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

Trine, 2023

Foam, acrylic, polymer, resin

8 x 6.5 x 4.5 in 20.3 x 16.5 x 11.4 cm

Edition

Unique

About this work

Trine is a unique sculptural work created by Dan Lam in 2023, executed in foam, acrylic, polymer, and resin as part of her Color Sculptures series. Compact in scale at 8 by 6½ by 4½ inches, the work's title references the trine — in astrological tradition, a favorable 120-degree angle between two celestial bodies, considered a configuration of harmonious flow and mutual benefit. The notion of harmonic relationship — of elements positioned to bring out the best in one another — resonates with Lam's formal practice, in which different materials and colors are brought into productive dialogue. In Trine, Lam's characteristic material vocabulary is deployed at an intimate scale that rewards close and sustained engagement. The polymer and resin elements read as distinct formal voices held in balanced relationship, while the drips and surface accretions of the Color Sculptures series trace the paths of the work's material becoming with precision. The compact form has a concentrating effect — the chromatic intensity of the layered acrylics, so expansive and enveloping in Lam's larger works, becomes here something more like a precious stone, compressed and dense with inner light. This compression gives Trine a jewel-like quality among the Color Sculptures. Dan Lam is an American sculptor of Vietnamese ancestry whose practice has earned her a devoted international following and significant critical recognition. Her use of non-traditional industrial materials — polyurethane foam, acrylic paint, and epoxy resin — to create biomorphic, tactile forms that activate complex emotional responses has positioned her as one of the most compelling sculptors of her generation. Lam has exhibited widely in the United States and internationally, and her work is held in significant private collections around the world. As a unique work from the Color Sculptures series, Trine is an unrepeatable object — singular in its scale, material realization, and formal expression.

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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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