Here are images guaranteed to make a number of my New York painter friends swoon. The show, at George Lawson in Culver City, is simply called "Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like." I like them, too. The work is modestly scaled and self-effacing, but the artists have their say with the paint. Each piece is powerful in it's own awkward (that's a good thing) way.
The gallery is having a panel discussion on Saturday, March 10, at 2pm, moderated by painter Marie Thibeault--I wish I could go.
Jonathan Apgar,
Double Neighbor, 2011,
oil on canvas,
20 x 20 inches.
Sarah Awad,
Bridge Over Isis, 2011,
oil on canvas,
38 x 42 inches.
Rema Ghuloum,
Light at 15th and Harrison, 3PM, 2011
oil and acrylic on canvas,
9 x 10 inches.
Christopher Kuhn,
Lost and Found, 2011
oil, acrylic, spray paint on canvas,
40 x 30 inches.
Anne McCaddon,
Pinwheel W, 2010,
oil on canvas,
18 x 23 inches.
Jacob Melchi
Diamond 1, 2008
oil on linen
17 x 15 inches.
Nano Rubio
Accelerated Grimacing 4, 2010
acrylic on canvas
7 x 5 inches.
Installation view at George Lawson Gallery.
"Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like: Jonathan Apgar, Sarah Awad, Rema Ghuloum, Christopher Kuhn, Anne McCaddon, Jacob Melchi, Nano Rubio. George Lawson Gallery, Clver City, CA. Through March 17, 2012.
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3 comments:
Thank You Sharon for this very useful information !
Regards, Roger B.
doesnt look good to me, not sure why (awkward) or (casual) abstraction is so trendy these days. but it bores me. anybody with half a sense of painting can sling things together like this. give me a break.
Thanks for sharing LA with your audience. It seems as if there may be a dialog happening here.
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