ZZ Krebs

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Artist statement

Working primarily in sculpture, installation, and drawing, Krebs is interested in how three-dimensional form, space, and material convey meaning. Exploring life cycles on macro and micro scales, from seasonal shifts to geological epochs and cosmological events, Krebs explores the ephemeral nature of our existence and the natural phenomena that keep us grounded. As the daughter of laser and light pioneering artist, Rockne Krebs, and stone sculptor and studio assistant to Isamu Noguchi, Nizette Brennan, Krebs works with a broad range of media from stone to built installations using light, lasers, audio, video projections, and other sculptural and sensory materials that reflect her artistic lineage and background. From researching archeological excavations to studying ecosystems, the work is both personal and universal as she examines our relationship to time and the visual vocabulary inherent in both abstraction and representation. The subject matter is sometimes autobiographical but also represents life cycles, and processes of change, transformation, and transmutation in nature. Ambiguity and mystery layered in the past, the present, and the future are intriguing and compelling as are dualities, contrasts, and the spaces in between. Are things growing or decaying, alive or dead, old or new, or both? She finds comfort in the impermanence, the endless change, and the unknown.

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