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Michael Kindred Knight: Guide Meridian
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is very pleased to announce Michael Kindred Knight: Guide Meridian, the artist鈥檚 fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will be on view from January 8 through February 19, 2022 with an opening reception to be held on Saturday, January 8th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Appointments are optional and may be made at luisdejesus.com/contact.
Michael Kindred Knight鈥檚 newest body of work represents a progression in his approach to abstraction. Urged on by curiosity, Knight鈥檚 abstractions are complex pictorial events that are developed over time.
He often refers to the works as 鈥減laces,鈥� partially attributed to Knight鈥檚 fondness for the flourishes, fixtures, facades, and sunset-bathed stucco that constitute LA architecture. While fictional in nature, these 鈥減laces鈥� are brimming with a sense of gravity, structure, improbable horizons and time-of-day.
The titles are autobiographical, expanding on the adage, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 in a name?鈥� The paintings are often named after places, cities, neighborhoods, and streets, evocative of certain moments and periods in Knight鈥檚 life. In effect, the paintings describe a feeling of dislocation 鈥� of being caught in the detached realities of the Information Age and the tactile, sensory experiences of embodiment: skin, eyes, memory, breath 鈥� all with a mind to appreciate being present in the here, now.
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is very pleased to announce Michael Kindred Knight: Guide Meridian, the artist鈥檚 fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will be on view from January 8 through February 19, 2022 with an opening reception to be held on Saturday, January 8th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Appointments are optional and may be made at luisdejesus.com/contact.
Michael Kindred Knight鈥檚 newest body of work represents a progression in his approach to abstraction. Urged on by curiosity, Knight鈥檚 abstractions are complex pictorial events that are developed over time.
He often refers to the works as 鈥減laces,鈥� partially attributed to Knight鈥檚 fondness for the flourishes, fixtures, facades, and sunset-bathed stucco that constitute LA architecture. While fictional in nature, these 鈥減laces鈥� are brimming with a sense of gravity, structure, improbable horizons and time-of-day.
The titles are autobiographical, expanding on the adage, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 in a name?鈥� The paintings are often named after places, cities, neighborhoods, and streets, evocative of certain moments and periods in Knight鈥檚 life. In effect, the paintings describe a feeling of dislocation 鈥� of being caught in the detached realities of the Information Age and the tactile, sensory experiences of embodiment: skin, eyes, memory, breath 鈥� all with a mind to appreciate being present in the here, now.
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