Laure Joliet wrote an article about Melissa Manfull’s current exhibition, Tesseracts, in Dwell Magazine. Read the full text by clicking HERE.
MELISSA MANFULL: Dwell
March 19th, 2009MELISSA MANFULL: Tesseracts
February 21st, 2009
Melissa Manfull: Tesseracts
February 21 – March 28, 2009
Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present Tesseracts, a new series of drawings by Los Angeles-based artist Melissa Manfull. The exhibition will run from February 21 – March 28, 2009. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Saturday February 21 from 6pm-8pm.
In this new group of unframed ink on paper pieces, Melissa Manfull creates impossible worlds and structures. Much like science fiction writer Charles Howard, who coined the word “Tesseract” (the four-dimensional analog of the cube) in the late 19th century, Manfull is interested in a reality beyond what we can see and understand in a 3-dimensional world.
Drawing inspiration from science fiction, gothic architecture and mineralogy, Manfull explores the conceptual and visual analogies between naturally occurring structures and those made by humans. Visually, her drawings of towers, arches and organic bursts are arrestingly beautiful and overwhelming in their obsessive detail. Thousands of tiny lines compose the architecture she imaginatively creates.
At once delicate and bold, the work straddles our notions of temporal reality. Are we looking at an existing metropolis, a futuristic utopia or a flashback to Victorian England? Manfull is indeed influenced by Gothic architecture and pulls her muted palette of pinks, moss greens, blues and grays from Victorian interiors and textiles.
Melissa Manfull received her MFA from Concordia University Montreal in Canada and has exhibited her artwork at The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, High Energy Constructs in Los Angeles, and Bourget Gallery in Montreal, among others. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
KIMBERLY BROOKS: artHAUS
January 29th, 2009
Kimberly Brooks has paintings in a group show in Venice, CA. The exhibited, entitled artHAUS, was curated by Thomas Schirmboeck and will run through February 24.
Barrett Johnson Performs at Ryan Callis Opening
January 13th, 2009RYAN CALLIS: Are You Ready to Testify?
January 10th, 2009
Ryan Callis: Are You Ready to Testify
January 10 – February 14, 2009
Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present Are You Ready to Testify, a new series of paintings by Southern California-based artist Ryan Callis. The exhibition will run from January 10 through February 14, 2009. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Saturday January 10 from 6pm-8pm.
The exhibition consists of paintings that operate conversationally, as phrases and sentences in a larger dialogue. To create the paintings’ architectural structures, Callis uses a system that codes phrases and words into geometric forms without visually making use of text. While the completed paintings do not directly reflect the original texts, every gesture, shape and concept organically flows from this unique coded system. A palette of vibrant (nearly acidic) blues, greens, yellows and pinks creates elegant passages of paint flows and color gradations.
The conception for this series of work was influenced largely by Nam June Paik’s Fluxus film, Zen For Film (1962-1964), the 1996 Dischord Records release of the self proclaimed “gospel yeah, yeah” sound of the Make-Up’s debut album, Destination: Love, Live at Cold Rice, and David Hockney’s book That’s the Way I See Things.
This is the artist’s second solo show at Taylor De Cordoba. His work has been featured in Artweek and the OC Weekly. Ryan Callis was recently included in Christopher Knight’s article for the Los Angeles Times, “45 Under 45.” He received his MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2007.
Opening January 10, Ryan Callis, Are You Ready To Testify
January 5th, 2009Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present
Ryan Callis
Are You Ready To Testify
January 10 – February 14, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday January 10, 2009 6pm-8pm
Are You Ready To Testify, 2008
Oil, Acrylic and Paper on Canvas, 24″ x 20″
Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present Are You Ready to Testify, a new series of paintings by Southern California-based artist Ryan Callis. The exhibition will run from January 10 through February 14, 2009. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Saturday January 10 from 6pm-8pm.
The exhibition consists of paintings that operate conversationally, as phrases and sentences in a larger dialogue. To create the paintings’ architectural structures, Callis uses a system that codes phrases and words into geometric forms without visually making use of text. While the completed paintings do not directly reflect the original texts, every gesture, shape and concept organically flows from this unique coded system. A palette of vibrant (nearly acidic) blues, greens, yellows and pinks creates elegant passages of paint flows and color gradations.
The conception for this series of work was influenced largely by Nam June Paik’s Fluxus film, Zen For Film (1962-1964), the 1996 Dischord Records release of the self proclaimed “gospel yeah, yeah” sound of the Make-Up’s debut album, Destination: Love, Live at Cold Rice, and David Hockney’s book That’s the Way I See Things.
This is the artist’s second solo show at Taylor De Cordoba. His work has been featured in Artweek and the OC Weekly. Ryan Callis was recently included in Christopher Knight’s article for the Los Angeles Times, “45 Under 45.” He received his MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2007.
Taylor De Cordoba is located at 2660 S La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles, CA and is open Tuesday thru Saturday, 11am-6pm. For additional information, contact Heather Taylor at heather@taylordecordoba.com or (310) 559-9156.
