Dani Dodge & Sandy Layton: Unresolved absence
Dani Dodge & Sandy Layton explore the meaning of relationships and struggle.
Today we speak with Dani Dodge of Los Angeles and Sandy Layton of London about their recent collaboration for Resolution, presented by Artists in Arms & Torrance Art Museum in London.
Both Dodge and Layton have backgrounds that required adept perception into the human experience. Now as artists, they explore the meaning of relationships. Dodge has a surrealist play with material in her work, and Layton forms clay into a balance of structure and movement.
Unresolved absence: A meditation on stability and longing is a collaborative work by Dodge and Layton depicting various unstable chairs. Dodge's made of fabric and stuffed suspend above Layton's ceramic, misshapen chairs splayed on a table below. Resolution was an exhibition bringing together artists from London and Los Angeles at the turn of the year, a time shaped by shifting political realities and suspended between intentions and outcomes.
See more of Dadi Dodge's work at danidodge.com and follow on Instagram. Sandy Layton's work can be found at sandylayton.com and Instagram.
A special thank you to Artists in Arms and Torrance Art Museum for continued support of these artists and allowing this discussion. To learn about upcoming shows visit Artists in Arms and TorranceArtMuseum.com.
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Unresolved absence: A meditation on stability and longing, 2026 - Thames-Side Studio Gallery, Courtesy of the artists
Interview by Eric Beal, Los Angeles Curator
