



Bricks and Balloons
2020
In "Bricks and Balloons," Rebecca Campbell stages a quietly charged scene in which the weight of constructed environments meets the levity of childhood wonder. Rendered in oil on canvas at a commanding 128.3 × 101.6 cm, the composition draws on Campbell's signature ability to hold psychological tension within moments that appear, on the surface, deceptively simple. The brickwork carries a sense of permanence and boundary, while the balloons introduce color, buoyancy, and a fleeting quality that resists containment. Together these elements articulate one of Campbell's enduring preoccupations: the negotiation between the world as it is built for us and the interior life we carry within it. Campbell, a Los Angeles-based painter widely exhibited across the United States, works in a tradition that honors both the figurative and the emotionally symbolic. Her canvases are known for their luminous handling of light and their ability to locate the mythological within the everyday. "Bricks and Balloons," completed in 2020, reflects the particular cultural and psychological atmosphere of that year, when questions of confinement, resilience, and joy took on heightened meaning. The painting does not offer easy resolution but instead invites sustained looking, rewarding collectors who appreciate work that deepens over time. Signed by the artist and presented unframed, this work offers the acquiring collector flexibility in how it is presented and situated within an existing body of holdings. Currently available through Modern West, "Bricks and Balloons" represents a strong opportunity to acquire a mid-career work from an artist whose critical and market profile continues to grow with considerable momentum.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Modern West
For Sale — $24000
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