Carmichael Gallery | Yue Minjun, Mark Jenkins, Aakash Nihalani

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 26, 6-9pm

Carmichael Gallery
5795 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232

Please RSVP to rsvp at carmichaelgallery dot com.

Exhibition is open to the public May 26 – June 30, 2012.

Carmichael Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of limited edition works on paper from the series SMILE-ISMS by Yue Minjun and sculpture by Mark Jenkins and Aakash Nihalani. The exhibition will be on view from May 26 through June 30, 2012, with an opening reception on Saturday, May 26, 2012 from 6-9pm.

Image: Yue Minjun, Smile, it is a nice reflection on you, lithography on paper from edition of 45

About the artists:

Yue Minjun

Born in 1962 in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, Yue Minjun’s most recent solo exhibitions include Yue Minjun at AroS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, 2011, The Spirit Scenes from Time Past at Shanghai Gallery of Art, Three on the Bund, Shanghai, 2010, Archeological Discovery in AD 3009at Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2009, The Grassland Series at Pace Prints, New York, 2008 and Yue Minjun at the Queens Museum of Art, New York, 2007, his first solo museum show in the United States. His work is currently featured in World Beats: Global Contemporary Art, on view at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis through July, 2012.

Yue currently lives and works in Beijing.

Mark Jenkins

Born in 1970 in Washington, DC, Mark Jenkins’ most recent solo exhibition, Living Layers, opened at Wunderkammern, Rome in March, 2012. The project, produced in collaboration with MACRO (Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma), was augmented by a series of interventions in the public space. In addition to participating in group exhibitions at MAMA, Rotterdam and Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Harlan Levey and Morgan Spurlock, respectively, 2012 has seen Jenkins create new urban sculptural works for the inaugural RVA Street Art Festival (Richmond, VA), Katowice Street Art Festival (Katowice), Escape The Golden Cage (Vienna) and Nova (Sao Paulo). Forthcoming festivals include WALK&TALK AZORES (Sao Miguel) and Bien Urbain (Besançon).

Jenkins currently lives and works in Richmond, VA.

Aakash Nihalani

Born in 1986 in Queens, NY, Aakash Nihalani has presented solo booths at the 2012 editions of both VOLTA NY and ART HK. The past year has also seen him lend his distinctive aesthetic to a number of creative corporate projects; recent partnerships include the design of transformative installations for Facebook’s New York offices, Colette in Paris and West Elm and Hudson Jeans’ pop-up boutiques in Georgetown and New York, respectively. He is currently one of three featured talents in LACOSTE L!VE’s widely promoted S/S 2012 campaign.

Nihalani currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

About Carmichael Gallery:

Founded in 2007 by husband and wife team Seth and Elisa Carmichael, Carmichael Gallery focuses on a select group of artists breaking ground in painting, mixed media, photography and sculpture. Their annual program consists of a series of solo and group exhibitions that document the progress of these artists.

For information on current, past and upcoming shows, visit www.carmichaelgallery.com For additional information and press materials on this show, please contact the gallery at art at carmichaelgallery dot com and +1 323 939 0600.

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Tonight at Carmichael Gallery: book signing for LA Woman by Estevan Oriol and closing reception for Eriberto Oriol and Estevan Oriol : Like Father, Like Son. 6-10pm.

Pick up a copy of the newest tasj supplement, featuring the Oriols, while you’re there!

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Estevan Oriol, Cartoon Doin’ His Thing, 2011.

MOCA, Los Angeles / Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles.

(c) Estevan Oriol

Want to win a signed copy of Estevan Oriol’s LA Woman book? Visit the tasj magazine Facebook page and click like.

I will choose someone (maybe you!) at random on Monday!

PS If you live in LA, feel free to stop in at the opening for Like Father, Like Son with Eriberto and Estevan Oriol at Carmichael Gallery this Saturday - both will be in attendance. Details here.

PPS Fixed the Facebook link. Oops… Thanks for pointing out the typo, irisle. :) 

Simon Haas

Best known for his elegantly executed, subtly hued portraits of himself and others, Simon Haas’ new oils on canvas break down his models and still life settings into greater abstraction. Simon lives and works in Los Angeles.

Image:Simon Haas, Self Portrait 1 Week September, 2011, oil on canvas, 24 x 18in (60.96 x 45.72cm).

(c) Simon Haas

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Gregor Gaida, King 1 (Kingdom Series), 2010, aluminum, wire, flag, edition of 3,14.8 x 5.9 x 19.7 in (40 x 15 x 50 cm).

Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles.

(c) Gregor Gaida

Sixeart, Not Yet Titled (Pigeon # 2) , 2010, acrylic on paper, 39 x 27.75in (100 x 70cm).

Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles.

(c) Sixeart

Gregor Gaida, Galaxy 1, 2010, Pissing Series, painted wood, spray paint, aluminium, 55.5 x 3.1 x 35.4 in (141 x 8 x 90 cm).

Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles.

(c) Gregor Gaida

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Boogie, Upside Down Girls, Sao Felix, Brazil, 2004, silver gelatin or archival pigment print, edition of 10, 20 x 24 in (51 x 61 cm) or 40 x 60 in (102 x 152 cm).

Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles.

(c) Boogie

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Carmichael Gallery, Instant LA Summer 2 : HEAVY HAPPY, 2011.

Artwork from l-r by Maha Saab, Marc Horowitz, Pentti Monkkonen, Sarah Sieradzki, Chris Coy. 

Photo by David Esfahanian.

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Boogie, “Solo” The Pitbull, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 2003, silver gelatin / archival pigment print, edition of 10, 20 x 24 in (51 x 61 cm) / 40 x 60 in (102 x 152 cm).

Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles.

(c) Boogie

Adam Krueger (b. 1982, Elburn, IL USA)

Adam Krueger’s elimination of key parts of a female’s body in an individual piece, whilst simultaneously emphasizing enigmatic shapes and colors via hand-cut stencils and atypical mixed media, seductively draws viewers in and invites them to complete the image in the privacy of their own mind. At once symbolic and surreal, the concept of voyeurism takes on a new meaning when interpreted by Krueger. Ironically, or perhaps intentionally, the technical effortlessness with which he executes his work takes an affable second place to his ability to transform the entire wall, room or gallery setting in which he places it. This genius for innovative installation of his already genre-defying artwork only serves to emphasize the unique aspects of his creative practice. The negative space beyond the piece of art itself has no chance against Krueger, whose work literally knows no boundaries.

Krueger attended Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence in 2003 and graduated with a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design in Rhode Island in 2004 and an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2006. He is the recipient of several scholarships, including the School of Visual Arts Fine Arts Award (2005, 2006), RISD’s Trent Burleson Painting Prize (1st Place) and Award for Pictorial Excellence (2004) and winner of the Congressional Art Competition (1999, 2000). Select galleries that have recently exhibited his work include Coleman Burke Gallery, New York (2010), Deitch Studios, New York (2009), Marlborough Gallery – Chelsea, New York, StolenSpace Gallery, London (2008), Art Gotham, New York (2007) and David Zwirner (2006). His work is publically represented in the Erotic Museum of Barcelona, as well as in numerous private collections.

Krueger and his work have been profiled in The New York Times, The Columbia Spectator, The Times Argus, The Daily Herald and Boink Magazine, amongst other national and international print and online media outlets. He currently lives and works in New York.

(c) Adam Krueger. Via carmichaelgallery.