Description

French Fries of Past and Present is a series of multiples exploring the physical properties of copper through a process mimicking aesthetics of adaptation and mutation.

The resulting sculptures capture the branching and organic deformations of the otherwise inanimate metal, evoking an illusion of growth and expansion. The work continues the artist's interest in human and non-human agents, prompting viewers to reflect on the relationship between the individual and the environment.
 

About the Artist

Max Hooper Schneider (b. 1982, Los Angeles, CA) received his Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (2011). In addition, he received undergraduate degrees in urban design and biology from New York University and did further studies in marine biology and entomology at The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Santa Monica College. Selected solo exhibitions include Falling Angels, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles (2023); MO.CO Montpellier Musée Contemporain, Montpellier, France (2022); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2019); High Art, Paris, France (2021, 2015), and Jenny’s, Los Angeles (2018, 2014). His work was included in group presentations at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, France (2022); Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany (2021); Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2021), Liquid Life, Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway (2021), the Belgrade Biennale, Serbia (2021); Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2021); Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (2021); the 16th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey (2019); Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France (2019); the 13th Baltic Triennial, Lithuania (2018); Ullens Center for Contemporary Arts (UCCA), Beijing, China (2017); High Line, New York, NY (2017) and Gagosian, Los Angeles, CA (2015).