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July 30 to September 4, 2010
Prism is pleased to announce Come As You Are opening Thursday July 29, 2010, from 7-9 pm. The exhibition brings together a group of dynamic artists, each bringing an iconic piece of their work to our summer exhibition. Artists participating in the exhibition are Susanne Melanie Berry, Kelsey Brookes, Clayton Brothers, Richard Coleman, Os Gemeos, Dennis Hopper, Barry McGee, Ryan McGinness, Cleon Peterson, Clare Rojas, Craig Stecyk, Deanna Templeton, and Ed Templeton. We are also excited to present a video piece by Cheryl Dunn of Dash Snow.
The exhibition will be open during gallery hours from Friday, July 30th to Saturday, September 4th.
Also on view through September 4 on the rooftop is Gustavo Godoy's sculptural installation Fast-Formal Object : Big Blue.
Artists participating in the Come As You Are exhibition are Susanne Melanie Berry, Kelsey Brookes, Clayton Brothers, Richard Coleman, Os Gemeos, Dennis Hopper, Barry McGee, Ryan McGinness, Cleon Peterson, Clare Rojas, Craig Stecyk, Deanna Templeton, and Ed Templeton. We are also excited to present a video piece by Cheryl Dunn of Dash Snow.
From July 9th, 2010
PRISM, in conjunction with Honor Fraser Gallery, is pleased to present a new site-specific work by Los Angeles based artist Gustavo Godoy titled Fast-Formal Object: Big Blue. Rising skyward from the roof of PRISM, the dynamic sculpture is a surprise on Sunset Boulevard, stretching upwards as an artistic punctuation mark that breaks the visual landscape of a billboard-laden stretch of the Strip. Using plywood, 2x4 scraps, paint, and fluorescent lights, Godoy creates large scale sculptures that are highly formal site-responsive compositions. He terms his sculptures "interactive exercises in construction" and uses these utilitarian materials to form lyrical, spatial and temptingly interactive structures. The exhibition will be on view from July 9, 2010.
Gustavo Godoy, Fast-Formal Object : Big Blue, 2010; Mixed media construction; 18 ft x 32 ft x 19 ft; Image courtesy of the Artist and PRISM
June 4 to June 17, 2010
PRISM is pleased to present a selection of late paintings by Andy Warhol. In the mid-1980s, Warhol made a series of silkscreened black and white works with imagery taken from a cross-section of sources. The paintings are stark representations of advertisements, diagrams, maps, and illustrations in newspapers and magazines pulled from his scrapbook of ads from the 1950s. Warhol's themes of consumer culture, death and religion are dramatically represented in these late works. The ghostly messages seem to fade and dissolve the text into near abstractions. Some 25 years later the immediacy and familiarity of the images still resonate within today's advertisement and image driven culture.
Andy Warhol, Heaven And Hell Are Just One Breath Away, 1985-86; Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas; 20 x 16 inches (150.8 x 40.6 cm)
Andy Warhol, Puma Invader (positive), 1985-86; Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas; 16 x 20 inches (140.6 x 50.8 cm)
March 7 to May 9, 2010
PRISM is pleased to present Araki: A Perspective, a collection of works by renowned Japanese photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki. The exhibition will feature a selection of photography by Araki, whose thought provoking photography has garnered international acclaim and stirred up controversy around the globe. As one of Japan's most notable & controversial photographers, he documents what he sees in the streets, exploring the various themes that exist in the city. With over 450 photography books to his name, Araki has explored a wide variety of topics, most notably the love of his wife, Yoko in his most recognizable series, Yoko, My Love. This raw and intimate work features his wife in prolific and compromising positions.
Nobuyoshi Araki, From Close to Range (diptych), 1991/2007; Black and White print; Each image 60 x 40 inches (152.4 x 101.5 cm); Photo courtesy of the Artist and PRISM
Nobuyoshi Araki, Colorscapes, 1991; C print; 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm); Photo courtesy of the Artist and PRISM
November 20, 2009 to February 20, 2010
mindthegap, the inaugural exhibition of PRISM, highlights the works of
Barry McGee was born in 1966 in San Francisco, where he continues to live and work. First known as "Twist," the moniker under which he attained cult status among his peers as a graffiti writer, he subsequently received formal training at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he earned a B.F.A. in painting and printmaking in 1991. Rising out of the Mission School art movement, McGee has shown extensively at galleries and museums.
Phil Frost is a self-taught artist who began his career in the early '90s by aggressively blanketing New York City's streets and doorways with strips of brightly colored wheat-pasted posters. Phil went on to create highly personalized paintings and sculpture where he often employees the use of found material. His works are at once beautiful and illegible - they trigger a host of non-linear associations and unexpected correspondences.
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Untitled, 2008, installation detail, mixed media, dimensions variable.
Not yet titled, 2009, mixed media, 84x72in.
