Laddie John Dill 'Cement Glass Oxide' Sculptural Coffee Table, c 1980

An intriguing sculptural art coffee table by Laddie John Dill, part of his 'Cement Glass Oxide' series. Can be used as a stand alone sculpture or as a coffee table with optional glass top. Circa 1980s.

We also have the matching large wall fine art piece as well, if you are looking to create a set please contact us for more details.

From Laddie John Dill's website:

Laddie John Dill, a Los Angeles artist, had his first solo exhibition in New York City with Illeanna Sonnabend Gallery in 1971. He was one of the first Los Angeles artists to exhibit “light and space” work in New York. He exhibited the “Light Sentences” and “Light Plains” in institutions across the United States and globally, and has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in these pieces in the last decade as well, including a recent acquisition of a “Light Plains” sculpture by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It it currently on view in Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Dill has been crafting light and earthly materials like concrete, glass, sand, and metal into luminous sculptures, wall –pieces, and installations since the 1970s. Referring to his choice of materials, Dill explains: “I was influenced by [Robert] Rauschenberg, Keith Sonnier, Robert Smithson, Dennis Oppenheim, and Robert Irwin, who were working with earth materials, light, and space as an alternative to easel painting.” When Dill does use canvas, he paints with pigments derived from cement and natural oxides.
Noted art critic and writer for the New York Times, Ken Johnson, has stated:

“At the end of the 1960s the West Coast Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill began producing electric light works out of custom-made, blown-glass tubes in a lush palette of jewel-bright colors… Some are made of many short pieces, some of longer parts and fewer colors. They glow beautifully like strings of illuminated glass beads. Mr. Dill called these works “Light Sentences,” likening the segments of color to words grouped in phrases and sentences. This suggests that light itself could be a transcendental language. But the effect of these works in concert is less verbal and more like trippy visual chamber music.”

Laddie John Dill was born in Long Beach, CA in 1943. He graduated from Chouinard Art Institute in 1968 with a BFA. After graduating, Dill became a printing apprentice and worked closely with established artists, like Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jasper Johns. Laddie John Dill’s work is in the permanent collections of national and international institutions such as Museum of Modern Art, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; High Museum, GA; The Phillips Collection, DC; Chicago Art Institute, IL; Smithsonian, DC; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; Pio Monte della Misericordia, Italy; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA; and Museo Jumex, Mexico. He currently lives and works in Venice, CA where he maintains a studio.

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This abstract modern art piece, which functions as a cocktail table, by Laddie John Dill would work great in an Organic Modern, Contemporary or Post-Modern home or office but would also work great in a Mid-Century Modern, Scandanavian Modern or Danish Modern space. Also consider mixing it up in a Traditional, Transitional, Classical, Hollywood Regency or Art Deco room as a splash of juxtaposition. Would also be an apt choice in a commercial project such as a hotel lobby lounge or members club, creative design studio or high-rise executive office.

MEASUREMENTS:
Base only:
H 18.25" x W 57.25" x D 40"
*This table can be positioned under glass in several different angles which could change the Width / Depth measurements depending on which points you measure from.

CONDITION:
Very good vintage condition with light wear. Some minor blemishes throughout, some are captured in the photos, see close up images for greater detail. Ready to be used immediately.