Wayne Coe / Davidd Batalon
dal 5/7/2006 al 25/8/2006
Segnalato da
5/7/2006
Wayne Coe / Davidd Batalon
Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles
The recent work of Wayne Coe is an exploration into the means, methods, and image-making apparatus of media in a time of war. He has constructed a narrative installation using paintings and mixed media works. Davidd Batalon features his paintings dealing with the intersection of being and sensuality. He recognize the central importance of the human body to all culture.
Bert Green Fine presents two solo shows by Wayne Coe and Davidd Batalon.
The recent work of Wayne Coe is an exploration into the means, methods, and
image-making apparatus of media in a time of war. Coe has constructed a narrative
installation using paintings and mixed media works which looks at the subjectivity
of news media and its inherent inability to avoid cultural insensitivity and bias,
and at how media culture trains young males for warlike pursuits - a privately
generated propaganda machine. The focus is on 9/11 and its aftermath, and the war in
Iraq, mixing a healthy dose of ironic skepticism with a biting commentary on the
nature of corporate media and contemporary culture.
Davidd Batalon's second solo show with the gallery features his signature paintings
dealing with the intersection of being and sensuality. Batalon infuses his subject
with an appealing dose of physical intimacy. Starting with the tradition begun by
Paul Cadmus, George Tooker, and Jared French, and adding contemporary influences
such as anime, film culture, and computer-inspired effects, Batalon's paintings
recognize the central importance of the human body to all culture.
In the Project Windows, Jason Chakravarty's neon installation (in association with
the Museum of Neon Art), "Pickled - to preserve or flavor" uses light and ordinary
objects as humanizing narratives. Parris Patton's "The Reverse Gravity of Glass"
explores the hazardous nature of glass, harnessing its sharp edges in a calculated
channeling of materiality and reflection. Roger Bennett and Ken Marsh reproduce
"Dappled Light" - small, bright, sun discs intermingled among the shadows under
trees through which sunlight passes.
All gallery events are free and open to the public. Exhibition information, press
releases and high resolution images may be found at http://www.bgfa.us. The art
exhibition venues in Downtown Los Angeles conduct the Downtown Art Walk on the
Second Thursday of each month from 12 - 9 pm. Details and a map are at
http://www.downtownartwalk.com.
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 13, 6 - 9 pm
Added Event:
Wayne Coe: Conversation with the Artist
"Subjective News: Art as History"
Saturday, July 22 at 2 pm. Free admission.
Bert Green Fine Art
102 West 5th Street - Los Angeles
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12 - 6 pm
Second Thursday Downtown Art Walk: Thursday, July 13, 12 - 9 pm