On View at Aqua Wynwood: Claire Oswalt, Extended Handshake
December 6th, 2008Claire Oswalt
Extended Handshake, 2008
Graphite, Wood, paper, twine motorized
26″ x 20.5″
Courtesy the Artist and Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles
On View at Aqua Wynwood, Taylor De Cordoba, Booth #5
Taylor De Cordoba exhibiting at Aqua Miami Wynwood
November 23rd, 2008
We’re happy to announce our participation in the upcoming Aqua Art Miami at Wynwood, December 3-7, 2008. The gallery will feature new work by Sasha Bezzubov & Jessica Sucher, Kimberly Brooks, Ryan Callis, Kyle Field, Charlene Liu, Melissa Manfull, Claire Oswalt, Jeana Sohn & Frohawk Two Feathers.
AQUA WYNWOOD – December 3-7
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Tuesday, December 2: 5-8pm
Dec. 3, 11 am – 3 pm
Dec. 4/5/6, 11 am – 7 pm
Dec. 7, 11 am – 4 pm
The Zoseria at Aqua
An installation by Frohawk Two Feathers
Los Angeles-based, Frohawk Two Feathers work is at the confluence of graffiti, folk art and 19th century portraiture. Frohawk is creating a large decorated pyramid that will be installed in the outdoor courtyard at Aqua Wynwood. The Zoseria at Aqua is presented by House of Campari. Courtesy Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles.
Please note special gallery hours: the gallery will be open by appointment only during the Thanksgiving holiday and Art Basel Miami, beginning Thursday November 27th. We will resume normal gallery hours on Tuesday December 9th.
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Taylor De Cordoba Fall News
November 16th, 2008
We’re happy to announce our participation in the upcoming Aqua Art Miami at Wynwood, December 3-7, 2008. The gallery will feature new work by gallery-represented artists, including Frohawk Two Feathers, Jeana Sohn, Charlene Liu and Kimberly Brooks.
Taylor De Cordoba is currently exhibiting large scale color photographs by Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher from their new series, The Searchers. To create this body of work, the artists spent one year in India on a Fulbright Scholarship exploring western spiritual tourism. The exhibit has been featured in V Magazine and Angeleno, and will be reviewed in the forthcoming issue of THE Magazine. The exhibition closes December 20th.
Sasha Bezzubov‘s upcoming book, Wildfire, will be released in January 2009 by Nazraeli Press. Signed copies will be available at the gallery. Please contact us to pre-order.
Kimberly Brooks was the subject of an Artist Profile in a recent issue of art ltd Magazine. Brooks was also selected by Rita Gonzalez, Assistant Curator at LACMA, for inclusion in the upcoming West Coast edition of New American Paintings.
Kyle Field‘s recent exhibition More Country Questions was reviewed in art ltd by Allison Gibson. We have signed copies of his book Put It In A Nutshell, along with two new albums by his bands Little Wings and Be Gulls. Please contact us to place an order.
Virgil de Voldere gallery in Chelsea recently concluded a successfull solo show by Charlene Liu. We’re thrilled to be exhibiting her work in Miami.
Taylor De Cordoba was recently featured in Elle Magazine and in LA2DAY.
Please note special gallery hours: the gallery will be open by appointment only during the Thanksgiving holiday and Art Basel Miami, beginning Thursday November 27th. We will resume normal gallery hours on Tuesday December 9th.
SASHA BEZZUBOV & JESSICA SUCHER: The Searchers
October 25th, 2008
Sasha Bezzubov & Jessica Sucher: The Searchers
November 1 – December 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday November 1, 2008 6pm-8pm
Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present The Searchers, the West coast debut of a new series of photographs by the collaborative team of Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher. The exhibition will run from November 1 – December 20, 2008. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artists on Saturday, November 1 from 6pm-8pm.
The Searchers is a series of large-scale photographs examining Western spiritual tourism in India. Bezzubov and Sucher investigate the magnetic pull of India’s rich religious history and the utopian communities that cater to Western seekers. While exploring yoga centers, meditation retreats and ashrams, the artists straddle the line between observers and participants. The project results in distinct groupings: spatially astounding interiors, bizarre landscapes, and portraits of those who simultaneously appear both lost and found. The connecting thread is the visual strangeness and cultural collisions inherent in this phenomenon. This series includes photographs taken at the Osho Meditation Resort in Pune and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram in Nayyar Dam, Kerala.
With The Searchers, the artists build on themes explored in their previous bodies of work, specifically Expats and Natives (Bezzubov and Sucher) and The Gringo Project (Bezzubov). These previous projects center around young Western travelers exploring developing countries and how the relationship to one’s host country relates to larger issues of race, class, and identity.
New York-based Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher have been collaborating since 2002. In 2006, they spent a year in India on a Fulbright Scholarship Award for their project, The Searchers. Their work has previously been exhibited in Miami, Los Angeles, New York, The Netherlands.