TOM LADUKE – CANDLES AND LASERS
2015-04-06This exhibition features new sculpture and paintings that subvert the conventions of these mediums to underscore the various conditions (psychological, material, social, formal) that work to obscure understanding and perception. This body of work will continue LaDuke’s existential investigation into the nature and location of the Self, as viewers are self-consciously confronting objects that intentionally veil their subject matter.
Tom LaDuke’s painstakingly constructed paintings also toy with the boundaries of perception and recognition. Layering representational scenes (from film and art history, for example), with bold abstraction, LaDuke negotiates between the conceptual, material, spatial and formal issues inherent in painting. Abstract expressions dance atop the most precisely rendered compositions, flattening the layers of the painting to a single plane. These fresh daubs of paint and glitter complicate the viewer’s ability to enter into the familiar representations, underscoring the artist’s exploration of reality versus perceived reality.
Opposite – Gloryhole, 2015
Exhibition runs through to May 16th, 2015
Kohn Gallery
1227 North Highland Ave
Los Angeles
CA 90038
