Episode No. 746 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Brian Rochefort and curator Catherine Craft.
Rochefort is among the artists included in “Made in L.A. 2025,” the biennial at the Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles. The exhibition was curated by Essence Harden and Paulina Pobocha with Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow and is on view through March 1.
Rochefort’s ceramic sculptures are informed by abstract painting, the earth’s geology, and more. Over the last decade he has shown at commercial galleries in the US, Greece, Italy, Belgium, France, and more. His work is in the collection of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
Craft is the curator of “Rauschenberg Sculpture” at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. The exhibition presents highlights from Rauschenberg’s three-dimensional practice and is on view through April 26.
Instagram: Brian Rochefort, Catherine Craft, Tyler Green.
Air date: February 19. 2026.
Brian Rochefort, Scald Rain, 2025.
Installation view, “Made in LA 2025,” Hammer Museum, UCLA.
Installation view, “Made in LA 2025,” Hammer Museum, UCLA.
Installation view, “Made in LA 2025,” Hammer Museum, UCLA.
Brian Rochefort, Clam, 2018.
Brian Rochefort, Grounding Technique, 2022.
Ken Price, Unit 3, from the series ‘Happy’s Curios,’ 1972-77.
Brian Rochefort, Relief Painting, 2018.
Robert Rauschenberg, Monogram, 1955-59.
Robert Rauschenberg, Trojan Wedge (Scale), 1977.
Robert Rauschenberg, Greenhouse, 1950.
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