Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art Ynez Johnston Paintings, Prints & Sculpture

A survey of work from the late 1940’s to the present by
Ynez Johnston is currently on display at Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art. The exhibition will continue through April 12th. Here are a few of the works on display.

Ynez Johnston Exhibition
Installation View
© and courtesy Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art




Ynez Johnston
City of Flight, 1963
Mixed Media, Oil, Liquid Metal on Canvas, 50”x 30”
© and courtesy Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art




Ynez Johnston
Green Square, 1963
Oil and Liquid Steel on Canvas, 40”x 50
© and courtesy Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art




Ynez Johnston
Dynastic Scene, 1963
Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas, 59”x 48”
© and courtesy Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art




Ynez Johnston
Palace of the Snow Leopard, 1971
Mixed media on board, 21”x 30.5”
© and courtesy Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art

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Ynez Johnston
Paintings, Prints, Sculpture
March 15 — April 12, 2008


Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art
8568 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310.815.1100


Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm


For additional information contact the gallery or visit
their website Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art


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Taylor De Cordoba / Claire Oswalt Exhibition

Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present Trustfall, a new series of sculptural drawings by Los Angeles-based artist Claire Oswalt. The exhibition will run from March 15 through April 19, 2008. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Saturday March 15th from 6-9pm. This is the artist's first solo show with the gallery.

Claire Oswalt
Eternal Introduction, 2008
Graphite, paper, wood, 13 x 13 inches
© Claire Oswalt, courtesy Taylor De Cordoba, Culver City




Claire Oswalt
Title and demensions n/a
© Claire Oswalt, courtesy Taylor De Cordoba, Culver City




Claire Oswalt
For Right Now, 2008
Graphite, paper, wood, 54 x 40 inches
© Claire Oswalt, courtesy Taylor De Cordoba, Culver City

With her puppets made from wood, twine, and graphite on paper, Oswalt explores an increasingly complex adult world with a childlike simplicity and curiosity. The push and pull between control and freedom is pervasive throughout her series: from a girl being blown away, to the clothes that have fallen on the floor, to a man falling out of his chair. Her puppets demonstrate a sense of restricted movement, while the title of her series suggests an unrestrained freefall, made possible only with trust. Oswalt ensures that each fall is a fall in the right direction, or to a safe place. And although they are put into a position that lacks control, the puppets put their trust in the artist and subsequently the viewer. In this sense, the puppets welcome us into their world as we explore the trials and tribulations of "falling" in love and falling through life. Though Trustfall is theatrical with its changing backdrops and Pinnochio-esque qualities, its characters instill a quiet sense of realism that prompt the viewer to ponder the simple aesthetic quality which propels these puppets into our world.


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Claire Oswalt
Trustfall
March 15 - April 15, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 15, 6-9pm


Taylor De Cordoba
2660 S La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
310.559.9156


Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 - 5:30pm.


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website. Taylor De Cordoba


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Nonor Fraser / Rosson Crow Exhibition

Honor Fraser, is currently showing Night at the Palomino, an exhibition of new paintings by Rosson Crow. The exhibition will continue through March 29th.

Rosson Crow is celebrated for her exuberant large-scale depictions of nostalgia-laden interiors that blend historical allusion and theatrical illusion. The paintings evoke the good times of yesteryear, with lush interiors that are always deserted, yet speak eloquently — if obliquely — of recent use and inhabitation. The work also stands out for its hallucinogenic spaces, with interiors fracturing and distorting from realistic representation into abstraction and surrealism, and “teetering,” as she puts it, “between claustrophobic and agoraphobic.”

Rosson Crow, exhibition
Night at the Palomino
Installation photo courtesy of Honor Fraser




Rosson Crow, exhibition
Night at the Palomino
Installation photo courtesy of Honor Fraser

Rosson Crow grew up in Texas, and studied at Yale and the School of Visual Arts in New York before serving a one-year residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Her work has been widely published, and exhibited in solo shows in New York (CANADA Gallery) and Paris (Galerie Nathalie Obadia) as well as in a number of group shows.

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Rosson Crow
Night at the Palomino
Janurary 26 - March 29, 2008


Honor Fraser
2622 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
310.837.0191


Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website, Honor Fraser.


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