Brian Dario

Brian Dario, Untitled, 2017. Photo: Veli-Matti Hoikka.

Foam - A sculpture by Brian Dario, featuring 18 unpaired glvoes stacked tightly on top of each other on a mostly white background

Brian Dario, Foam, 2018. 18 unpaired gloves. 18 x 6 x 9 inches.

Rock-fan - A sculpture by Brian Dario, featuring a short standing fan with flat rocks attatched to its cage

Brian Dario, Rock-fan, 2017. Photo: Veli-Matti Hoikka.

A Fruited Plane - A sculpture by Brian Dario, Featuring two paint chipped battering rams standing upright with ceramic fruit magnets attatched to them

Brian Dario, A Fruited Plane, Steel battering rams, ceramic fruit magnets, 2023

A Fruited Plane - A sculpture by Brian Dario, Featuring a close up of a paint chipped battering ram, showing the details of grape and apple ceramic fruit magnets

Brian Dario, A Fruited Plane, Steel battering rams, ceramic fruit magnets, 2023

Any Meat on The Bone - A sculpture by Brian Dario, Featuring two fry baskets, with yellow and brown butterflies pinned to different parts of the fry baskets

Brian Dario,
Any Meat on The Bone,
Fry baskets, pins, grease, Grass yellow Butterflies, Blue Tiger Butterflies, False Tiger Moth, Autumn Leaf Butterfly.
2023

Any Meat on The Bone - A sculpture by Brian Dario, A close up on one corner of a fry basket, showing mostly brown butterflies, with one having some yellow coloration

Brian Dario,
Any Meat on The Bone,
Fry baskets, pins, grease, Grass yellow Butterflies, Blue Tiger Butterflies, False Tiger Moth, Autumn Leaf Butterfly.
2023

Untitled - A sculpture by Brian Dario, Framing lumber, reconfigured into an off-kilter shape, with chiseled concrete footing chunks attatched via metal fastenings

Brian Dario, Untitled, Reconfigured framing lumber, chiseled concrete footings, 2022

Untitled - A sculpture by Brian Dario, Closeup of a chiseled concrete footing chunk, showcasing the texture of the broken concrete

Brian Dario, Untitled, Reconfigured framing lumber, chiseled concrete footings, 2022

Untitled - A sculpture by Brian Dario, Closeup of a thin concrete footing chunk, attatched by screw and metal fastener to the lumber, facing in towards the volume of the sculpture

Brian Dario, Untitled, Reconfigured framing lumber, chiseled concrete footings, 2022

Eh Tu - A sculpture by Brian Dario, A large chunk of concrete, pierced at multiple angles by different screwdrivers, held up by the screwdrivers piercing it from the bottom

Brian Dario, Eh Tu, Concrete, screwdrivers, 2022 Photo: Josh Schaedel

Candelabra 2 - A Sculpture by Brian Dario, A Worksite light-stand with five dark wax ape-like figures with wicks pointing up from their hands hanging from different points on the light-stand. One figure hangs from a higher point, while the other four are symmetrically balanced in groups of two on either side. The front two figures obscure the back two figures from this angle, making it look as though there are only three figures

Brian Dario, Candelabra 2, Worksite light-stand, wax, wicks, 2023 Photo: Walker Olsen

Candelabra 2 - A Sculpture by Brian Dario, A side view of the top of a worksite light-stand with five dark wax ape like figures with wicks pointing up from their hands hanging from different points on the light stand. One figure hangs from a higher point, while the other four are symmetrically balanced in groups of two on either side. All five figures are visible from this angle, as well as their wicks

Brian Dario, Candelabra 2, Worksite light-stand, wax, wicks, 2023 Photo: Walker Olsen

Candelabra 2 - A Sculpture by Brian Dario, A closeup of one of the ape-like figures with a wick pointing up from its hands to showcase the detail of the figure, it has facial details like eye holes, nose holes, and a mouth hole

Brian Dario, Candelabra 2, Worksite light-stand, wax, wicks, 2023 Photo: Walker Olsen

Wheelie Chair - A Sculpture by Brian Dario, An old wooden chair with four skateboard trucks, wheels still attatched, fastened to the front side, and the sitter's right-hand side. There are no trucks fastened to the sitter's left-hand side

Brian Dario, Wheelie Chair, 2017

Bruise - An Oil Painting by Brian Dario, A dominantly black painting hanging on a white wall, various shades of black throughout, there are circling patterns of staccato faintly painted amorphous white paths take up the bottom two-thirds of the painting

Brian Dario, Bruise, Oil on canvas, 8.6x5', 2019

Swimming Pool Monument (for Keith) - A Sculpture by Brian Dario, A small rectangular swimming pool containing no water, with a small diving board on the lip, a light gray lip around the edge of the pool, walls consisting of tiles of different colors: one dark almost black tile in each corner, four medium gray tiles in the center of each wall, white grout separating the tiles, a dark almost black color on the inside of the pool, resting on a wooden table against a white wall.

Brian Dario, Swimming Pool Monument (For Keith), Porcelain tile, limestone, concrete, steel, wood. 2023