Two exhibitions
dal 17/11/2006 al 21/12/2006
Segnalato da
17/11/2006
Two exhibitions
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica
Vernon Fisher's multi-media paintings engage with a narrative conceptualism, which when placed over a deliberately misleading grid system, imply that the intent is an informational attempt to solidify meaning. In the project room: new sculpture by Chris Tallon.
Vernon Fisher and Chris Tallon
Mark Moore Gallery is pleased to announce new paintings by Vernon Fisher.
Addressing the everyday business of living, Fisher's multi-media paintings engage
with a narrative conceptualism which when placed over a deliberately misleading grid
system imply that the intent is an informational attempt to solidify meaning. Fisher
of course, positively dismisses this possibility via the fluid and interconnected
juxtapositions of images and text, which undermine static and singular readings. A
mixture of factuality's, personal reflection and prognostication, memories and
ruminations, which face the problem of navigating meaning in the world, often with a
self-depreciating humor, Fisher's constant invention keep one's attention locked
into the complex dialogue that intrigues him too.
Fisher was included in the 2000 Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New
York and was the subject of a one-person exhibition at The Glassell School of Art of
the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Fisher is included in major public collections
including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New
York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, DC; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art.
Mark Moore Gallery is also pleased to announce new sculpture by Chris Tallon.
Historically, the use of tools has defined the separation from humanity and the
animal kingdom. Inherently a human characteristic designed to control and organize
the world around us, tools allow humans to go forth and conquer nature, for good or
ill, representing the physical strength, and extreme weakness, of humanity.
In the sculptural work of Chris Tallon we see several key contemporary issues arise
from paper and cardboard constructions, posting notice of a rising uncertainty
within the American culture for its male populace. The selection of mass produced
utilitarian tools made in fragile materials as personalized sculptures, as objects
we identify with, begins a dualistic dialogue within the works which address ideas
of this masculinity, its constructed and ultimately unstable nature and its eventual
transience.
A graduate of the UCLA department of art and architecture, Tallon has previously
exhibited at Raid Projects, Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, and
Borusan Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Image: Vernon Fisher
There will be a reception for the artists Saturday, November 18th, 2006 from 5 - 7 pm
Mark Moore Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, A-1 - Santa Monica
Gallery Hours 10 AM to 6 PM Tuesday - Friday, 11 AM - 5 PM Saturday