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Through her sculpture, video, and writing, Aria Dean seeks to model an ontology of blackness that matches its frequency in the world. Her work acknowledges – then attempts to redistribute – the symbolic cargo that burdens certain materials. Dean asks if blackness can be given form via a purely material or structural presence.

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lonesome crowded west
Installation view
Château Shatto, Los Angeles
Forward Proxy 1.5
2018
Clay, resin, wood
30 (diameter) x 3 (height) in / 76.2 (diameter) x 7.6 (height) cm
Forward Proxy 1.5
2018
Clay, resin, wood
Side view
But as One Doesn’t Know Where My Centre Is, One Will With Difficulty Ascertain The Truth . . . Though This Task Has Made Me Ill, It Will Also Make Me Healthy Again (Crowd Index)
2018
Video
10 min 47 sec
'lonesome crowded west,' Château Shatto, Los Angeles
Installation view
But as One Doesn’t Know Where My Centre Is, One Will With Difficulty Ascertain The Truth . . . Though This Task Has Made Me Ill, It Will Also Make Me Healthy Again(Crowd Index)
2018
Video still
But as One Doesn’t Know Where My Centre Is, One Will With Difficulty Ascertain The Truth . . . Though This Task Has Made Me Ill, It Will Also Make Me Healthy Again(Crowd Index)
2018
Video still
Forward Proxy 1.3
2018
Clay, resin, wood
30 (diameter) x 3 (height) in / 76.2 (diameter) x 7.6 (height) cm
Forward Proxy 1.3
2018
Clay, resin, wood
Side view
lonesome crowded west
Installation view
Summer Ghost
2018
Silk, galvanized steel, glass
61 x 15 x 15 in / 154.9 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm
'lonesome crowded west,' Château Shatto, Los Angeles
Installation view
lonesome crowded west
Installation view
Forward Proxy 1.4
2018
Clay, resin, wood
30 (diameter) x 3 (height) in / 76.2 (diameter) x 7.6 (height) cm
Forward Proxy 1.4
2018
Clay, resin, wood
Side view
lonesome crowded west
Installation view
Forward Proxy 1.2
2018
Clay, resin, wood
30 (diameter) x 3 (height) in / 76.2 (diameter) x 7.6 (height) cm
Forward Proxy 1.2
2018
Clay, resin, wood
Side view
Forward Proxy 1.1
2018
Clay, resin, wood
30 (diameter) x 3 (height) in / 76.2 (diameter) x 7.6 (height) cm
'lonesome crowded west,' Château Shatto, Los Angeles
Forward Proxy 1.1
2018
Clay, resin, wood
Side view
Forward Proxy 1.1
2018
Detail