Lucky DeBellevue
American, born 1957
Untitled, 2006
Chenille stems and cane
62 x 34 x 24 inches (157.5 x 86.4 x 61 cm)
Acquired through the generosity of the Donors to the Contemporary Art Fund
2006.008
Lucky DeBellevue
American, born 1957
Untitled, 2006
Chenille stems and cane
62 x 34 x 24 inches (157.5 x 86.4 x 61 cm)
Acquired through the generosity of the Donors to the Contemporary Art Fund
2006.008
Using hundreds of pipe cleaners, Lucky DeBellevue creates colorful nonfigurative sculptures. With his unconventional choice of material—more related to kindergarten craft projects and macramé—DeBellevue builds his sculptures in a time-consuming, additive process as he knots and laces the chenille stems into imaginary creatures, in which colors systematically change from interior to exterior or from bottom to top. The artist has noted that busywork is part of his...
Using hundreds of pipe cleaners, Lucky DeBellevue creates colorful nonfigurative sculptures. With his unconventional choice of material—more related to kindergarten craft projects and macramé—DeBellevue builds his sculptures in a time-consuming, additive process as he knots and laces the chenille stems into imaginary creatures, in which colors systematically change from interior to exterior or from bottom to top. The artist has noted that busywork is part of his process: “I think of busywork as being basic, repetitious and ritualistic, and because of this it can sometimes be a transcendent experience.” DeBellevue’s untitled piece challenges traditional notions of sculpture, teetering on the brink between two and three dimensions.



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