ANDREW GUENTHER
2011-06-20In this exhibition titled Corn, Tobacco and Other Stories, Guenther’s subjects of work include; tobacco plants, corn stalks, women with paper plate faces, a whale, hot dogs, Grecian urns, the folds of the canvas itself, a silver sail; symbols from Guenther’s personal lexicon alluding to both familiar and foreign stories. The artist used fewer than three colors for each of most paintings for this exhibition. The nature of the paintings’ ground is allowed to be it’s own color as is the texture of each material.
Guenther applied papier-mâché to his “plate face” paintings – which are white except for linen or chip – board peeking through in some areas. His drawings are papier-mâché figures in relief against dreamy watercolor grounds.
Opposite – Tobacco, 2011
Exhibition runs through to July 30th, 2011
Kaycee Olsen Gallery
2685 S. La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles
CA
90034
