MARK GROTJAHN “50 KITCHENS”
Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Poppy Red and Yellowed Orange Butterfly 48.90), 2016, courtesy of the artist © Mark Grotjahn, photo © Douglas M. Parker Studio
The solo exhibition “50 Kitchens” by Mark Grotjahn will be held at the LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 20th May to 19th August, 2018.
Los Angeles-based artist Mark Grotjahn (b. 1968) has made “Butterfly” compositions since 2002, and the latest to come out of his studio is 50 Kitchens (2013–18), exhibited here for the first time. Conceived as one work, 50 Kitchens takes its inspiration from a single composition (in black and cream-colored pencil) that Grotjahn made to meet the dimensional specifications of a wall in his kitchen.
The more than 50 subsequent chromatic drawings explore pairs of radiating colors (like Tuscan Red and Chartreuse, or Grass Green and Canary Yellow) and together create a prismatic display. The works allude to artists interested in color, light, and optics, such as Wassily Kandinsky and the Op art painters of the 1960s, and also incorporate residual traces of earlier drawings that have been seamlessly integrated into the new works.
Mark Grotjahn “50 Kitchens”
Date: 20th May – 19th August, 2018
Open: 11:00 – 17:00 (Friday till 20:00, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 19:00)
Closed on Wednesday
Place: LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Address: 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
Admissions: General $25, Seniors & Students $10, Under 18 Free
Tel: +1 323 857 6000
https://www.lacma.org
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