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Dan Lam - Crescent, 2023, Foam, acrylic, polymer, resin

Crescent, 2023

Foam, acrylic, polymer, resin

9 x 9 x 5 in 22.9 x 22.9 x 12.7 cm

Edition

Unique

About this work

Crescent is a unique sculpture from Dan Lam's Color Sculptures series, created in 2023 using foam, acrylic, polymer, and resin. At 9 by 9 by 5 inches, the work is compact in scale yet dense with formal energy, exemplifying Lam's mastery of coaxing inert industrial materials into seemingly molten, living forms. The sculpture's intimate dimensions invite close inspection, rewarding the viewer's proximity with an ever-shifting play of surface texture and chromatic intensity. Taking its name from the lunar phase — that curved, asymmetrical arc suspended between fullness and absence — Crescent suggests a body mid-transformation. Lam's characteristic drips and polymer growths articulate the contour of the form, lending it a sense of arrested motion, as though the sculpture has paused at the precise moment of becoming. The Color Sculptures series showcases Lam's fluency with saturated, optically vibrant hues that shift in character under changing light, moving from warm to electric depending on the viewer's vantage point. Dan Lam is an American sculptor of Vietnamese ancestry best known for her drippy sculptures that navigate the charged territory between attraction and repulsion. Working with unconventional materials — polyurethane foam, acrylic paint, and epoxy resin — she builds forms that drape and cascade over ledges, defying expectations of what sculpture can look and feel like. Her practice has garnered significant international attention, placing her among the most compelling voices in contemporary sculpture. Crescent, as a unique work, carries the additional significance of being a singular object — unrepeatable and wholly original.

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Edition & Provenance

Year
2023
Medium
Foam, acrylic, polymer, resin
Edition
Unique

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About Dan Lam

Dan Lam earned a BFA from the University of North Texas in 2010, followed by an MFA from Arizona State University in 2014, where she began developing the sculptural techniques that would come to define her practice.

Lam creates drippy, blob like sculptures using polyurethane foam, resin, and acrylic, often finished with auto body paint that shifts color as viewers move around the piece. Her work sits at the border of attraction and repulsion, taking cues from natural forms found in the body and the ocean while pushing them into something stranger and more excessive. Materials play a defining role in her process, and she often allows their behavior to guide the final shape of a piece rather than working from a fixed plan.

Lam's sculptures have been exhibited widely across the United States and internationally, including at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, along with shows in Paris and Munich. Her work has also reached a wide audience through social media, where her process videos and finished pieces have drawn broad public attention beyond the traditional gallery world.

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