
Black Sculptures
1 work

Waning, 2023
Foam, acrylic, polymer, resin
7.5 x 9 x 5.5 in 19.1 x 22.9 x 14 cm
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Waning is a unique sculptural work created by Dan Lam in 2023, realized in foam, acrylic, polymer, and resin as part of her Color Sculptures series. Measuring 7½ by 9 by 5½ inches, the work shares its thematic territory with the Chrome series piece Wane — the lunar diminishment, the gradual retreat of light and fullness — but renders this theme in the vivid chromatic register of the Color Sculptures, in which Lam's saturated acrylics hold the work in a state of brilliant, charged presence even as the title points toward recession and diminishment. This productive tension between title and visual reality is characteristic of Lam's practice, which frequently operates through controlled paradox. A work called Waning blazes with color; a form that suggests diminishment is built from materials that assert their presence emphatically. The polymer and resin surface accretions of the Color Sculptures series create a tactile richness at odds with the word 'waning' — and this friction between linguistic meaning and visual experience is precisely where the work generates its energy. The compact, rounded form presses against the simple suggestion of its title, refusing easy resolution. Dan Lam is an American sculptor of Vietnamese ancestry who has established an international reputation for her distinctively tactile, biomorphic sculptures. Her use of non-traditional materials — polyurethane foam, acrylic paint, and epoxy resin — allows her to create forms that behave like organic matter while remaining unmistakably synthetic. Lam's work has attracted wide critical attention and a devoted collector base, and her presence across digital platforms has introduced her practice to a global audience. As a unique work from the Color Sculptures series, Waning is a singular, unrepeatable object that captures Lam's formal intelligence at an intimate scale.
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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.
Guy Hepner works with collectors seeking Dan Lam's tactile, colorful sculptural work. Contact us to discuss available inventory.