Brian Oakes – SEED exhibition at Blade Study

SEED was Brooklyn-based sculptor Brian Oakes’ first solo exhibition with gallery Blade Study, taking place between September and October 2024.

From Blade Study:

Everything starts with organic processes, even industrialization and its decline. To seed is to put creation into motion and refers to any input used to initialize a generative process. The artist’s mechanized artworks explore a commodities journey from conception, production, and logistics, finally landing at display.

The communication uses Plain Form’s organic all-caps script Ready Active Light, which very much echoes the grown crystals, electric circuits and other similar elements present in Brian Oakes’ work. It is accompanied by Phlegm and Inter, while the gallery’s logo uses PVC Banner.