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Loren Madsen1970 - present

Brick Path 1, 1970brick and steel wire8‘ long x 3’ wide x 3’ high

Board Piece, 19722x14 & 1x2 boards

30’ long x 4’ high x 2” deepScripps College, Ca

Untitled, 1973fire brick and steel rod16’ long x 3’ high x 2” wideRiko Mizuno Gallery, LA, Ca

Untitled Timber Piece, 19742x12, 4x6, 2x4 & 1x12 fir boards

30’ long x 10’ high x 5’ deepLong Beach CC, Ca

Leaning Wall maquette, 1975brick & sst. wire (proposed)

35’ long x 12’ high x 16’ deepMoMA, NY

Stacked Boards, 19752x6 & 1x2 fir boards19’ long x 10’ high x 6” deepMoMA, NY

Floating Arch, 1976brick , sst wire

35’ long x 35’ wide x 12’ highMcKee Gallery, NY

Wood Construction, 1976redwood and fir boards16’ long x 12’ high x 12” deepSite, SF, Ca

Wood Construction, II 1976redwood and fir boards

18’ long x 12’ high x 13” deepSite, SF, Ca

“L” for Walker, 1976brick & sst wire

60’ wide x 15’ high x 40’ deepWalker Art Center, Mpls, MN

Inverted Pyramid, 1977brick & steel rod

31’ long x 13’ wide x 3’ highMcKee Gallery, NY

Ring Piece maquette, 197712” x 12” timberssize variable

Timber Ring, 19786x12 & 4x6 boards

44’ diameter x 4’ highGrant Park, Chicago

For Muso, 1978brick & sst wire

50’ long x 4’ wide x 15’ highZolla-Lieberman Gallery, Chicago

Slot, 197823” high x 29” widegraphite, ink & colored ink on paperCentre Georges Pompidou, Paris

In-versions, 1978proposal maquettesbasswood12 x 12 x 12 inches

Inverted Pyramid, Floating, 1979brick & sst wire

32’ long x 12’ high x 10’ deepHirschhorn Museum, Wash, DC

Sluice, 1980curved brick, cable

42’ long x 14’ high x 3’ deepOrange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, Ca

Floating Cross, 1980brick, sst wire

40’ x 4o’ x 24’ highWright State U., Oh

Floating Cross, 1980brick, sst wire

40’ x 4o’ x 24’ highWright State U., Oh

1st Bank Piece, 1981black granite, cable

30’l x 21’ deep x 83’ highMinneapolis, MN

Floating Ring, 1981vetter stone, cable16’ dia x 50’ long x 30’ highSSA Metro West, Baltimore, MD

Suspended Sentence, 1981acrylic blocks, cable

26’ long’ x 60’ wide x 37’ highArea2 Police Center, Chicago

Untitled installation, 1982wood constructions, oak timbers, wires, black granite, sand, slate, car jack

44’ long x 12’ wide x 11’ highMcKee Gallery, NY

Untitled, 1984glulam beams, cable

56’ long x 17’ wide x 40’ highChevy Chase, MD

Depart (maquette), 1984laminated wood, dowels, thread18” long x 12” wide x 12” high

Untitled (maquette), 1984laminated wood, thread

18” long x 6” wide x 6” high

Northrop maquette, 198418” long x 12” wide x 24” high

as proposed:bronze blocks, , sst pylons, cable

40’ long x 20’ wide x 45’ highLos Angeles, CA

Self-portrait, 1984(?)64 - 8” sq paper sheets (64” x 64”)dripped ink

For Next, 1986copper plates, silk thread40’ long x 6’ wide x11’ highMcKee Gallery, NY

For Next, 1986copper plates, silk thread40’ long x 6’ wide x11’ highMcKee Gallery, NY

Untitled, 1986glulam spruce & redwood beams

15’ long x 15’ wide x33’ highSchering Corp, Kenilworth, NJ

Bronze Arch, 1988bronze plates, hardware6’ long x 2’ wide x 4’ highMt. Holyoke College, MA

