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July 31, 2014
Kevin Scianni isolates elements of pictorial space - color, linear perspective, scale, and overlapping planes - and arranges them into paintings with irrational geometric configurations. He likens this analytical approach to the way digital media manipulates information by breaking it down into encoded elements. He is interested in the way this process quantifies information so that it is completely contextless and malleable. Kevin quantifies pictorial space as a way to explore spatial relationships. His compositions contain shifting perspectives through layers of translucent and opaque planes. These spatial configurations do not necessarily function in a cohesive way but are illogical and incongruous. This underlies the potential irrationality of the process. Though the paintings begin with a series of preliminary studies, they are designed to be a loose structure, which then gets manipulated through this process of reconfiguration.
Rema Ghuloum’s paintings are reflections of paintings and sculptures that she produces in her studio. Rema is mostly interested in the ways in which one sees, absorbs, and recalls an experience through the process of painting. Recently, Rema has been drawing inspiration from Giorgio Morandi’s still life paintings. Like Morandi, Rema arranges still lifes of her sculptures into different configurations, which she then examines from different vantage points. Subsequently, she paints aspects of these arrangements from observation and memory. Rema’s paintings oscillate between abstraction and representation and the illusion of two and three- dimensions. To further emphasize this, Rema has been utilizing muted palettes in the paintings as a way to unify the forms and apply more stress on space created through the process of layering and excavating – color, marks, and shapes.
Both Kevin’s and Rema’s paintings use the language of abstraction and representation in different ways. Rema’s marks have a sense of immediacy. They are direct and intuitive while Kevin’s are methodical. Rema moves paint quickly in a less uniform way while Kevin plans, masks then applies paint in flat matted layers. Kevin’s forms are rigidly geometric while Rema’s geometries are painterly and loose. Kevin’s paintings relate to information processing while Rema’s relate to the process of translation. Despite these differences, both painters share common conceptual themes. Both begin with a specific structure that is interpreted through varying degrees of complexity, shifts in perspective and contrasting formal elements. Both generate paintings through processes that shift context. Kevin removes pictorial elements from the context of cohesive pictorial space while Rema shifts context through painted interpretations of her sculptures which pass through the filter of memory, recollection, and experience.
Disparate Whole is a one night only, Kamikaze exhibit at PØST.
July 31, 2014
7 – 9 pm
PØST: 1904 East 7th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90021
http://www.postlosangeles.org
February 15, 2014
The Coachella Valley Art Center and LGT! curatorial present LA n CV, a survey show of Los Angeles area artists including painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, drawing, video, and performance, curated by Mike McLain. The reception will be held Saturday, February 15th from 6-9pm, with a closing reception on Sunday, February 23rd from 1-4pm.
The show will run from February 6th- 28th, with gallery hours by appointment only. Admission to the Coachella Valley Art Center and this exhibit is free and open to the public. Please call (760) 799-4364 to schedule a visit.
This is part one of a two part survey that explores the relationships between artists making work in the desert terrain of the Coachella Valley and the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles’ cityscape. LA n CV will exhibit Angelinos at Coachella Valley Art Center and CV n LA will exhibit desert artists in the city (TBD). The show dates were specifically chosen to correspond with the Palm Springs Art Fair and Modernism Week events, both of which cause an influx of the LA Art Scene to the desert.
Artists include:
Shiva Aliabadi, Tania Jazz Alvarez, David Arenas, Jacqueline Bell Johnson, the California Poppy Collective, Janine Cortez Ker, Matthew Carter, Jacob Fowler, Kristin Frost, Dion Johnson, Takeshi Kanemura, Virginia Katz, Aragna Ker, Mihyang Kim, Zach Kleyn, Marion Lane, Alan Marx, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Kathleen Melian, Thinh Nguyen, Hung Viet Nguyen, Max Presneill, Ranwakaba, Yoshie Sakai, Conchi Sanford, Kevin Scianni, Nicolas Shake, Hiroshi Shimizu, Curtis Stage, Dai Toyofuku, Nano Rubio
About the Curator:
Mike McLain is an artist and curator who has worked all over Southern California, since receiving his MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2010. Of recent note is his curation of Paint Can, which exhibited in the Pomona Packing Plant in 2012. His studio is currently housed at the Coachella Valley Art Center and he resides in Palm Springs.
About the Venue:
Coachella Valley Art Center is a newly established art resource in downtown Indio. Featuring ample gallery space, rentable studios, a classroom, plus a small theatre, the CVAC is set to support the artistic community of the valley.
May 12, 2012
ROY G BIV is an exhibit about the visual perceptions of color and serves as an exploration of the full spectrum of light. Each piece interacts with our spectral sensitivities and uniquely categorizes and at times displaces a diverse set of hues.
Elise Lee holds an M.F.A from the Pratt Institute. Lee's work is a collage of emotions, bright colors and patterns all of which serve as a language of felicity. The rounded shapes are derived from an image of hands thus her paintings transition from representational to symbolic and from simple images to a dynamic set of forms in dialogue.
Kevin Scianni's current paintings find inspiration in line. As a fundamental mark and one of the most basic elements of art, line has infinite interpretive possibilities. Lines may be rigid, stiff and designate a separation, a defining edge, a border, or restriction. But it can also be fluid and imply connections, paths, movement, a network, or a way of communicating. He received his M.F.A from the Claremont Graduate University.
Elise Lee | Kevin Scianni
ROY G BIV
May 12 - June 23, 2012