John Cederquist
John Carl Cederquist is an American sculptor in wood and builder of studio furniture who was born in Altadena, California. He graduated from Long Beach State College with a BA in 1969 and an MA in 1971.
Cederquist is best known for his playful, trompe-l'œil wood assemblages―often in the form of pieces of furniture―that blur the distinctions between reality into illusion. Inspiration for the work comes from a variety of sources; Japanese artistic traditions, American cartoons, and popular iconography from the east and west. This lends a dreamlike quality to the work, as if it were "furniture built within a dream."
Cederquist’s work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, LACMA, The Museum of Arts and Design in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum among many others.
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John Cederquist
John Carl Cederquist is an American sculptor in wood and builder of studio furniture who was born in Altadena, California. He graduated from Long Beach State College with a BA in 1969 and an MA in 1971.
Cederquist is best known for his playful, trompe-l'œil wood assemblages―often in the form of pieces of furniture―that blur the distinctions between reality into illusion. Inspiration for the work comes from a variety of sources; Japanese artistic traditions, American cartoons, and popular iconography from the east and west. This lends a dreamlike quality to the work, as if it were "furniture built within a dream."
Cederquist’s work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, LACMA, The Museum of Arts and Design in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum among many others.