While, 1986256 steel plates, gun bluing, twisted wire18” diameter x 55” highprivate collection, Chicago

Barc (copper), 1990copper sheet, lead solder, cable8’ long x 16” wide x variable heightprivate collection, Los Angeles, CA

Untitled, 1991glulam beam, sst cable

32’ deep x 24’ wide x 52’ highLaGuardia CC, LIC, NY

maquette, 1990wood, mmLaGuardia CC, LIC, NY

Missing Matter, 1991copper, solder, laminated woods, tie wire60’ long x 50’ wide x 20’ highU. of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Missing Matter, 1991copper, solder, laminated woods, tie wire60’ long x 50’ wide x 20’ highU. of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Untitled, 1991copper plates, copper wire

57” long x 36” wide x 12” deep

Large Event, 1991laminated paldao and oak100” diameter x 12’ high (variable)

Small Event, 1991laminated paldao and oak80” diameter x 12’ high (variable)

Rack, 1992copper and lead solder53’ long x 5’ wide x 11’ highMcKee Gallery, NY

Rack maquette, 1992paper, copper paint, mm

Self-portrait, 1992composed of all the words in my coop lease, video scanned, digitized, plotted with ink on paper23” high x 29” wide

Skeleton, 1993(?)laminated ebony

12” diameter x 24” long

Knots, 1989-1994laminated & carved purpleheart wood200+ pieces/size variableMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Knots, 1989-1994laminated & carved purpleheart wood

200+ pieces/size variableMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Knots maquette, 1989-1994twisted bronze wire

numberthree, 1994carved cherry

25” high x 12” diameter

numbereight, 1995carved hornbeam19” high x 3” diameter

numberfour, 1994carved poplar70” high x 15” diameterMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Historical Abstract: CPI 1995laminated & carved basswood40” high x 26” wide x 29” deep

*Consumer price index

each layer = 1 year (1960-1994horizontal dimension = fuel costsvertical dimension = food costscenter line = housing costs

Historical Abstract: Humdef, 1995laminated & carved poplar48” high x 24” wide x 36” deep

each layer = 1 year (1945-1994horizontal dimension = US defense budgetvertical dimension = US spending on human servicescenter line = population

Loren Madsen ObjectsMcKee Gallery, NY, 1996

Echo, 1997bronze, sst cables, tiled towers62’ wide x 9.5’ deep x 49’ high

Japan Rail Kinschichio Station, Tokyo

Echo, 1997computer rendering

Historical Abstract: L&M*, 1998laminated & carved cherry46” high x 27” wide x 7” deep

*Love and Marraigeeach layer = 1 year (1940-1993)wide horizontal dimension = married birthsnarrow horizontal dimension = unmarried birthscenter line = birth rates

Historical Abstract: Pipes, 1998turned and ebonized poplarsmall: 7.5” diameter x 39” highlarge: 17.5” diameter x 39” high

From 1970 (bottom) to 1995 (top)large pipe = income of top 5% f US familiessmall pipe = income of middle 20% f US families

Untitled (titles), 199810 Iris prints, 30” x 30” eachMcKee Gallery, NY

6,000,000,000 Monkeys, 1999wood frame, plywood, aluminum gilt20’ diameter x 80’ long (variable)SUNY Stony Brook

The sculpture represents world populationfrom 10,000 BCE to 2000 CE. Half of all

homo sapiens ever born are alive today

6,000,000,000 Monkeys, 1999wood frame, plywood, aluminum gilt20’ diameter x 80’ long (variable)SUNY Stony Brook

6,000,000,000 Monkeys clockwork, 1999birch plywood, hardwoods

10’ high x 30” wide x 80’ long (variable)SUNY Stony Brook

The clockwork drives a device which randomly distributes lettered balls, making words and sentences.

