Jim Houser
dal 5/5/2006 al 2/6/2006
Segnalato da
5/5/2006
Jim Houser
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
This Place Is Ours Now
This Place Is Ours Now
Opening on Saturday May 6, 2006, Merry Karnowsky is pleased to present This Place is
Ours Now, an exhibition of paintings and wall installations by artist Jim
Houser.This will be the artist's first solo exhibition at the gallery,
and is the culmination of several years of focused studio work. Houser is known for
his work in diverse media-drawing, painting and installations. This exhibition
will include entirely new works, along with a few site specific, large-scale wall
and sculptural installations.
Jim Houser uses fragments of personal experience to capture and catalogue imagery
while using the convention of the fine and decorative arts as a formal point of
departure. Densely layered and vaguely topographical, his paintings suggest
sequences of cosmic secrets and fragments populated by science fiction, animals,
and caricatured figures. In his intricate wall installations, space itself becomes
a physical container for pictorial encoded thoughts and symbols. Houser's
dynamic kaleidoscopic surfaces, which continue to unfold after prolonged viewing,
map to poignant personal moments in time drawn from the artists life.
As a graphic designer, Jim Houser has worked for toy Machine, Designarium, and
Nike. In 2005, Ginko Press released the hard bound book BABEL which catalogues
Houser's life in the arts.
Sponsored in part by Motorola and Swindle Magazine
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 6, 8-11 pm
Merry Karnowsky Gallery
170 South La Brea Avenue - Los Angeles