Krysten Cunningham

Krysten Cunningham (b. 1973. New Haven, CT) earned a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from the University of California, Los Angeles (2003) and a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (2000). Recent exhibitions include 3D: Double Vision at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2019); Lawn Drawings at The Getty Center, Los Angeles, in conjunction with Making Art Concrete, works from Argentina and Brazil from the Colleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (2017); Pink Star at Chert Lüdde-Porcino, Berlin, DE (2017) and The Cruelty of Others at Household, Los Angeles (2017). Selected solo exhibitions include the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St Augustine, FL (2016); Ritter/Zamet Gallery, London, UK (2014); the Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA (2013); Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2010); and Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, DE (2008). Her work has been featured in many group exhibitions including Extending the Line at Idea Space, Colorado Springs (2014); Craft Tech/Coded Media at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (2013); Undone, Making and Unmaking in Contemporary Sculpture at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK (2010); Beyond Measure at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, UK (2008); Minimalism and After at Daimler-Chrysler Collection, Stuttgart, DE (2006); and THING: New Sculpture from Los Angeles at UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2005). Upcoming projects include a public commission at the LAX airport in conjunction with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Cunningham lives and works in Los Angeles.

BALLS TO THE WALL

Krysten Cunningham Brainwave Visualizer (Pink Ball), 2017-2019 Installation View — Krysten Cunningham
*Brainwave Visualizer (Pink Ball)*, 2017-2019
Installation View

Krysten Cunningham New Stellar Research, 2018-2019 Alternate View — Krysten Cunningham
*New Stellar Research*, 2018-2019
Alternate View

Krysten Cunningham New Stellar Research, 2018-2019 Cotton rope, acrylic paint, natural dye, rit dye, silk, indigo, bamboo, polyvinyl acetate, paracord, linen, acrylic yarn on plywood, wood, sheetrock, steel 97.75 x 49.75 x 9 inches — Krysten Cunningham
*New Stellar Research*, 2018-2019
Cotton rope, acrylic paint, natural dye, rit dye, silk, indigo, bamboo, polyvinyl acetate, paracord, linen, acrylic yarn on plywood, wood, sheetrock, steel
97.75 x 49.75 x 9 inches

Rotating Cube - Parallel Projection

This artwork is restrung once a year with alternating color systems based on the primary colors of light and pigment. The ritual of taking apart and restringing the cube honors the impermanence if all things, and reflects on the sculptures yearly rotation around the sun. The color pattern shifts back and forth between the two primaries systems of matter and light, implying the balance of opposites within working systems.

Rotating Cube, Parallel Projection (Two Color Systems)
Site-specific installation, private collection, Los Angeles
Acrylic yarn, stainless steel nails, hardware, PVA glue
81.5 x 90.5 x 7 inches

Krysten Cunningham, Rotating Cube, Parallel Projection (Red, Green, Blue), 2016 — Krysten Cunningham, *Rotating Cube, Parallel Projection (Red, Green, Blue)*, 2016

Krysten Cunningham, Rotating Cube, Parallel Projection (Red, Yellow, Blue), 2017 — Krysten Cunningham, *Rotating Cube, Parallel Projection (Red, Yellow, Blue)*, 2017

LAWN DRAWINGS

The Lawn Drawings are a set of site-specific installations designed for the rolling green lawns of the Getty Center’s Central Garden. Utilizing brightly-colored lines that fluoresced at night, Cunningham performed the installation throughout the course of a day on Oct 14, 2017. Vieweres were allowed to menader around the artwoks throughout the evening and the artworks were deinstallated the following day. The two horizontal composition hover between two and three dimensions and echo the poetic forms of geometric abstraction created by avant-garde painters and sculptors who were the subject of the exhibition Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.

