Los Angeles-based artist Sam Falls' (born 1984) newest publication, Plein Air, documents a year the artist spent outdoors making his large-scale pigment-on-canvas paintings in four separate locations around the world: Hartland, Vermont; Venice, California; Hudson, New York; and Sarvisalo, Finland. Nature has always been a principle theme in Falls' work and the splendor and unpredictability with which the seasons change is transferred directly onto his canvas through the use of saturated pigments and the natural elements. The resulting paintings are lush, familiar silhouettes of ferns,...
Los Angeles-based artist Sam Falls' (born 1984) newest publication, Plein Air, documents a year the artist spent outdoors making his large-scal...
This first retrospective monograph of Los Angeles-based artist Sam Falls (born 1984) spans his work from his beginnings in the 2000s to his most recent exhibitions.
Following the traditions of minimalism and land art while pursuing a path toward abstraction, his photographs, paintings, public installations and sculptures have undoubtedly been influenced by nature and the Los Angeles environment in which he lives. Previously a student of physics, linguistics and aesthetics, he has long been interested in how natural phenomena such as light, rain and wind might impact...
This first retrospective monograph of Los Angeles-based artist Sam Falls (born 1984) spans his work from his beginnings in the 2000s to his...
