Redling Fine Art

Sophie Stone: Double Faced

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May 5–Jun 17, 2017

Press Release (PDF)

Sophie Stone’s work can empirically be described as both rug and painting. Her pieces occupy both positions equally, existing in a state of functional ambiguity. When implemented as a rug, with all of the foot traffic that entails, her works are compositions that welcome entropy. As paintings, they are fixed, hung on the wall isolated. Her formal frameworks and visual mimicries available for consideration.

Sophie Stone: Double Faced, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, 2017. Installation view.

Sophie Stone: Double Faced, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, 2017. Installation view.

Sophie Stone: Double Faced, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, 2017. Installation view.

Sophie Stone, Windows with Shutters with Curtains, 2017, Cotton, acrylic, sisal, plastic, house paint, 48 x 72 inches.

Sophie Stone, Windows with Shutters with Curtains, 2017 (detail).

Sophie Stone, Windows with Shutters with Curtains, 2017, Cotton, acrylic, sisal, plastic, house paint, 48 x 72 inches.

Sophie Stone, Pink Rust (unbundled), 2017
cotton, acrylic, sisal, plastic, house paint, 97 x 132 inches.

Sophie Stone, Pink Rust (unbundled), 2017 (detail).

Sophie Stone, S Curve, 2017, Cotton, acrylic, sisal, plastic, house paint, 63 x 31 inches.