American Playhouse, 1999mahogany, pine, pegs80” x 80” x 30’ long (variable)Drury College, Springfield, MO

Each box represents expenditures, in the US, for various recreational activities, at the rate of 1 cubic inch = $1,000,000. Botanical gardens are on the extreme left,

illegal gambling on the extreme right.

Historical Abstract: C&P*, 1999laminated & carved mahogany

45” high x 10.5” wide x 62” deep

*Crime and Punishmenteach layer = 1 year (1926-1996)

horizontal dimension = US murder ratevertical dimension = US prisoners

center line = US population

One of every 100 american citizens in in jail, a rate which exceeds China or the Russian gulag

Landscape with Shadow, 1999Iris print on paper48” high x 72” long

horizontal dimension = US homicide rate per 100,000 populationcloud = US execution rate per 100,000 homicidesfrom 1930 (left) to 1996 (right)

Battle of the Titans at the End of the Millenium, 2000cast silver, black stone base10” diameter x 18” high

Combined Sotheby’s and Christies auction revenuesfrom 1990-98 for Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenbergand Jasper Johns

Corpse 2, 2000laminated and carved ash

84” long x 30” high x 16” wide

each layer = 1 year of agehorizontal dimension = non-gun murders

vertical dimension = gun murders at that agearch = number of shooters

Corpse 1, 2000laminated and carved poplar84” long x 30” high x 16” wide

each layer = 1 year of agehorizontal dimension = non-gun murdersvertical dimension = gun murders at that age

Tops, 2001ebonized poplar

36” diameter x 46” high

each ‘bead’ = 1 yearbead diameter = number of terrorist caused deaths

bottom disk = 2001

gods&demons, 2004300,000 glass beadssize variableMcKee Gallery, NY

each bead represents 10 book titles containing the indicated word

gods&demons, 2004300,000 glass beadssize variableMcKee Gallery, NY

Worry (Prayer) Beads, 2004hemalite and carnelian beads

ca 7” diameter

carnelian: size proportional to number of deaths due to terrorismhemalite: no terrorist deaths

table, 2007carved fir with redwood splints24” diameter x 30” high

table, 2008carved fir, oak legs

24” diameter x 36” high

bowl, 2009carved madron burl

16” diameter x 9” high

Length of Day, Sunrise to Sunset, Year Around, Northern California, 2009computer rendering

Both renderings represent important data when living, as we do, off the grid

Nobori, 20103 ‘banners’ of carved woodtallest: 22’, pine; middle, 20’ pine; spiral column, 12’, fir

After some years of house building, clearing for fire and other chores, this was my re-entry to art making

stats, 2011inkjet prints, 11” x 17” each

‘stats’ is a continuation, in other forms, of the Untitled (titles) of 1998. I become interested in an idea or a juxtaposition. I look it up.

stats, 2011inkjet prints, 11” x 17” each

‘stats’ is a continuation, in other forms, of the Untitled (titles) of 1998. I become interested in an idea or a juxtaposition. I look it up.

endings, 2011copper pipe, monofilament line24” x 24” x 20’ long

endings is a sculptural installation which consists of 76 elements of 1/2” diameter copper tubing. Each piece is an abstraction of a graph representing a generally desirable 'ending:' smallpox has been eliminated, polio nearly so; lead in the air is virtually gone in the US; wars are less frequent, less deadly and far less expensive since the end of the cold war. The sculpture is, in short, a random catalog of good news should a viewer be interested.

untitled (crime)proposal for Area 2 Police Ctr, Chicago

4” diameter stainless steel pipesapprox 8’ w x 8’ deep x 10’ high

untitled (crime) tracks the rates in chicago for the eight major crime categories tracked by the FBI uniform crime reports: murder, sexual assault, robbery, assault and battery, burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. the data covers the period 1980 to 2010 and reveals,through the downward pitch of each of the elements the unprecedented decrease of crime rates in all categories

ephemera 04: better all the time, 1961-2011random good news over a 50 year period

2012

ephemera 05: mass killing in Americafrom 1900 to the end of 20122013