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Jedediah Caesar Untitled (White Domino) 2006 Resin, pigment, studio detritus 5 parts, dimensions variable, each piece approx 38.1 x 38.1 cm

‘Caesar’s Untitled (White Domino) progresses the strategies of process art, creating finished pieces which are conceptually streamlined and aesthetically savvy. Cut from the same block, each of the components is a cross section exposing the various materials suspended in the tinted resin, giving the impression of prehistoric drawings or excavated treasures found in slabs of exotic minerals. Presented in a henge-like arrangement, Caesar’s sculptures pose as luxuriant ruins, eliciting mysticism and wonder from a contemporary ‘archaeology’.’

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Jedediah Caesar Dry Stock 2007 Urethane resin, polyester resin, pigment, aluminium, titanium, wood, and mixed media. 29 panels (28 installed, 1 leaning) Approximately 7 1/2 x 17 1/2 feet x 3/4 inches

‘Comprised of 29 individual panels assembled as one large piece, Jedediah Caesar’s Dry Stock is a ‘painting’ that might best be described as a sculpture. To make this work Caesar collected the dirt and other items meant for the trash from carpentry and metal cutting factories and used them as ‘pigments’ and readymade shapes of colour and texture for his abstraction. Sealing these within a large solid block of resin which was then sliced into thin segments, the tiny objects suspended in the work’s surface give the effect of giant microscopic slides. Presented in chronological order, the tableau reads from top to bottom like a film strip, scrutinizing the dissected progression of objects in space. Through recycling the inevitable waste of production, Caesar approaches making as a form of hyper-efficiency, transforming excess and offscourings into an infinitely detailed and beautiful abstraction. ‘

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Jedediah Caesar (BFA '98) MFA exhibition installation

Today the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is installing the newest exhibition in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, and it's by an SMFA alumnus, Jedediah Caesar, who received his BFA in 1998. Based in Los Angeles, internationally-acclaimed Caesar creates sculptures from found objects, finding and revealing patterns in the resulting structures. In "Jedediah Caesar: Soft Structures," Caesar has created new works inspired by his visits to the MFA collections and surrounding neighborhoods and towns. Stay tuned for more—the exhibition opens on December 17.

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Jedediah Caesar speaking about his 2008 piece Untitled (Bright Hot Day Long Dark Night)

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“I am trying to physicalize concepts,” the artist says of his work, “like the sense of material as vibrating elements subdivided into tinier and tinier particles— the closeness of one thing to another.”

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Jedediah Caesar - On View Now!

You can currently check out eight of Jedediah Caesar's massive sculptures at Human Resources LA.  Jed (and fellow contemporary artist Shana Lutker) are exhibiting their previously exhibited pieces from the years 2003-2010.  The pieces have been "installed in a new configurations by the artists for a ceremonious goodbye before they are retired to a 40-yard bin."

Featured in The Trap Door at Human Resources LA until December 2nd, 2011.

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Caesar’s Untitled (White Domino) progresses the strategies of process art, creating finished pieces which are conceptually streamlined and aesthetically savvy. Cut from the same block, each of the components is a cross section exposing the various materials suspended in the tinted resin, giving the impression of prehistoric drawings or excavated treasures found in slabs of exotic minerals. Presented in a henge-like arrangement, Caesar’s sculptures pose as luxuriant ruins, eliciting mysticism and wonder from a contemporary ‘archaeology’.

Saatchi Gallery