Two exhibitions
dal 13/5/2005 al 25/6/2005
Segnalato da
13/5/2005
Two exhibitions
d.e.n. Contemporary Art, Culver City
In Michael Napper's abstract paintings and works on paper, a variety of line, layers, and stains add up and evolve into a terrain of growth, loss, and broken language. In her work Leyla Cardena continues to explore ways of documenting and recycling architectonic and urban surfaces; on show in the Project Room her sculptural installation
Main Gallery
Michael Napper
Flesh/ dirt/ planets. New paintings
Project Room
Leyla Cardenas. Installation
d.e.n. contemporary art is pleased to present flesh / dirt / planets, an
exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Los Angeles artist Michael
Napper.
In Napper's abstract compositions, a variety of line, layers, and stains add
up and evolve into a terrain of growth, loss, and broken language.
Incorporating scribbled notes and simple drawings in graphite, traces of dry
pigment, and patches of dense oil paint, such discord of surface and line
evoke an association to flesh, earth, and a reticent desire for
communication. Emerging in the work is an atmosphere of visceral
transmission, a landscape of matter and process, where each piece registers
as a map of intimacy and introversion.
Born in Pasadena, Napper currently lives in Los Angeles. His work is
included in private collections found nationally as well as in several
countries including Ireland, Sweden, Germany, and China. His artwork is
also featured throughout the book of collected poetry by
novelist/poet/playwright Dan Fante.
A sculptural installation by Leyla Cardenas will be featured in the Project
Room. In Cardenas' work, she continues to explore ways of documenting and
recycling architectonic and urban surfaces. Materials of found wood,
shingles, string, and pins suggest a dialogue between strength and
vulnerability, between hope and despair, and a desire to structure the
delicate and fragmented into shelter or home.
Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, Cardenas recently earned her M.F.A.
from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received the
2003-2004 Art Council Award.
Immage: Michael Napper, "Voluble Utterance," 2005, oil and graphite on paper, 20 x 15 inches.
Both artists will be in attendance at the opening reception on Saturday, May
14, from 5 Â 8 pm
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d.e.n. contemporary art
6023 Washington Blvd., Culver City
Gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00am to 5:30pm