Stephen Hendee
A wall-hung sculpture that merges angular, translucent forms with alluring movement of color from within the geometric shapes. Stephen Hendee's Grotto #2 bridges virtual and physical realms, evoking early digital worlds and aesthetics. With a large height and width but relatively slim depth, Grotto #2 can be installed in a range of domestic or institutional settings.
Originally installed at Artscape, Baltimore, Maryland, in 2024, along with Grotto #1, Grotto #3, and Grotto #4.
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Medium
Polypropylene, tape, glue, programmable LEDs
Signature
Signed and dated by artist on back
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Meet Stephen Hendee
Stephen Hendee explores virtual and physical architectures with a distinctive and luminous material vocabulary. Alluding to early internet aesthetics, climate change, and dystopian futures, Hendee offers a prescient meditation on our accelerating digital embrace.
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Stephen Hendee recounts decades of his architecturally ambitious installations that immerse a viewer in light, color, and darkness. Inspired by digital culture and dystopian futures past and present, Hendee explores the intersection of virtual and real-world experience.
With luminous sculptures, intricate prints, and intimate drawings, Stephen Hendee explores virtual and physical spaces and mines technology's dark potential.