Chris Trueman at White Box Contemporary

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PAINTING ON EDGE @ Autonomie

Please join us at Autonomie for PAINTING ON EDGE on Saturday July 28th, from 7:30 to 10:30pm. This survey of 18 plus works provides a contemporary response to the issues raised in "The Painting Factory" at MOCA grand, just around the corner from Autonomie.

Chris Trueman, Dt, acrylic and acrylic spray paint on canvas, 36 by 36 inches, 2012. 

Painting on Edge

Curated by Grant Vetter

Opening: July 28th, 7:30-10:30pm.

            Painting on Edge is a small survey of new trends in Hard Edge painting, or what might be better called, painting with edges, lines, stripes and bands. Unlike the ideologically bound practices of modernism and postmodernism, the work in Painting on Edge shows a new openness towards the fabulation of Hard Edge painting without a readily identifiable ethos. If there have been three high moments in the history of Hard Edge painting so far — its founding here in California, its mutability as a program of making from late Ab-Ex through Minimalism and its eventual critique by Neo-Geo — then today we see an entirely new set of sensibilities at play in the genre.

            This is perhaps best represented by the artists in this show that openly mix the gestural and the graphic, patterns and process, and systems and topology. While all of the works in this show attempt to rework the geometric tradition in one way or another, there is nothing dogmatic or orthodox about their approach. As such, the artists in Painting on Edge are not just challenging traditional boundaries, but their work sits on the edge of many boarding discourses, caught somewhere between essentialism and transcendentalism, power and design, a rigorous application and the production of aesthetic delight. At a time when cultural production carries so much baggage from the twentieth century, the artists in Painting on Edge show us another way to travel light in heading for places unknown, where the journey of making is a delicate balancing act between absolute precision and unlimited permissions.  

Artists in the Show:

Kent Familton

Steve Hampton

Scott Jamieson

Christopher Kuhn

David Leapman

David Michael Lee

Michelle Jane Lee

Joe Lloyd

Kevin Moore

Max Presneill

Alison Rash

Adam Ross

Nano Rubio

Eric Schott

Chris Trueman

Jayson Ward

Durden and Ray: Year Two on July 1st from 7-10pm

Autonomie Projects

I was selected by Luis G. Hernandez to participate in the Monster Drawing Rally, a tradition established in Los Angeles County by Outpost for Contemporary Art.

Armory Center for the Arts and Outpost for Contemporary Art are pleased to announce that a partnership has formed between the two organizations. This year’s Monster Drawing Rally officially launches this exciting new venture.

The Monster Drawing Rally will consist of four one-hour shifts with 25 artists drawing simultaneously each hour. Outpost will provide drawing supplies, though artists are also welcome to bring their own, and as the drawings are completed they will be hung on the walls and made available for purchase for $75 each.

This year’s guest curators are: Carlyn Aguilar, Leonardo Bravo, Kristin Calabrese, Chloe Flores, Eve Fowler, Liz Glynn, Micol Hebron, Luis G. Hernandez, Maryam Hosseinzadeh, Bill E. Kelly, Jr., New Highland Art Agents, Elana Mann, Jill Newman, Karen Rapp, and Eve Rutenther.

Time:
Sunday, June 17, 2012
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm


Location:
Armory Center for the Arts
145 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena CA 91103

White Box Contemporary - San Diego and SALAZAR: Contemporary Art Exhibits - La Jolla

Chris Trueman - Stripes

Dual Solo Exhibition
Opening receptions:

May 4th, 2012, 5-9PM
Salazar Contemporary Art Exhibits
1162 Prospect
La Jolla, CA 92037

May 5th, 2012, 6-9PM
White Box Contemporary
1040 7th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101