Chris Engman
Masood Kamandy
Pile of Dice in a Field of Itself (Content- Aware), 2013
Digital pigment print mounted on Sintra
30 x 24 in.
Nicolas Grenier
Empty Template, 2013
Oil and acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 in.
Nicolas Grenier
Transition Plan Template, 2013
Oil and acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 in.
Nicolas Grenier
Middle Ground III, 2013
Oil and acrylic on panel
36 x 24 in.
Chris Engman
The Pursuit, 2013
HD Video, color, sound
10:00 min.
Chris Engman
The Claim, 2013
Archival digital pigment print
38 x 48 in.
Molly Larkey
Tight Linen Suit, 2011
Steel, acrylic on linen, wood
95 x 32 x 28 in.
Molly Larkey
Over, Under, 2013
Acrylic and ceramic on linen over panel
36 x 24 in.
Matthew Carter
Ninety Acres of Property Filled with a Sinister Past, 2013
Glitter, hair, enamel paint, wood, and mixed media
30 x 48 x 48 in.
Matthew Carter
zzzaaakkk, 2013
Acrylic, glitter, gold and silver leaf on raw linen
49 x 31 in.
Matthew Carter
Decapitated Bunny Heads, 2013
Acrylic, glitter, wax, and mirrored Mylar on raw linen
10 x 8 in.
Matthew Carter
Harlequin Mirror, 2013
Acrylic, glitter, gold and silver leaf on raw linen
14 x 11 in.
Masood Kamandy
Xerox® Transparency Film Staircase, 2013
C-print
45 x 36 in.
Masood Kamandy
Tin Foil, Holes, Light, 2013
C-print
45 x 36 in.
Lily Stockman
Mule Train, 2013
Oil on Indian linen
20 x 16 in.
Lily Stockman
Smith’s Ranch Drive In, 2013
Oil on Indian linen
72 x 48 in.
Kate Bonner
An apparent distance, 2013
One feature erased, 2013
Digital prints mounted on MDF
35 x 22.5 in.
Kate Bonner
Faint copy, 2013
Digital print mounted on MDF
47 x 35 in.
Jonathan VanDyke
Layreader, 2013
Archival digital pigment print, framed
24 x 16 in.
Jonathan VanDyke
Trouser (Left), 2013
(Brad and David Canvases in submission and domination sequence, harlequin pattern)
Acrylic and sewn canvases
70 x 47 in.
John Chiara
Sepulveda at Mississippi (Variation C), 2012
Unique photograph on Ilfochrome paper
33.25 x 27.25 in.
John Chiara
Holyoke at Pacific Coast (Far Right), 2012
Unique photograph on Ilfochrome paper
34 x 28.5 in.
James Hyde
Crossing, 2013
Acrylic on archival ink jet print on stretched linen
49.5 x 44 in.
Hamish Fulton
Mountain Skyline Iceland
Graphite and ink on rice paper
6.5 x 11.5 in.
Cristóbal Lehyt
Untitled, 2013
Acrylic on polyester
89 x 60 in.
Britton Tolliver
Perpetual Miniwheat, 2013
Acrylic on panel and wood
70 x 47 in.
Brandon Andrew
Julian (Sunset Blvd from PCH to Cesar Chavez), 2013
Neon, mercury, glass, wire, transformer
20 x 77 x 3 in.
Aaron Wrinkle
The Drifter, 2013
Acrylic on wood
24.75 x 16.75 x 11 in.
Aaron Wrinkle
Wizard Road, 2013
Acrylic on wood
24.75 x 16.75 x 11 in.
Aaron Wrinkle
Alternate View of:
Wizard Road, 2013
Acrylic on wood
24.75 x 16.75 x 11 in.
Johnathan VanDyke
Cordoned Area
Before us—in between a concrete present, an illusory point.
The mythic anonymity.
The potential of discovery—getting lost—again.
The autonomy of choice.
The bravado of choosing.
The regret of lost possibility.
The Road—nexus of free will and fate,
Ruled by instincts, logic, unpredictable contingencies.
Participating artists include: Brandon Andrew, Kate Bonner, Matthew Carter, John Chiara, Chris Engman, Hamish Fulton, Nicolas Grenier, James Hyde, Masood Kamandy, Molly Larkey, Cristóbal Lehyt, Lily Stockman, Britton Tolliver, Jonathan VanDyke, and Aaron Wrinkle.
THE ROAD explores one of the most complex of human conditions—the autonomy of choice; the principle of selection that all choices come at the exclusion of others. In varying symbolic permutations, “The Road” wonders through a broad range of conceptual, stylistic and philosophical propositions, engaging notions of free will and fate, irony and sincerity, myth and truth, action and indecision, along with a dose of irrationality and, perhaps, regret. THE ROAD is the journey of unending choices, marked equally by achievement, approval and success, as it is by assumption, misunderstanding and failed attempts.
At its core, THE ROAD is about the collision of different strategies and can be likened to a road trip in which one is constantly being presented with choices. Each artist offers their own map and path...a way of looking and understanding something that may or may not necessarily intersect with others. Thematically, it's open to interpretation. While some artists have chosen to engage the subject of the road and road trip more directly, using it as an opportunity to examine personal and psychological realities or comment on the present socio- global discourse; for others, it is a chance to explore the conceptual, formal and material aspects of contemporary art making.
