Doug Edge - Kate Harding - Bob Biggs
Doug Edge: New Paintings & Rocks
curated by Kristine Mckenna
Kate Harding: Whiskey Creek
Bob Biggs–OPP: A Roadmap to Nowhere
Doug Edge
Since the 1960s, Doug Edge has been innovative in his use of
media—plastic, resin, wood, glass, and steel—while maintaining
a conceptual yet socio-political approach to his work. Author
Michele De Angelus describes Edge as "a man who intuitively
understands the nature of each respective medium, its inherent
properties, and so fully and passionately rejoices in and
celebrates the inherent possibility of each." Though he is best
known for his sculptures, Edge is equally evocative in his most
recent paintings.
Kate Harding
Harding's Whiskey Creek series explores the construction and
deconstruction of nature, and change of seasons using leather
garments. The Whiskey Creek pieces embody the context of the
mediums' past lives: as animal, skin, second skin, property,
and fashion statement. Details are indicated by well
distinguished, however, irregular shapes of color whose
translation border on the topographical. The surface treatment
and its simultaneous suggestion of illusionary space create
both elements of description and abstraction.
Bob Biggs
Though he is widely known for his involvement in Slash Magazine
and for founding and heading Slash Records, Bob Biggs has
painted throughout his career. His most recent body of work is
the culmination of his persistent attention to paring down
imagery and stripping it of its meaning.
Opening reception Saturday, September 6 from 6 to 9 PM
Track 16 Gallery, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg C-1
Santa Monica
Free admission