Krysten Cunningham, Yellow Lawn Drawing, nearly complete. Photo: Daniela Alvarez — Krysten Cunningham, *Yellow Lawn Drawing*, nearly complete. Photo: Daniela Alvarez

Krysten Cunningham and Antonia Pinter installing Lawn Drawings at the Getty Center on the morning of October 14, 2017. Photo: Daniela Alvarez — Krysten Cunningham and Antonia Pinter installing *Lawn Drawings* at the Getty Center on the morning of October 14, 2017. Photo: Daniela Alvarez

Krysten Cunningham, Lawn Drawings, Photo: courtesy of the artist — Krysten Cunningham, *Lawn Drawings*, Photo: courtesy of the artist

Krysten Cunningham, Pink Lawn Drawing, Photo: courtesy of the artist — Krysten Cunningham, *Pink Lawn Drawing*, Photo: courtesy of the artist

3D: Double Vision

Krysten Cunningham’s visual source material, which she discovered through the UCLA physics department, is a 1978 computer animation by Thomas F. Banchoff and Charles Strauss. Her narration incorporates additional commentary on the fourth dimension by esoteric philosopher P.D. Ouspensky and cyberpunk author Rudy Rucker; her harmonica soundtrack adds a meditative aura.

Krysten Cunningham, Installation views of 3D: Double Vision, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 15, 2018–March 31, 2019, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA — Krysten Cunningham, Installation views of *3D: Double Vision*, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 15, 2018–March 31, 2019, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Hypercube, 2006, Single-channel SD video, sound; duration 8:32 minutes, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by LENS: Photography Council, 2018, M.2018.87

Human Luminescence

Krysten Cunningham, Human Luminescence, 2019, (Night View) Detail — Krysten Cunningham, *Human Luminescence*, 2019, (Night View) Detail

Procession of a Rectangle

Krysten Cunningham, Crossing the Terrain (Cochineal), 2014, Nails, acid dye, jute, 71 1⁄2 x 89 1⁄2 x 4 inches — Krysten Cunningham, *Crossing the Terrain (Cochineal)*, 2014, Nails, acid dye, jute, 71 1⁄2 x 89 1⁄2 x 4 inches

Krysten Cunningham, Crossing the Terrain (Cochineal) (detail), 2014 — Krysten Cunningham, *Crossing the Terrain (Cochineal) (detail)*, 2014

Krysten Cunningham, Distribution of a Line, 2014, Nails, acid dye, jute, 98 x 38 1⁄2 x 9 inches — Krysten Cunningham, *Distribution of a Line*, 2014, Nails, acid dye, jute, 98 x 38 1⁄2 x 9 inches

Krysten Cunningham, Creode, 2014, Nails, acid dye, jute, 1.5 x 76 x 4 inches — Krysten Cunningham, *Creode*, 2014, Nails, acid dye, jute, 1.5 x 76 x 4 inches

Krysten Cunningham, Distribution of a Line (detail), 2014 — Krysten Cunningham, *Distribution of a Line (detail)*, 2014

Krysten Cunningham, Amateur, 2014, Nails, acid dye, jute, 87 1⁄2 x101 1⁄2 x 9 inches — Krysten Cunningham, *Amateur*, 2014, Nails, acid dye, jute, 87 1⁄2 x101 1⁄2 x 9 inches

Krysten Cunningham, The Room is Filled with Rainbows, 2014 Plywood, sheet rock, nails, acid dye, jute 96 x 96 x 28 1⁄2 inches — Krysten Cunningham, *The Room is Filled with Rainbows*, 2014
Plywood, sheet rock, nails, acid dye, jute
96 x 96 x 28 1⁄2 inches

Krysten Cunningham, Time-lapse Sequence (detail), 2014 — Krysten Cunningham, *Time-lapse Sequence (detail)*, 2014

Krysten Cunningham, Time-lapse Sequence, 2014 Plywood, sheet rock, nails, acid dye, jute 82 x 82 x 29 1⁄2 inches — Krysten Cunningham, *Time-lapse Sequence*, 2014
Plywood, sheet rock, nails, acid dye, jute
82 x 82 x 29 1⁄2 inches

Trapezoid, Prism, Cube

Krysten Cunningham, Green Cube, 2014, Hand-dyed jute and nails, 110 x 106 x 8 inches — Krysten Cunningham, *Green Cube*, 2014, Hand-dyed jute and nails, 110 x 106 x 8 inches

Krysten Cunningham, Green Cube with detail view, 2014, Hand-dyed jute and nails, 110 x 106 x 8 inches — Krysten Cunningham, *Green Cube with detail view*, 2014, Hand-dyed jute and nails, 110 x 106 x 8 inches

DRAWINGS

The Albers drawings, 2018, colored pencil, 12 x 9 inches, are inspired by a book of poems and line drawings made by Joseph Albers that depict impossible spaces.