CRAIG KAUFFMAN
16 JUNE - 31 AUGUST 2001
Sandra Gering Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles-based artist
Craig Kauffman from 16 June - 31 August 2001. This is Kauffman's first solo exhibition at Sandra
Gering Gallery.
During the 1960s, Craig Kauffman became well known as a member of the LA Finish Fetish movement.
Kauffman was the first artist to work with plastic on a large scale, using it to create luminous,
vacuum-formed wall relief "bubbles". Iridescent, delicately nuanced colors and voluptuous forms
give these works a sense of mystery and eroticism, while their simplicity echoes a minimalist
vocabulary. The playful bubble shapes also have an intrinsic humorous quality. In Kauffman's
most recent works, the artist brings a new ring-shaped form to his shimmering wall reliefs.
Craig Kauffman began his exhibition career in the 1950s and has had solo exhibitions at the
Whitney Museum of American Art, the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Pasadena
Art Museum, among many others. His work was recently included in group exhibitions at the
Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
