Friday, March 23, 2018

Aaron Wrinkle "LA Salon" @ there-there


VGC 10 with Blue Form/Sleeper, 2018
Flashe and acrylic on cotton bed sheet
77 x 77 inches




Biomorphic. cf. Miro 



VGC 7 Blue/The Fall, 2018
Flashe on cotton


cf. Baziotes


VGC 9/Cut + Paste, 2018
Flashe, acrylic, and enamel on canvas on board with aluminum frame



Pinwheel. Kaleidoscope. Pastiche. Breaking apart. Work rags. Car and painting. 





America Now/Multi Colored, 2017
Acrylic, enamel and spray paint on found educational banner
63 x 29 inches



Flag. Color. Muddled. cf. Jasper Johns (maybe)



VGC 00/Transmitter, 2016
Acrylic, enamel and industrial filler on canvas
39 x 26 inches



Contained. Not fussy. 





Farm Form 1/Missouri, 2016
Auto enamel and industrial filler on canvas
53 x 33 inches




Farm Form 1/Missouri, 2016
Auto enamel and industrial filler on canvas
55 x 33 inches






GOD 999/Black Form, 2016
Scary paint, acrylic, enamel and oil on found canvas in artist frame
60 x 85 inches






The Kiss with Moon/Black, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
96 x 48 inches

Folky. Materials born of necessity (frames, surfaces). Thinking born of a similar sense of need? 

These paintings are like a young girl playing with a super ball. Catch. Release. Move. Chase. Stop. Continue. Try again. Playful. Short-lived. Repeat. And also like handling slime. 

An honest/earnest inquiry. 


Peter Halley @ Kohn Gallery


HUB, 1998
Acrylic, Day-Glo, metallica acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
92 x 69 inches



Shahryar Nashat "Image is An Orphan" @ David Kordansky


Untitled, 2018
UV printed on Hydrocal, gesso, rubber, and powered-coated steel
42 1/2 x 34 1/8 x 2 inches





Cold Horizontal (GHOST), 2017
synthetic polymer, fiberglass pigment, and powder coated steel
31 1/2 x 70 x 18 1/8 inches





The Dangling Else (LIVE HORNY GUYS!!!), 2018
cotton, magazine clippings, metal, and nylon
25 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 5 inches




Mother on Wheels (Verde Antique),  2018
marble, powder-coated steel, and castor (sic) wheels
34 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 19 inches



Subdued lighting. Death drive. Clenching materiality. Unravel fiber (optics). Tombs and monuments. Umbilicus. 



Broken English, 2018
synthetic polymer, atomized acrylic, and fiberglass
15 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches









Image Is an Orphan, 2017
High-definition video, color, sound
TRT: 18:22 minutes



















Synthetically real. Really synthetic. Getting a grip. A light condition. Conditional light. Approaching an unattainable threshold. 

"How will I die?
Who will carry me?
Who will feel my after-effects?
How will image die?"

Acts of power and risk that seek answers to these questions. Individual. Collaborative.