Disparate Sources: Los Angeles Collage
Curated by Chelsea Dean
Keystone Gallery
April 28–May 6, 2018
Los Angeles
From the Keystone Gallery announcement:
Keystone Gallery is pleased to present DISPARATE SOURCES: Los Angeles Collage, an exhibition featuring the work of seventeen artists who utilize and push the boundaries of traditional collage through a variety of processes, methods, materials, and styles.
Ranging from flat surfaces to three-dimensional sculptures, DISPARATE SOURCES spans from playful, comical, political, fantastical, to deeply personal in content. Works pivot between abstract and narrative approaches, acting as vehicles to address larger cultural, personal, and societal issues. What connects the artists of DISPARATE SOURCES is their affinity for the raw physicality of the art form, and a tactile process that the viewer experiences through layers of information. Photographic imagery, paint, paper, resin, found objects, and a multitude of materials are employed to communicate disparate messages. Combined, the artists reinterpret and reimagine a collective past, present, and future, resulting in dynamic new realities.
DISPARATE SOURCES: Los Angeles Collage includes the work of Sacha Baumann, Rochelle Botello, Yasmine Diaz, Chelsea Dean, Lea Feinstein, Danielle Garza, Tm Gratkowski, Jennifer Gunlock, Michael Hentz, Bettina Hubby, Jay Lizo, CW Mihlberger, Cindy Rehm, Susan Sironi, Carly Steward, Toshee, and Essi Zimm.
Pulled From Their Pedestals, Chelsea Dean, 2018. Watercolor, artist’s photographs, 24k gold leaf, contact paper, wallpaper, foam core, and found objects from abandoned homesteads on panel, 18 x 20 inches.
The Promise of Rest, Chelsea Dean, 2018. Watercolor, artist’s photograph, 24K gold leaf, mylar, decorative paper, foam core, and found objects from abandoned homesteads on panel, 12 x 14 inches.