Three Views from Space
September 6, 2007- September 29, 2007
Reception: September 6, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
525 W 22nd St
D’Amelio Terras is pleased to present our first solo exhibition with Los Angeles based artist
Jedediah Caesar. The exhibition will consist of several resin-based sculptures, which have been amalgamated with debris from Caesar’s living and working environment. The three main works in the show are: a wall piece that is made up of 24 panels, a large bouquet of dried plants that emerge out of a cube filled with organic refuse, and a fabric recliner set on a shipping pallet. Each piece, with its uncertain status, exhibits a different point along the timeline of artistic production.
The large wall piece that evokes an abstract painting (or approaches abstraction) is made up of panels that have been sliced from a solid cube filled with collected objects. The individual panels function in a similar way to film stills — when viewed in a sequence, the spliced items that have been embedded in resin before the cuts were made, are reconstructed in the viewer's mind. The plants that jut out of a resin cube that gradually becomes concrete closer to the base contains domestic organic refuse such as seeds, wood chips, and dried flowers. The rough panels that were cut from the piece to form the cube are presented along with it creating a possibility to reverse the separation. The recliner that is rendered shapeless by the heap of objects still in their original found state appears to occupy the very initial stage in Caesar’s process. The various art process castoffs that are present in the sculptures, as well as works that appear to be at various points of completion, challenge the notion of labor value behind artistic production and question the idea of purity of form.
In 2007, Caesar had a solo show at the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas. In 2005, his work was included in “Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles” at the Hammer Museum and Cultural Center, Los Angeles and in 2006, he was part of the show “Trace” at the Whitney Museum at Altria. Caesar is also included in The Altoids Collection of emerging artists.
Art Reviews of Three Views from Space
New York Times
September 7, 2007 | | Roberta Smith | | "In their first shows with this gallery, Matt Keegan, from New York, and Jedediah Caesar, a newcomer who lives in Los Angeles, are separated by more than a continent. In “Any Day Now” Mr. Keegan goes for surgical precision from start to finish (the X-Acto knife is highly favored), while in “Three Views From Space” Mr. Caesar starts with randomness before finishing up with some slicing of his own. Both artists emphasize extreme detail...." |
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New York (Chelsea)
NY, 10011
United States | | Phone | 212-352-9460 | | Fax | 212-352-9464 | | Hours | Tue-Sat 10-6 | |
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