Concerned with the intimacy of time, the illustration of place, and exploration of mortality, Sam Falls has created his own formal language by intertwining photography's core parameters of time and exposure with nature and her elements. Working largely outdoors with vernacular materials and nature as a site-specific subject, Falls abandons mechanical reproduction in favor of a more symbiotic relationship between subject and object. In doing so, he bridges the gap between photography, sculpture, and painting, as well as the divide between artist, object, and viewer.
Untitled (Air 2)
2021
Glazed ceramic
39 x 66 x 18 cm / 15 3/8 x 26 x 7 1/8 in
© Sam Falls
Night Rain, Morning Mist (Autumn)
2020
Pigment on canvas; 2 parts
Painting 1: 170.5 x 160.5 x 3 cm / 67 1/8 x 63 1/4 x 1 1/8 in
Painting 2: 170.5 x 316.5 x 3 cm / 67 1/8 x 124 5/8 x 1 1/8 in
Total dims.: 170.5 x 477 x 3 cm / 67 1/8 x 187 3/4 x 1 1/8 in
© Sam Falls
The Beginning of the Universe
2020
Iron, cobalt, zinc, and copper oxides on ceramic
200 x 137 x 17 cm / 78 3/4 x 53 7/8 x 6 3/4 in
© Sam Falls
Window (Antelope Valley, CA., 1)
2018–2019
Pigment on canvas
101.5 x 68.5 cm / 40 x 27 in
© Sam Falls
Schindler
2018
Pigment on canvas
330 x 635 x 4 cm / 129 7/8 x 250 x 1 5/8 in
© Sam Falls
Untitled (Serrano Garden, 4)
2018
Glazed ceramic
42 x 26 x 29 cm / 16 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 11 3/8 in
© Sam Falls
Untitled (Griffith Park, banana tree)
2017
Ceramic
138.5 x 82.5 x 3 cm / 54 5/8 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/8 in
© Sam Falls
Untitled (Healing pavilion: calm and balance, peaceful sleep, soothes frayed nerves, endocrine system healing, mental organization, stress relief, patience, helps kidney function and fatigue, writer's block and truthfulness, overcoming fear, and unconditional love, respectively to stones below)
2015
Gemstone terrazzo, steel
183 x 61 x 183 cm / 72 x 24 x 72 in
© Sam Falls
Untitled (Pallet 10, Pomona)
2013
Polyester and metal grommets
305 x 2164 cm / 120 x 852 in
© Sam Falls
Untitled (Hartland, VT Rain, Rope, 6)
2013
Fabric dye on rope and canvas
235 x 172.5 cm / 92 1/2 x 68 in
© Sam Falls
Untitled (Hartland, VT, Ferns 4H)
2013
Pigment on canvas
350.5 x 412 cm / 138 x 162 1/4 in
© Sam Falls
