ARTISTS
2024
In 1959, when speaking on his now infamous target paintings, Jasper Johns told Time magazine that these, his flags, and, generally, readymade abstractions existing within the day-to-day were 鈥渢hings the mind already knows.鈥�
2023
Beneath sheets of smashed silverleaf, metallic paint, and smudged pigments in gestural utterances, cavernous earthy atmospheres lurk in new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Nicholas Campbell.
Eventual, forthcoming, expected 鈥� also beyond what鈥檚 shown or expressed, Ulterior describes paradoxical tensions between architecture, landscape, and objects in an exhibition of new paintings by Derek Paul Jack Boyle.
Artist: Nicholas Campbell and Zoe Koke Exhibition title: Agony / Serendipity Venue: Smart Objects, Los Angeles, US Date: February 17 鈥� April 8, 2023.
SMART OBJECTS is delighted to present Burn the Rain, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Troy Barrett.
2022
Created in a process both autonomous and collaborative, Merrill and Rouphail鈥檚 realistic oil on linen scenes are charged with subtle surreality and poetic depth.
Facing a wall, closing one鈥檚 eyes, we count down, picturing in our heads where everyone might hide. Arrive to zero, turn around, start the hunt: searching the house, the seeker鈥檚 fooled into the inevitable doom.
2021
In Shade presents a series of works that are made using umbrellas that were found in a French countryside garden.
Artists: Elizabeth Englander, Lauren Quin, Bri WilliamsExhibition title: Quickening Venue:聽Smart Objects, Los Angeles, USDate: April 17 鈥� May 29, 2021 Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Smart Objects, Los Angeles.
Jan Gatewood (b. 1994, Aurora, CO) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Gatewood鈥檚 visual practice focuses on the intersections of drawing, painting, and collage.
2020
The declaration "be quiet" commands attention. Perhaps it means a stern warning? Maybe it summons a peaceful invitation or mindful meditation?
The gallery M+B sold out its show of surreal, cloud-dappled landscapes by Leo Mock over the summer. The work was enigmatic, with images of long, birdlike legs stepping through the paintings.
2019
SMART OBJECTS in Los Angeles has been having a great program of shows over the past few years (and a very good website).
SMART OBJECTS presents Squall, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles based artist Lucy Bull.
Art Los Angeles Contemporary has named the 102 exhibitors that will take over the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica for the fair鈥檚 10th edition, which runs from February 13 to February 17.