Juan-Manuel Pinzon

Summer 2025 Cycle – Art
Brooklyn, NY juanmanuelpinzon.com

cultches (tower), 2024. 39" x 8" x 8"
1 of 4 sculptures in my show, "Cultches"--on view at Socrates Sculpture Park. 7 sections of stacked clam shells cast in bronze jut from the ground, reflecting the forms in the skyline across the East River. Bronze, photo by artist

cultches (husk), 2024. 50" x 64" x 36" (dimensions variable)
Clusters of detritus, transformed, preserved, and suffocated by the packaging materials they are melted into, spreading like fungus through the park and part of my show, "cultches", at Socrates Sculpture Park. clam shells, collected plastic packaging, ratchet straps, and hose clamps photo by artist

untitled (trophy), 2025. 13" x 7" x 4"
An agglomeration of objects on a wax pedestal made in response to Harrison Wayne’s trophies and "The Fool" photograph in our show, 'and I hope to see you", at Stove Works in March 2025. Found objects: mahogany handrail, metal, rubber, shells, frog leg, ceramics, graphite, frog leg, tar paper, bone photo by artist

pit, 2025. 48” x 72” x 1”
A towel saturated with wax and embedded with various found organic and inorganic collected objects hangs on the wall. Pit is a part of my work in and I hope to see you, the two person show Harrison Wayne and I worked on at Stove Works early 2025. Wax, bath towel, shells, horseshoe crab carapace, newspaper, larvae, charcoal, graphite, concrete, found objects: wood, metal, rubber, roof, rope, bones, aluminum, screen protector photo by artist

lucky to leave a rusty streak (iron 1), 2025. 18” x 14” x 1”
An iron casting of objects embedded in "Pit", the wax soaked bath towel work. "luck to leave a rusty streak (iron 1)" is part of "and I hope to see you" along with the original wax towel works which makes part of a larger 48” x 72” hanging panel of wax, towels, and collected objects. cast iron Photo by Harrison Wayne

once bitten, 2023. 15" x 4" x 4"
This is part of a series of rosaries, 6 so far, that I have been working on. A clear marble and bead chain nestle between a curl of ocean-worn leather dangling from braided rubber tube coiled around a chair rung mounted with a single x-acto blade protruding from the wall. Leather, wood, plastic tubing, dog chain tag, marble photo by artist

nonesuch (angel on the head of a pin), 2022., 2.5" x .5" x .5"
Atop a nail that juts from the wall is a minuscule cockle shell. The void left by its soft clam body is filled with steel epoxy putty. It holds a single styrofoam pearl between wiry tufts of steel wool. This was the first work using the framework of angels to consider bivalves in my practice. Part of my thesis show, Dregs, at the Anderson Gallery in Richmond, 2022. Cockle Shell, J.B. Weld Steel Epoxy, steel wool, styrofoam ball, nail https://juanmanuelpinzon.com/dregs Photo by Josh Wulfahrt

cultch 1, 2023. 8.75"x12"x2" 7
stacked and cut cherrystone clamshells protruding from pigmented wax in a maple frame. One of the first works connecting stacked cut clamshells, wax, and angels. Cherrystone clamshells, paraffin wax, artist frame Photo by Josh Wulfahrt

sow (shroud 07), 2023. 24" x 48" x .5"
A sow emerges from the wrinkles of a stiffened towel. Part of a series, "Shrouds", of stiffened towels. Bath towel, plaster, wood glue, bleach Photo by Josh Wulfahrt

Work Ahead, 2022. 66" x 42" x 48"
A discarded road work sign wrapped in rusted steel wool with a repurposed limb from a blighted tree stands in the way through the gallery. Part of my thesis show, Dregs, at the Anderson Gallery in Richmond, 2022. Abandoned roadwork sign, steel wool, found bent bolts, tree branch Photo by Josh Wulfahrt

dregs, 2022, Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA

dregs, 2022, Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA

and I hope to see you, duo with Harrison Wayne Stove Works, Chattanooga TN

and I hope to see you, duo with Harrison Wayne Stove Works, Chattanooga TN

cultches, 2025, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY

cultches, 2025, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY

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