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48 Hills Article: “In Simple Cardboard, Ann Weber Finds Endless Resiliency and Expression”
May 2024
By Mary Corbin
“Sculpture artist Ann Weber has taken dumpster diving to a new level. Transitioning from the world of clay to recycled cardboard as her medium of choice, the Los Angeles-based artist made a name for herself in the East Bay for years utilizing this ubiquitous disposable material. In large-scale works that evoke an anthropomorphic, figurative presence, Weber has yet to exhaust the infinite possibilities of the medium.”
Featured on KTLA 5’s Gayle on the Go
April 2024
I had the most extraordinary experience when the inimitable KTLA 5’s Gayle Anderson walked through my door. She and her side kick Bob Keet (they could be a comedy duo) helped me make my Los Angeles Television debut on the morning news- 5 segments from 7-10AM.
Talk about a master class in reporting, Gayle told my story including images from Frank Gehry cardboard chairs which was my initial inspiration for using cardboard for my sculptures to dumpster diving during my stay at the American Academy in Rome.
She received information about my exhibition at Catalina Museum from the PR firm the Ace Agency and used this as a jumping off point to visit my studio and decided to include me on her “Gayle on the Go” weekly program.
Go to my link in Bio to see a segment of Live TV. This was a thrill of a lifetime. I am still glowing and so thankful for this opportunity.
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Art and Community: A Discussion with Frances Anderton and Ann Weber
December 2023
In addition to a daily studio practice artist Ann Weber believes that participating in the arts community has furthered her ambitions beyond measure. In this discussion, Weber and design and community scholar Frances Anderton talk about how to become more involved with the magnificent culture of Los Angeles. Anderton tells stories and distills ideas about design, architecture and the cityscape of Los Angeles in print, broadcast media and public events. The author of "Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles, a Fellow of Friends of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles (FORT:LA) currently researching "Awesome and Affordable", and best known as the host of KCRW's DnA:Design and Architecture program.
Cover of House Beautiful Magazine
Sept 2023
What a thrill to see this sculpture called Happiest Days of Our Lives on the front cover of House Beautiful Magazine. Thank you to Tricia Benitez Beanum at Popup Home and Sarah Griffin at Unrepd and Wonzimer for making this happen. In Los Angeles at 642 N Western Ave. Thank you for the great photo by ophie Andreassend.
This magazine has been around since 1896. We artists dream about being inside the covers of our favorite art magazines but to really be seen by a huge audience it takes the Hearst Corporation. House Beautiful is the oldest still-published magazine in its genre. I'm proud to be here.
Ann Weber Makes A Sculpture
July 2022
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Ann Weber creates monumental sculpture out of found cardboard boxes.
Ann Moves To A New Studio
January 2022
Ann Weber is part of a community of over 50 artists with studios at Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, CA.
A Conversation with Ann Weber: Enough, Not Enough
October 2017
Sometime not so long after this magazine had been launched, I remember a conversation I had with Ann Weber. I knew her work, but if we’d actually met, the word acquaintance would suffice. The conversation began well, and quickly became quite friendly. In recollection, I was surprised by its warmth and can remember feeling emboldened. Before long a proposal was put forth—by whom, I don’t recall, but I suspect it was Ann. “Why don’t we begin a series of dinners with artists? We’d each invite two or three artists. It could be at my studio and I’d do the cooking.” (this part I do recall)
Ann Weber in Rome
At the American Academy in Rome, filmmaker, Nick Heller, followed Visiting Artist, Ann Weber on her daily rounds, scavenging cardboard boxes out of dumpsters, collecting ideas from architectural details and Bernini sculptures and creating sculpture in her studio.
Visiting Artist and Scholars Program, American Academy in Rome
Large-scale wall sculptures were created from beautiful Italian cardboard scavenged from dumpsters. Inspiration came from the Laocoon sculpture in the Vatican Museum, the view outside Weber's 15-foot studio window overlooking the city, and the drapery of High Baroque sculpture.
"Extreme patterns in Bernini's drapery express spiritual passion. These shapes are not simply signifiers of clothing: in their abstract complexity the folds seem to preordain abstract expressionist art. By selecting details from his drapery in The Ecstasy of St. Teresa or the Angels with the Superscription, then magnifying these details, and executing them in cardboard, I explore this aspect of his work as a separate and complete entity."—AW
Ann Weber was invited by the International School of Beijing to create a monumental sculpture with students, addressing the theme of water in China. Watch as this sculpture is created in 4 minutes! The work was exhibited at Shenshi Sky Gallery at 798 Art Zone.
2013 Artist in Residence, International School of Beijing, People’s Republic of China
International School of Beijing invited San Francisco-based sculptor Ann Weber to work with students to create a large-scale sculpture for the Beijing Global Initiatives Network Conference sponsored by the school. During her month-long residency, Weber and students in grades K–12 created a 22-foot collaborative sculpture entitled The Ripple Effect, that addresses the theme of water in today’s China.
Tag along with artist Ann Weber as she dumpster dives for cardboard and transforms it into monumental sculptures Original air date: April 2003.