Archived Exhibition
Gyöngy Laky
November 15 - December 22, 2007
Reception: November 17, 2007, 3 - 5pm
Artist Biography
Driving from the Bay Area to her teaching position at the University of California, Davis, for close to thirty years, Gyöngy Laky witnessed the winter pruning of the orchards. "I had a strong visual response to the trimmed branches," says Laky. "I was born in 1944 in Hungary during the war. We had nothing. I found the pruned branches beautiful and useful, and the idea that they were considered waste to be burned, abhorrent."
Gyöngy Laky's work employs materials from nature, with the occasional inclusion of recycled elements. Her sculptural constructions, referred to as textile architecture, hang on the wall or are free-standing. Laky's themes cross varieties of subjects and social issues, often taking the form of words, letters, or symbols.
As of 2005, Gyöngy Laky is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis. Her work is in museum collections in Europe and the United States, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Oakland Museum of California. Laky received her graduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Gyöngy Laky
One and One
2007 11" x 27.5”
Apple, paint, screws.
Photo: Ben Blackwell.
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Gyöngy Laky
Cradle to Cradle
2007 15.5” High x 30” Diameter.
Apple, commercial wood, screws.
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Gyöngy Laky
Laura’s Quilt
2007 50.5” x 50.5” x 3”
Apple, vinyl coated nails.
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Gyöngy Laky
Longhouse Ampersand
2007 51” x 48” x 4”
Manzanita, red ink, bullets for building.
Photo: Ben Blackwell. |
Gyöngy Laky
Q with no A
2007 29” x 25” x 2.5”
Ash branches, paint, bullets for building.
Photo: Ben Blackwell. |
Gyöngy Laky
Globalization IV: Collateral Damage
2006 32”x 97”x 4”
Ash branches, commercial wood, paint, bullets for building.
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Gyöngy Laky
Sanguinox
2006 10” High x 8” Diameter
Telephone wire.
Photo: Ben Blackwell. Sold |
For B F, 2000, 14" x 23," Plum & apple prunings, steel wire, nails. Photo: M. Lee Fatherree |
GO And …, 2007 40" x 46" x 4," Ash, paint, screws. Photo: Ben Blackwell |
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Multiplied Thinking, 2007, Manzanita with Sharpie, bullets for building
14”h x 21”d, Photo: Ben Blackwell
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Dada, 2007, 36" x 32" x 1.5," Plastic babies, clear construction sealant. Photo: Ben Blackwell
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Estuary, 2007, 35” x 34” x 3.5,” Apple with water-based ink, backer-board screws. Photo: Ben Blackwell |
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| Every Red Cent, 2007, 42" x 33.5" x 4," Commercial wood, paint, screws. Photo: Ben Blackwell |
Big Question, 2007, 68” x 78” x 5”
Manzanita, blue ink, bullets for building.
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