On the Record
“Applying an almost surgical level of craftsmanship to precise concepts and imprecise forms, Mason’s work operates at levels perceptual and political.”
– Texas A&M University Press, Jun 2018
“In the tradition of minimalists like Donald Judd, Mason keeps [The Mirror Series] simple, but he steps away from the past through painting the surface and adding geometric space, hidden between his forms.”
– Mod Media, Dec 2013
“[The Umasi Collection] is what Gerrit Rietveld might’ve cooked up if he’d swung through Twin Peaks.”
– Paper City, Apr 2011
“You could say Mason’s oeuvre grapples with modernism versus tradition, with rampant consumerism versus sustainability, with strict functionality of craft versus design with a message – and you’d be right on all three counts.”
– Forbes, Mar 2011
“This [Umasi Chair] is fucked up…but it’s so clearly fucked up, and that’s what I like about it. It belongs in the Cooper-Hewitt.”
– Hamza Walker, Associate Curator, University of Chicago, Jun 2009
“Mason’s pieces balance all the tranquility and excitement of a Rietveld chair, while blurring the line between furniture and sculpture, like the designs of Noguchi.”
– Brilliant, May 2007
