heavy souls and weightless bronze | inside the brodin gallery

Highland Avenue is no stranger to a bold entrance, but at number 1128, the traditional Los Angeles art tropes are being bent into entirely new shapes. Husband-and-wife creatives Gavin and Kelley Brodin have established a dual sanctuary where industrial weight and psychological fragility sit side by side, marking a permanent home for their sculptural practices. Speaking with Schön!, the pair discuss the opening of their new destination and the challenge of rendering bronze weightless for the debut exhibition, ‘Hard n’ Soft.’ Launching Brodin Gallery and their Formed For studio during the rush of Frieze week gave the couple a space where the focus rests entirely on emotional impact. While the studio handles larger, site-responsive commissions that interact with architecture, the gallery offers room for internal, conceptual work to breathe without the constraints of a client brief. A tension born from two distinct histories drives the partnership. Gavin, originally from London, spent over 25 years shaping the interiors of demanding properties like the Spelling Manor, rooted in architectural logic and the physics of how an object dominates a room. Conversely, Kelley approaches the work through fine art and botanical installation. After moving through Connecticut, Europe and New Zealand, her focus settled... Read more » The post heavy souls and weightless bronze | inside the brodin gallery appeared first on Schön! Magazine.