Nadia Yaron’s Totemic Sculptures at Francis Gallery in L.A.

Nadia Yaron’s solo Exhibition at Francis Gallery in L.A. Photos by Elizabeth Carababas.

Photos by Elizabeth Carababas.

Brazilian sculptor Nadia Yaron has presented ‘For the flowers and the clouds and the wind and the trees’, her new solo exhibition at Francis Gallery in Los Angeles. The artist, who was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and raised in New York, draws on her deep connection with nature and place to create 31 weighty sculptures in wood, stone and metal.

Following a move to Hudson, NY, the artist repurposed a 19th century barn as her studio, and developed a strong connection with her setting. “As I was making these pieces, I realised I was in the middle of one long love affair with my surroundings,” Nadia says. “I work mostly outside from spring to autumn and am immersed in nature. This show is a tribute, a way to say thank you to these elements for their beauty and wisdom and all the joy they bring to our lives.”

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Working with chainsaws, axes and hand-carving tools the self-taught artist developed her own language around the implements and medium to create work that reflects simplicity, impermanence and fragility.

The sculptures are stacked in totemic forms held in a delicate equilibrium, often with the heaviest piece of stone at the top. “My work is purposefully imperfect and imbalanced,” Nadia says. “The imbalance leads to a bit of discomfort, a dissonance, and an awareness of how fragile life can be – a reminder that nature, including humans, are both perfect and imperfect all at once.”

Semi Precious Stone Sculptures by Nevine Mahmoud.

It is an art to take a material that is cold and inflexible, hard and uncompromising and make it bend to your will.

Photo by Elizabeth Carababas.

Photo by Elizabeth Carababas.

Photo by Elizabeth Carababas.

Nadia Yaron at work in her studio. Photos by Sharon Radisch.

[Images courtesy of Nadia Yaron. Photography by Elizabeth Carababas & Sharon Radisch.]