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LB Buchan | Respite 1, 2025

Currency:USD Category:Art / Medium - Wood Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:NA
LB Buchan | Respite 1, 2025
NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER), HIGH BID WAS
900.00USDby floor+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2025 Jun 14 @ 13:30UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT
LB Buchan,Portland, Oregon
Respite 1, 2025
Maple
5.75 x 6 x 6 inches | 14.6 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm

Sculptor LB Buchan’s contemplative practice addresses the discomfort we often feel with taboo subjects such as death and decay, and our impulse to avoid them, physically and emotionally. Their work draws from a variety of sources in the natural world, including carcasses, skeletal structures, biological specimens, taxidermy, fungi, plant life, as well as general animal and human anatomy.

"I grew up outside Bozeman, MT, where the farms, ranches, wildlife and hunting culture sparked a deep interest in animals, food sources, and anatomy. The topic of my work developed out of grief I experienced after losing my brother. I was always incredibly frustrated at the silence that formed when the topic of my brother came up, and how our society stigmatizes trauma and grief. Early on I noticed how avoidant people are in the face of difficult topics, and how closely related it is with people’s reactions to death and trauma they come into contact with elsewhere – including experiences in the natural world. My brother was profoundly deaf, and we grew up using American Sign Language. After he died, my world, originally so vibrant with movement and visual language, became very still. It is no accident I have pursued a path creating a visual language with my hands."

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