• CARL D'ALVIA: FUNDAMENTALS

    November 10 - December 22, 2022

  • Neither wholly abstract, nor acutely figurative, Carl D’Alvia’s meticulously rendered and whimsically playful sculptures of creatures, shapes, and humanoids oscillate between liminal states. Enshrouded entirely in textural “skins” resembling tessellated patterns, wood grains, or shaggy furs, his chameleon-like sculptures complicate preconceived correlations between subject matter, form, and material composition, often placing them in ironic juxtapositions. 

     

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  • Chosen mediums like marble and bronze not only situate D’Alvia’s oeuvre within art historical trajectories, notably taking cues from Italian...

    Chosen mediums like marble and bronze not only situate D’Alvia’s oeuvre within art historical trajectories, notably taking cues from Italian Baroque exuberance and Brancusi-esque essentialism; but the nature of their respective processes – carved versus casted; handmade versus industrial – also play into the multitude of dialogues surrounding visual, tactile, and emblematic associations that D’Alvia activates throughout his sculptures. ⁠

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  • For his exhibition Fundamentals, D’Alvia presents a familiar cast of characters – ranging from seemingly zoological profiles of avian and...

    For his exhibition Fundamentals, D’Alvia presents a familiar cast of characters – ranging from seemingly zoological profiles of avian and canine varieties, to anthropomorphized wooden logs and mechanical hot rods, to a cartoonish smoker and mushroom man – all of which are fundamental motifs that the artist has revisited throughout his decades-long practice. A nod to cannabis culture, the leaning torso of "Smoker" is counterbalanced by an ephemeral plume emanating from his pipe like an enlightened thought bubble.

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  • WORKS ON VIEW

    • Free-standing, white marble sculpture in the form of a poodle-like creature whose entire surface is carved to give it fur-like texture.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Barboncino, 2019
      Marble
      15 3/4 x 25 5/8 x 14 5/8 in
      40 x 65 x 37 cm
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    • Free-standing, white marble sculpture in the form of a tall, slightly curved column whose entire surface is carved with feathers.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Ornalith, 2019
      Marble
      28 3/8 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 in
      72 x 31 x 31 cm
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    • Free-standing marble sculpture of three bodily forms resembling limbs intertwining with each other making a braided shape on a marble square pedestal
      Carl D'Alvia
      Ply, 2022
      Marble
      32 x 14 x 21 in
      81.3 x 35.6 x 53.3 cm
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of a tall angular shape that is bending over and perched on a rounded marble base. The sculpture is cast with a surface texture resembling shaggy hair and treated with a black patina.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Bent, 2022
      Bronze and marble
      24 x 20 x 4 in
      61 x 50.8 x 10.2 cm
      Edition of 3 and 1 artist proof
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture in the form of a wooden beam bent at a 45-degree angle toward the top, cast with a surface texture resembling wood grain
      Carl D'Alvia
      Ellsworth, 2018
      Bronze
      35 x 12 x 20 in
      88.9 x 30.5 x 50.8 cm
      Edition of 3 and 1 artist proof
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of an abstracted form with a flat triangular head that is bowing down. The sculpture is cast with a surface texture resembling shaggy hair and treated with a black patina.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Tip, 2022
      Bronze
      12 1/2 x 8 x 12 in
      31.8 x 20.3 x 30.5 cm
      Edition of 3 and 1 artist proof
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of a form resembling a bird whose bodily form is top-heavy. The sculpture is cast in a surface texture resembling features and treated with a golden patina.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Fat Bird, 2022
      Bronze
      19 x 10 x 12 in
      48.3 x 25.4 x 30.5 cm
      Edition of 3 and 1 artist proof
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of a form resembling a kiwi with a long beak. The sculpture is cast with a surface texture resembling shaggy hair and treated with a golden brown patina.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Kiwi, 2022
      Bronze
      9 x 7 x 11 in
      22.9 x 17.8 x 27.9 cm
      Edition of 5
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of a form resembling a bird cast with a surface texture resembling feathers with a large triangular beak
      Carl D'Alvia
      Schnazz, 2022
      Bronze
      8 1/2 x 4 x 12 in
      21.6 x 10.2 x 30.5 cm
      Edition of 5 and 2 artist proofs
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of a rectangular form sitting with outstretched legs. The sculpture is cast in surface texture resembling feathers and treated with a golden brown patina.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Monster, 2022
      Bronze
      35 x 22 x 24 in
      88.9 x 55.9 x 61 cm
      Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of a cartoonish character bent at a 45-degree angle with headphones on and smoking a pipe. A plume of smoke emanating from the pipe is cast with a surface texture resembling an abstract geometric pattern that matches the texture of the figure. The sculpture is treated with a purple patina that gradually turns to brown and to black, from bottom to top.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Smoker, 2022
      Bronze
      47 x 44 x 20 in
      119.4 x 111.8 x 50.8 cm
      Edition of 3 and 1 artist's proof
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of an lion-like animal body and machine-like engine for the head resembling the Sphinx. The sculpture is cast with a surface texture resembling shaggy hair and treated with a green patina that gradually turns black, from bottom to top.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Green Machine, 2022
      Bronze
      23 x 21 x 50 in
      58.4 x 53.3 x 127 cm
      Edition of 3 and 1 artist proof
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of a body with a mushroom-shaped head. The sculpture is cast with a surface texture resembling shaggy hair and treated with a greenish black patina that turns into bronze, from top to bottom.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Shroom Man, 2022
      Bronze
      26 x 16 x 21 in
      66 x 40.6 x 53.3 cm
      Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
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    • Free-standing bronze sculpture of a form resembling a penguin whose beak is directed upward. The sculpture is cast entirely in feathers and treated with a maroon and gold patina.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Rocket, 2022
      Bronze
      30 x 12 x 8 in
      76.2 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm
      Edition of 3 and 1 artist proof
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    • Wall-mounted, white rectangular marble slab inlaid with several black marble shapes resembling abstract bird-like forms with beaks.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Glyphicon, 2019
      Marble
      20 x 28 x 1 in
      50.8 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm
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    • Wall-mounted, black rectangular marble slab inlaid with several white marble shapes resembling abstract bird-like forms with beaks.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Iconoglyph, 2019
      Marble
      20 x 28 x 1 in
      50.8 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm
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    • Free-standing bronze sculptures pf a form resembling a rhomboid that is cast with a surface texture resembling wooden grain and treated with a brown patina.
      Carl D'Alvia
      Rhomboid, 2022
      Bronze
      18 1/2 x 17 x 33 in
      47 x 43.2 x 83.8 cm
      Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
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  • A unifying thread is an ebullient and cheeky sense of humor, which eases both a literal and symbolic heaviness often...
    A unifying thread is an ebullient and cheeky sense of humor, which eases both a literal and symbolic heaviness often attached to traditional modes of sculpture. "Green Machine" features a car engine set atop a sphynx-like frame, an irreverent mashup of high and low art that references both funerary monuments and the outlandish automobile designs of fringe illustrator “Big Daddy” Roth.
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  • ABOUT THE ARTIST

    Carl D’Alvia (b. 1965 in Sleepy Hollow, NY) is a sculptor that lives and works in Connecticut and New York. D’Alvia’s bronze, marble, and post-pop resin sculptures range from the abstract and geometric to the figurative and anthropomorphic. His work often explores dichotomies such as minimal/ornate, hard/soft, animate/inanimate, and comic/tragic. D’Alvia won the Rome Prize in 2012. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in New York as well as internationally, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; HESSE FLATOW, New York; American Academy in Rome, Italy; Galerie Hussenot, Paris; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence; and Arts Center at Duck Creek, East Hampton.