Locks Gallery will present an exhibition of new work by Philadelphia artist Elizabeth Osborne. The gallery has worked with the artist for the past four decades, and this exhibition represents a continuation of Osborne’s landscape paintings that highlight her vivid and immersive compositions, many of which stem from the locations of her travels. From the hills and shores of Maine and Nova Scotia to the architectural details of Mexico, the artist navigates the transitions between abstraction and realism. The exhibition will run through December 14, 2019.
Osborne’s work has been described as “living landscapes that integrate complex methods of seeing and representing nature.” Using a technique of controlled pours and stains on unprimed canvas became a vital breakthrough for the artist in the 1970s. Aware of a similar technique pioneered by painters such as Helen Frankenthaler and Morris Louis, Osborne was initially interested in capturing the light and transparency of her watercolors and translating those qualities to the canvas. These new works continue to explore bold, color-drenched landscapes that bridge ideas about formalist concerns – particularly luminosity with experiential perceptions of nature, atmosphere, and vistas.
Clay Vorhes: Trapeze at Gerald Peters Contemporary
Gerald Peters Contemporary will present an exhibition of new oil paintings by Clay Vorhes. Featuring his signature motif of circus performers, the exhibition highlights the artist’s colorful and exuberant works.
Employing the subject of trapeze as a way to explore the balance and tension of representation and abstraction, Vorhes creates a vibrant atmosphere, deploying the thrills of the circus in a sophisticated subversion of the eye and mind. Large swathes of color are interrupted by strong diagonals lyrically dotted with the trapeze performers, bringing both geometric precision and optical fantasy to these playful scenes.
A protégé of Wayne Thiebaud, Vorhes came to painting as a second career in his mid-30s. His encounter with Thiebaud’s work and the painter himself was so significant it changed the course of his life and work. Now, eighteen years later, Vorhes is an accomplished painter with several museum exhibitions and private collectors nationwide.
The exhibit at Gerald Peters Contemporary in Santa Fe will run from December 13, 2019, to March 20, 2020. An opening reception with the artist will be held on Friday, December 13, 5-7 p.m.
Thomas Joshua Cooper: The Capes of California at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles
Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles will present The Capes of California, a project by artist Thomas Joshua Cooper commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and supported by Lannan Foundation and Ann Tenenbaum & Thomas H. Lee, as a complement to the exhibit on view at LACMA, Thomas Joshua Cooper: The World’s Edge.
Looking into the Sun—Late Afternoon
The California/Mexico Border Fence—The End The North Pacific Ocean
The Sun is the bullet
Border Field State Park
Tijuana River Valley Beach
San Diego County
California
USA
North America
2018, printed 2019
© Thomas Johsua Cooper
Courtesy Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Organized in coordination with LACMA, the exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles comprises 19 monumentally scaled photographs that together trace the extraordinary coast of California, the artist’s home state. The body of work represents the culmination of Cooper’s epic Atlas project, an expedition that has captivated him for the last 30 years making pictures within the furthest reaches of the globe.
The Capes of California will be on view through January 19, 2020.
Thomas Joshua Cooper: The World’s Edge is on view now through February 2, 2020, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.