Woody De Othello
Cool Composition
Sagaponack
Woody De Othello is a young, Miami-born sculptor based in Oakland, CA, who has become known for comically surreal ceramics of oversized household objects such as telephones, vents, and clocksd. His objects usually look to be in the process of melting, sprouting cartoon limbs, or both. Cool Composition recalls the Miami summers of the artist’s youth, where the box fan was the nexus of home life and his Haitian-descended family told tales of spirits inhabiting everyday objects. The installation consists of a giant bronze fan—sagging from exhaustion, or perhaps bending down to whisper secrets—surrounded by a set of life-size stools and citrus trees.
Exhibitions:
Mexico city project space, Zulu, 2020
San Jose Museum of Art, 2020 (solo exhibition)
Three sculptures installed at the San Francisco International Airport
33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts in Slovenia, 2020
the inaugural Front Triennial in Cleveland in 2018