Kim Rugg / Josh Azzarella
dal 12/2/2010 al 12/3/2010
Segnalato da
12/2/2010
Kim Rugg / Josh Azzarella
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica
Please Remain Calm is a sophomore solo exhibition of new work by Kim Rugg. With surgical blades and a meticulous hand, Rugg dissects and reassembles newspapers, stamps, comic books, cereal boxes and postage stamps in order to render them conventionally illegible. Untitled #100 (Fantasia) is the new work by Azzarella. Sourcing the opus of pop music videos, artist unveils a masterpiece born of two laborious years of frame-by-frame manipulation and editing.
Mark Moore Gallery is delighted to announce "Please Remain Calm," a sophomore solo exhibition of new work by Kim Rugg. With surgical blades and a meticulous hand, Rugg dissects and reassembles newspapers, stamps, comic books, cereal boxes and postage stamps in order to render them conventionally illegible. The front page of the LA Times becomes neatly alphabetized jargon, debunking the illusion of its producers' authority as much as the message itself. Through her reappropriation of medium and meaning, she effectively highlights the innately slanted nature of the distribution of information as well as its messengers. Rugg will also debut several new hand-drawn works alongside wallpaper installations, both of which toy with authenticity and falsehood through subtle trompe l'oeil. Her work can be seen in the National Gallery of Art (D.C.) and the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation (CA), among other collections.
The gallery is also pleased to present "Untitled #100 (Fantasia)," a simultaneous solo exhibition in the Project Room featuring new works by Josh Azzarella. Recently acquired by the SFMOMA (CA), and the recipient of the 2006 Aldrich Museum's "Emerging Artist Award," Azzarella creates videos that explore the power of context in the authorship of memory, oftentimes utilizing seminal media moments in pop culture and politics to create accessible confrontations with historiography. For his first solo show in Los Angeles, he will showcase his benchmark video work to date, Untitled #100 (Fantasia) (2007-2009) in the Project Room, alongside five studio-fresh stills. Sourcing the opus of pop music videos, Azzarella will unveil a masterpiece born of two laborious years of frame-by-frame manipulation and editing. This, is Thriller.
Image: Kim Rugg
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 13, 5-7p
Mark Moore Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, A-1, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Gallery Hours Tuesday - Saturday 11-6, and by appointment daily
free admission