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Dan Lam - Halo, 2023, Polymer, foam, acrylic and resin

Halo, 2023

Polymer, foam, acrylic and resin

13 1/2 x 10 x 7 1/2 in 34.3 x 25.4 x 19.1 cm

Edition

Unique

About this work

Halo is a unique sculpture created by Dan Lam in 2023, part of her Color Sculptures series, executed in polymer, foam, acrylic, and resin. Measuring 13½ by 10 by 7½ inches, the work combines the volumetric body typical of Lam's practice with the luminous, radiating quality suggested by its title. A halo is traditionally a disk or ring of light signifying sanctity or presence — an aura that emanates from within rather than being imposed from without — and this notion of self-generated radiance animates the sculpture's formal logic. In Halo, Lam's material language takes on an almost transcendent quality. The polymers and resins she employs carry light differently from conventional sculptural materials, creating a translucency at the surface that suggests depth and inner warmth. The characteristic drips and spike-like accretions of her practice articulate the form's outer edges with a kind of ceremonial emphasis, as though marking the boundary between the luminous and the earthly. The Color Sculptures series showcases the full range of Lam's chromatic sensibility, with hues building from deep, saturated cores to bright, almost luminescent outer layers that respond dynamically to ambient light. Dan Lam is an American sculptor of Vietnamese ancestry who has established herself as one of the defining sculptors of her generation, working at the intersection of the organic and the synthetic, the beautiful and the unsettling. Her practice employs non-traditional industrial materials to create forms that are richly associative, touching on natural phenomena, bodily experience, and the seductive power of color. Exhibited widely across the United States and internationally, Lam's work is held in significant private collections globally. Halo, as a unique work from the Color Sculptures series, represents a particularly significant encounter with the artist's practice.

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Edition & Provenance

Year
2023
Medium
Polymer, foam, acrylic and 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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