Lebrija
Guadalajara, Mexico-based artist Gonzalo Lebrija is represented by Los Angeles’ Kohn Gallery as of last November; Veladuras Nocturnas is his first solo exhibition there, and the show spans all three of its exhibition spaces.
Read MoreAfter signing on with Kohn last fall, Mexican artist Lebrija makes his debut at the gallery this year with an ambitious exhibition. On view are paintings from the artist’s signature Veladuras series, which feature layers of muted semi-transparent paint that form prismatic abstractions, as well as a new sculptural work and film installation. Lebrija is not quite as well-known to American audiences as he is in his home country, but hat may be changing soon.
Read MoreGonzalo Lebrija is one of Mexico's most renowned contemporary artists. Across a connective thematic thread examining the porous borders between life and death, dreams and phenomena, mind and body, eye and spirit, Lebrija practices in a fluid continuum of materials including but not limited to painting, sculpture and video — examples of all of which will be on view at his exhibition opening this weekend at Kohn Gallery in Hollywood.
Read MoreKohn Gallery in Los Angeles now represents Guadalajara, Mexico–based artist Gonzalo Lebrija, who is perhaps best known for his painting series “Veladuras,” in which he layers shades of paint to create geometric abstractions.
Read MoreThere is a knowing wink in an exhibition titled “sophisticated shit.” Used by Spanish speakers when one has forgotten a particular word, the slang term chingadera inflects the practices on display here with jocularity, framing the work in a discourse of the not yet known.
Read MoreKohn Gallery , in Los Angeles, presents Chingaderas Sofisticadas , an unprecedented exhibition that brings together nine outstanding artists living in Guadalajara, whose varied practices contribute to the growing cultural ascent and international recognition of that Mexican city.
Read MoreChingaderas Sofisticadas — sophisticated f**kers — is the provocative title of a group show of artists associated with the culturally rich city of Guadalajara. Organized by Esthella Provas with Samantha Glaser, it includes a marvelous painting by Jorge Méndez Blake.
Read MoreThe exhibition titled "Chingaderas Sofisticadas” brings together the works of nine prominent artists. These include Eduardo Sarabia, Gonzalo Lebrija and Milena Muzquiz - Muzquiz’s work with ceramics can be interpreted as an exercise ofscrutiny; the accumulation of elements seeks to imitate the uneven and contradictory way in which the human mind works
Read MoreToday’s show: “Chingaderas Sofisticadas” is on view at Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles, as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, through Saturday, November 4. The group exhibition, curated by Samantha Glaser and Esthella Provas, presents the work of nine Guadalajara, Mexico–based artists.
Read MoreChingaderas Sofisticadas es la nueva exposición de Kohn Gallery en Los Ángeles, la cual estará conformada por el trabajo de nueve artistas mexicanos que viven y trabajan en Guadalajara y que han colaborado en posicionar a esta ciudad como una capital artística.
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