Alex Anderson, Devendra Banhart, Erin Desmond, Aaron Fowler, Sayre Gomez, April Street
Synth Curated by Amadour
1 Jul–30 Jul 2023
Alex Anderson, Devendra Banhart, Erin Desmond, Aaron Fowler, Sayre Gomez, April Street
Synth Curated by Amadour
1 Jul–30 Jul 2023
From July 1 to 30, 2023, Gallery Common is pleased to present SYNTH, a group exhibition curated by Los-Angeles based independent curator AMADOUR featuring Aaron Fowler, Alex Anderson, April Street, Devendra Banhart, Erin Desmond, and Sayre Gomez.
SYNTH brings together a group of dynamic artists who jointly explore and represent the diverse urbanscape of Los Angeles. This exhibition serves as a salutation to Tokyo, conveying Southern California's rich natural topography, urban visual culture, and cinematic romanticism through painting, sculpture, ceramics, and photography.
Aaron Fowler creates large-scale works from discarded everyday items. A central motif within his works is the shoe, a symbol which holds great significance in the African-American and hip-hop culture that defines his identity. For this show, Fowler has created a pair of 2 meter long shoes in homage to the connection between hip-hop and Harajuku fashion, as well as a wall sculpture of an El Camino he discovered in the neighborhood. The sculptures were made out of car parts sourced directly in Tokyo, and are complemented by paintings of the Harajuku skyline, which Fowler painted from real life on a rooftop in the city.
Artworks
April Street
The Whistler’s Garden at 6a.m, 2023
Watercolor, Flashe, scratched into fresco-style archival mediums on canvas
h182.5 x w121.5 x d4.5 cm
Sayre Gomez
World 1, 2022
Numbered and signed individually by artist
Includes Certificate of Authenticity
10-color silkscreen on Rising Museum Board, 2-ply, framed
h121.90 x w91.45 cm
Erin Desmond
trace / dimension #61, 2023
Acrylic, oil paint, wooden panel, cotton cloth
h220.2 × w365 × d8.2 cm
Composed of 2 separate panels: h220.2 × w182 × d8.2 cm (metal drawers) / h222.2 × w215 × d6 cm (wooden floorboards)
Devendra Banhart
Vajra Heels, 2021
oil on canvas
h40.64 x w30.48 cm
Alex Anderson
Stratospheric Destruction of Romance, 2022
Earthenware, glaze, gold luster
h61 x w20.3 x d20.3 cm
Aaron Fowler
Freeing My Peoples (Featuring Chito), 2023
Oil and acrylic paint, paint markers, car parts, tires, nails, charcoal, resin, collaged images, wood panels, LED neon
h156.5 x w342 cm panel only / with neon w551 cm