Kristin Calabrese
23 Jul - 27 Aug 2011
KRISTIN CALABRESE
23 July - 27 August, 2011
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects is pleased to show solo presentations of new work by Kristin Calabrese, Monique van Genderen and Mindy Shapero. The exhibitions juxtapose three unique and very different approaches to art making that are each steeped in a distinct dialogue with art from the west coast.
The first gallery features new paintings by Kristin Calabrese. Entitled "Back of my Face", the exhibition can be read as an attempt to compress the artist's thoughts and feelings into paintings. "Back of my Face" is a poetic title - descriptive of emotions translated from the body and pushed into a surface. Each painting is a closed system that doesn't change with interaction. The works are physical manifestations of areas of conflict, intended as stand-ins for the presence of the artist. Included in the exhibition will be a painting of a broom leaning against the wall like a broom would, a painting of plywood, a painting of 3000 band-aids, as well as several self-portraits showing the artist balancing a potted plant or a pile of spaghettis on her head. The paintings, though the mode of choice is a highly detailed form of realism, are less ruminations on the nature of objects but more an investigation of the relationship between feelings on the inside versus the visible world on the outside.
Kristin Calabrese received her MFA from UCLA in Los Angeles, California. She has previously had solo exhibitions at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills; Brennan & Griffin, New York; Leo Koenig Gallery, New York; and at CI-ARC, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.
23 July - 27 August, 2011
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects is pleased to show solo presentations of new work by Kristin Calabrese, Monique van Genderen and Mindy Shapero. The exhibitions juxtapose three unique and very different approaches to art making that are each steeped in a distinct dialogue with art from the west coast.
The first gallery features new paintings by Kristin Calabrese. Entitled "Back of my Face", the exhibition can be read as an attempt to compress the artist's thoughts and feelings into paintings. "Back of my Face" is a poetic title - descriptive of emotions translated from the body and pushed into a surface. Each painting is a closed system that doesn't change with interaction. The works are physical manifestations of areas of conflict, intended as stand-ins for the presence of the artist. Included in the exhibition will be a painting of a broom leaning against the wall like a broom would, a painting of plywood, a painting of 3000 band-aids, as well as several self-portraits showing the artist balancing a potted plant or a pile of spaghettis on her head. The paintings, though the mode of choice is a highly detailed form of realism, are less ruminations on the nature of objects but more an investigation of the relationship between feelings on the inside versus the visible world on the outside.
Kristin Calabrese received her MFA from UCLA in Los Angeles, California. She has previously had solo exhibitions at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills; Brennan & Griffin, New York; Leo Koenig Gallery, New York; and at CI-ARC, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.