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Artists

Samuel Dunson, Jr.
Maggie Evans
Deb Garlick
Theresa Honeywell
Mr. Hooper
Hoang Huong
Anna Jaap
John Kaly
Daniel Lai
Gary Monroe
Rebecca Murtaugh
Sean O'Meallie
Vanessa Oppenhoff
Dao Hai Phong
Delia Seigenthaler
Le Quy Tong
Mark Traughber
Scott Turri
Harry Underwood
Rodney Wood
Tim Yankosky



 

Daniel Lai

My sculpture series is a three-dimensional journal that conveys snippets of my emotions and feelings toward life. I often write my experience in a journal but find it inadequate to convey how I truly feel. As a result, I translate these paragraphs to a visual form that is three dimensional, simplistic, and often relatable to many. I call these sculptures “three dimensional hieroglyphs of my experience.” Often times, the true meaning of text and words are just beneath that thin layer of their lexical meaning. In other words, we live in a metaphorical world.

My burnt canvases reflect my obsession with the dichotomy of creating by destroying. The Daoists believe that for one end of the spectrum to exist, the other end is essential. There would be no light without dark, no good without evil, no yin without yang.

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read Nashville Scene review of March 2008 exhibition



 





 

Truck
Daniel Lai
Mixed media
h-8 w-8 d-7
$80

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Nest
Daniel Lai
Mixed media
h-4 w-6 d-6
$150

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Spring Box
Daniel Lai
Mixed media
h-5 w-8 d-5
$80

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Deflowering
Daniel Lai
Mixed media
h-5 w-6 d-4
$80

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Mr Slinky ii
Daniel Lai
Mixed media
h-3 w-8 d-9
$80

 

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Title:
Collapse

Medium:
glass, clay, wood

Dimensions:
h-15" w-5" d-5"

Available:
$450

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Title:
The Cog

Medium:
Mixed media

Dimensions:
h-18" w-24" d-4.5"

Available:
$600

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Title:
Lightheaded

Medium:
Mixed media

Dimensions:
h-16" w-18" d-4"

Available:
$600

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Title:
Dylan

Medium:
Burnt canvas

Dimensions:
36 x 36 inches

Available:
$1,500

 

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Title:
Hendrix

Medium:
Burnt canvas

Dimensions:
30 x 30 inches

Available:
$1,200

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Title:
O'Keefe

Medium:
Burnt canvas

Dimensions:
36 x 36 inches

Available:
$1,500

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Title:
Picasso

Medium:
Burnt canvas

Dimensions:
36 x 36 inches

Available:
$1,500

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Title:
Cezanne

Medium:
Burnt canvas

Dimensions:
36 x 36 inches

Available:
$1,500

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Title:
Van Gogh

Medium:
Burnt canvas

Dimensions:
36 x 36 inches

Available:
$1,500

 

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Title:
Kahlo

Medium:
Burnt canvas and gouache

Dimensions:
48 x 36 inches

Available:
$1,800

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Title:
Not So United They Stand

Medium:
Burnt canvas, gouache and latex

Dimensions:
Overall - 51 x 59 inches Panels 24 x 28 inches

Available:
$3,600 (sold as set only)

 

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bio

 
 

Daniel Lai, of Chinese descent, was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He moved to the U.S. in 2000. He has a BA in Linguistics (2003) and an MA in Art Studies/Art History (2006) from Montclair State University.

Lai's work has also been published in numerous books and magazines. His work has earned awards nationally and internationally.



 
 
 


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