the minimal.
In his work Under the Table, a kitchen table and chairs are enlarged into giant sculptures raised sufficiently high for one to be able to walk beneath them. Often alluding to modest household items from a domestic context, such as the stack of oversized plates featured in No Title, Therrien uses them as elements in abstract sculptural psycho-dramas.
Robert Therrien was born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. His work has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions. Therrien currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Images courtesy of Robert Therrien
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