Ceremonies of consummation
dal 3/5/2006 al 23/6/2006
Segnalato da
3/5/2006
Ceremonies of consummation
Peres Projects Chinatown, Los Angeles
Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom. Their sculptures are often arranged to suggest a range of images, from minimal sculpture to failed architectural experiments to vanity mirrors, but the sound components imbedded within the simple forms are at the heart of these works.
Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom
Javier Peres is very pleased to present the first Los Angeles solo exhibition of
Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom, “Ceremonies of consummation" Gonzalez and Russom
will present a new body of sculptures triggered by sound. The artists reside in
Berlin and New York and will be present for the opening.
In their sculptures and installations, Gonzalez and Russom explore the forces of
magic on earth via simple modular forms made in Formica. The sculptures are often
arranged to suggest a range of images, from minimal sculpture to failed
architectural experiments to vanity mirrors, but the sound components imbedded
within the simple forms are at the heart of these works. The duo imbed analog
synthesizers that play meditative, repetitive sound, based on the settings of knobs
on controls panel built into each of the works. The sound that lurks from the forms
takes over space via repetitive sound waves which create new forms that become
sculptures that exist, albeit momentarily, yet continuously. The forms created by
the sounds can be made and remade infinitely, in a multitude of forms, as an endless
pursuit of creation, meditation, and consummation.
Recent exhibitions include “While Interwoven Echoes Drip into a Hybrid Body - an
Exhibition about Sound Performance and Sculpture," curated by Heike Munder and
Raphael Gygax, Migros,Museum fur gegenwartskunst Zurich, Zurich (with catalog), “I
Feel Love," Galleria Fonti, Naples, Italy, “No Ordinary Sanctity," curated by Shamim
Momin in conjunction with Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, Salzburg,
Austria, and “Evolution is Extinct," Daniel Reich, New York, New York. Their work
has been featured in numerous US and international media, including The New York
Times, Artforum, Frieze and most recently, they appeared on the cover of Arthur
accompanied by a feature story entitled “Inner Space Odissey", How Delia and Gavin
Are Making the Earth Cooler".
Image caption: No Way Back, Installation View from “While Interwoven Echoes Drip
into a Hybrid Body - an Exhibition about Sound Performance and Sculpture," curated
by Heike Munder and Raphael Gygax, Migros, Museum fur gegenwartskunst Zurich,
Zurich.
Opening Thursday, May 4, 6 - 9 pm
Peres Projects
969 Chung King Road - Los Angeles
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, from 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.