Stacy Lynn Waddell (CRF 2022) spoke with Artnet about her new series of 10 works on paper, each featuring a plant specimen rendered in pastiglia, or paste work, and covered in 22-karat gold leaf. “Edibles” will be on view with Rebecca Camacho Presents at FOG Design+Art 2025 and marks Waddell’s first solo presentation with Camacho. Click here for the full article.
“All 10 pieces [in ‘Edibles’] are overlain exclusively with gold, making their low-relief images difficult to discern from a single vantage point, prompting the viewer to move around the piece to see all the different details depending on the light.
‘My work tends to be a quieter read, I am asking you [the viewer] to look at something that is a monochrome, also a metallic monochrome, and engage with something that isn’t necessarily easy to engage with. The graphic capability of the work itself is a slow read, and it’s layered between other stuff. You’re negotiating light and shadow, depending on the space the work is shown in.’
The angles, both physically and intellectually, at which Waddell’s new work can be approached are numerous yet subtle. Despite their glittering opulence, their presence is decidedly quiet, and contemplative. Against the backdrop of the fair’s (and life’s) clamor and commotion, they invite viewers to take pause, offering a moment of respite and reflection.”
-“How a Foray Into Edibles Sparked This Artist’s Gilded Series” by Annikka Olsen for Artnet
Image: Stacy Lynn Waddell, detail of Untitled (Lemon Daylily) (2024). Photo: Kunning Huang. Courtesy of Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco.