West Water World Sushi Bar

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Freestanding at a striking 85 inches tall, this large scale sculptural piece crafted by American artist Aaron Sheppard is a sight to behold! Using a vast variety of elements in this creation, including Acrylic, oil, spray paint, charcoal, metal screws, fabric on plywood, the artist skillfully fashioned them into a large figure. Sheppard adeptly communicates profound themes of self-definition, spirituality, sensuality, and alternative historical narratives.

About the artist

Aaron Sheppard lives and works in Joshua Tree, California. His work speaks eloquently about constructing and projecting identity, religiosity, sexuality, and counterfactual historicism. His filter is the culture's love of fame and/or pornography, mixed with the romance and perversion of classical allegorical portraiture. His lavish materiality finds a narrative function for neon light tubes, thick heavy paint, and extreme mannerism in his mostly nude figures, forcing people to deal with the inconvenient object and not just the idea of it.