The solo exhibition by Kelly Akashi in La Jolla is the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's largest exhibit to date of the L.A. artist's work
For any serious visual artist, there comes a time when they begin to consider their legacy — that they’re leaving behind.
“Being as a Thing,” a hand-blown glass and hair sculpture featured in “Kelly Akashi: Formations” at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla through Feb. 18. The “stuff” in question could both refer to her body of subsequent works, but also to Akashi herself. “For me, bronze casting became another version of that,” says the L.A. native. “ When I was making the candles, melting them and then casting them in bronze, it was very interesting to me because while the original object is no longer there, the result could be something like a relic of that original thing.”
“Inheritance,” a 2021 stone from Poston, lead crystal hand and grandmother’s ring by Kelly Akashi for the exhibit “Kelly Akashi: Formations” at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.