The Big New

The Big New 's art fabrication company was founded in June 2020 by Patrick Rees and Eduardo Ortiz, who had worked closely together for many years running one of the leading art foundries in Los Angeles. Between them, the founders have many decades of foundry, art fabrication and contemporary art experience at the highest levels and have overseen and produced major work for artists such as, Yayoi Kusama, Sterling Ruby, Cleon Peterson, Claire Tabouret, Tony Matelli, Liz Glynn, FriendsWithYou, Friedrich Kunath, KAWS and Anne Imhof, institutions such as LACMA, Musée Picasso, ICA Miami, MOCA, MOMA and galleries such as Gagosian Gallery, Sprüth Magers, Xavier Hufkins, Hauser and Wirth, The Hole and Blum and Poe. The Big New is a premier contemporary art fabrication and metal casting company that specializes in working with leading contemporary artists on visionary and technically demanding contemporary art projects. We provide expertise in all stages of sculpture production from conceptual development through to full project management, engineering consultation, bronze, stainless-steel and aluminum casting, painting and finishing. We work closely with artists and understand that their work demands the highest levels of rigor and precision. As a result, we are singularly focused on producing exceptional work that realizes their artistic vision.