Akashi

Akashi’s work is unlike anything else: a multidisciplinary practice that ranges between glassblowing, casting, candle-making and stone carving, plus her signature hand motif that is usually cast in bronze or crystal.

The collection of works for this show, featuring a number of new pieces, mixes glass, earth, stone, lace and bronze elements, along with some bronze cast and borosilicate glass forms that Akashi recovered from the rubble of her studio.

L.A. artist Kelly Akashi’s show at Lisson was originally meant to feature all new work and open on Jan. 31.

Devastatingly, in early January, Akashi’s home and studio were lost to the fires — putting the exhibition on pause.

Now, like the proverbial phoenix, Akashi’s show will go on, recontextualized to meet the moment.