Stanley Edmondson is an LA based artist whose works are reminiscent of the California Funk Art Movement, but take deeper inspiration from 1960s-70s comics and anime – this is especially true for his figurative works that share a semblance to the Japanese cult classic, “Gigantor,” in which a giant robot is built for war but transforms into a guardian of peace.

Working predominantly with homemade clay, Edmondson embraces the Bauhaus practice of weaving craft with fine art and the technical challenges of fabrication.

Stan’s art is born out of the child’s world of play. Play is even older than art - older than humans even. It is primordial. Clay is primordial too. It is matter, or mater (mother). Stan connects the dots between these two states- the matter state of clay- and the ethereal state of play which exists in the space between us - a spark, a light, a temporal state- and one that can be found over and over again.

Stan’s work is his world. He makes his own reality. We are invited in.