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Larissa Goldston Gallery is pleased to present Art, the third solo exhibition in New York of work by Gandalf Gaván. The exhibition will be on view from Friday, May 18 through Saturday, June 23, 2012. There will be an opening reception for the artist on May 18 from 6 to 8 pm.
The exhibition consists of two bodies of work – assemblages and tablets – that betray influences as diverse as John McCracken, Barnett Newman, Dan Flavin, cave painting and ancient artifacts. Although both series address Post-Minimalist concerns in differing ways, they each draw on ideas surrounding the origins of art and imply a dialogue between painting, sculpture and architecture. The assemblages utilize the visual language of Minimalism, but reveal the facture of the artist’s hand. Similarly, the cast aluminum tablets address the history of writing and drawing as well as translation and transcription, yet embrace the simulacral nature of the object itself.
There is no shortage of blue in contemporary art and some of the greatest printmakers in America have explored its possibilities. This exhibition highlights a selection of artists that have worked at ULAE and the prints that have been made using this very alluring color. Artists included in the exhibition are Carroll Dunham, Sam Francis, Ellen Gallagher, Bill Jensen, Jasper Johns, Suzanne McClelland, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Edwin Schlossberg, Kiki Smith, Richard Tuttle and Terry Winters.
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