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FREE PARIS: A Los Angeles celebration Bastille
Day (or Liberty Leaving the People), featuring works by Chris Beas,
Drew Dominick, Joey Kötting and Gary Rough. Curated by Allyson
Spellacy.
In an effort to divert frenzied paparazzi, Paris Hilton turned
herself in to the men’s facility of the Los Angeles County Jail, an
ominous downtown eyesore located directly across from an unassuming
strip mall, housing bail bonds services. Endeavoring to disrupt art
world expectations, the “Jail” gallery opened in this inconspicuous
strip mall, facing the LA detention center. The current exhibition at
“Jail” hopes to bring together several disconnected, yet seemingly
interrelated issues, artists and ideas, and present them through a
cluttered and disruptive lens, leaving options open, lines blurred and
questions unanswered.
Joey Kötting and Gary Rough are friends and collaborators, who live on
opposite coasts of the USA. The latter Glaswegian, the former from
London, both share a healthy affinity for boot boy wit, brought about,
oddly, through an appreciation for all things art historical. Joey’s
current body of work uses portraiture and religious iconography (see
image above) as a departure point, making inroads to irony through a
self-deprecating and dry demeanor. Gary is working with his own
encumbered insignia, realized through over-sized die and wine stained
T-shirts, reverence to the past and present, insinuating a kind of
halcyon sad sack quality, but the humor and reference is very specific.
In Chris Beas’ The Holy Round Grail Flagellation Tree Table with
Rooster and Parsifal Effects - a sculptural re-presentation of Wagner’s
troublesome opera “Parsifal” - Beas renders a romantic version of
hero-ship through an abated formal interpretation, mapping a story that
is complex and meaningful in a contemporary context. Similarily, Drew
Dominick shares a wry aesthetic but moves the conceptual agenda into a
different arena, bringing it back to the USA. Stripping down to a
sparse visual containment – he retains a richly narrative yet tongue in
cheek observation of the history of the American West. One work in
particular which remains significantly poignant today is Dominick’s
reinterpretation of the Charles Marion Russell painting: “Meat’s not
Meat until it’s in the Pan”. Hilton paparazzi – take note.
ARTISTS' BIOS :
Chris Beas is an artist based in Los Angeles. He has staged DIY
projects and exhibitions in his Altadena studio for the last 4 years
and recently exhibited his work at David Kordansky Gallery, LA; Black
Dragaon Society, LA; Lizabeth Olivera Gallery, LA; Roebling Hall, New
York; and Casey Kaplan Gallery in New York.
Drew Dominick was born in Portland, OR. He has had solo exhibitions at
Team Gallery, New York, and Pageant, Los Angeles. He has most recently
exhibited at Sabine Kunst, Maximilian Verlag, Munich, Germany; Torrance
Museum of Art, California; and High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree,
California. He lives and works in Mar Vista, California.
Joey Kötting lives and works in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions include
From A to B via Zee, Galerie Fortlaan 17, Ghent, Belgium (2007); Help!
(bannersflyerstencils), Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, (2006); and
Atrocity Exhibition, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York (2004).
Gary Rough was born in Glasgow in 1972. A former member of Glasgow art
group Filthy Swan, Rough now lives and works in New York. Recent
exhibitions include: ‘Size Matters’ a touring show by the Hayward
Gallery; ‘Mantelpiece’, Inverleith House, Edinburgh and a solo show at
PS.1 MoMA, New York.
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