A Change of Heart
Curated by Chris Sharp
June 4 - July 16, 2016
1010 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Bas Jan Ader, Tom Allen, Polly Apfelbaum, Becky Beasley, Juliette Blightman, Vern Blosum, Joe Brainard, Mathew Cerletty, Leidy Churchman, Holly Coulis, Ann Craven, Sam Falls, Saul Fletcher, Jane Freilicher, Daan Van Golden, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Camille Henrot, Paul Heyer, Alex Katz, Allison Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Caitlin Keogh, Kapwani Kiwanga, Robert Kushner, Jochen Lempert, Maria Loboda, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jenine Marsh, Ryan Mrozowski, Aliza Nisenbaum, D’ette Nogle, Andy Robert, Mark A. Rodriguez, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Willem De Rooij, Melanie Smith, Dylan Spaysky, Kunié Sugiura, Walter Sutin, Kyle Thurman, Wolfgang Tillmans, Andy Warhol, James Welling, Tom Wesselmann, Hannah Wilke, Amy Yao, Nathan Zeidman.
A Change of Heart is an exhibition all about flowers. Directly addressing a subject matter that has always been historically marginalized as a subgenre, seen as little more than the byproduct of a charming amateurism, and minor art making, A Change of Heart embraces the floral still life in all its formal, symbolic, political and aesthetic heterogeneity. The exhibition seeks to mobilize and put into dialogue a radical and even dizzying diversity of approaches, including the queer, the decorative, the scientific, the euphemistic, the memento mori, the painterly, the deliberately amateur and minor as a position, and much more. To this end, the exhibition combines a broad selection of recent historical works starting from the ‘60s and the following decades up to a selection of emerging positions which address the floral each in their own way. At once quaint and absurd, the exhibition intends to touch, provoke and overwhelm through the concentrated and manifold complexity of its singular and timeless subject matter. The exhibition will be accompanied by a print handout of selected floral poems.
Chris Sharp is a writer and independent curator based in Mexico City, where he and the Mexican artist Martin Soto Climent run the project space Lulu.
Mark A. Rodriguez, Q-P2016 (good quality), 2016. Acrylic, enamel, and oil on cut wood board; concrete and steel stanchion. 83.5 x 35.5 x 3.25 inches (212.1 x 90.2 x 8.3 cm)
Camille Henrot, The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison, 2014. Ikebana: Ceramic vase, Iris Blue Magic (Iris x holandica), Koala Fern (Rhodocoma gigantea), Showy Banksia (Banksia speciosa), Plexiglass label. 44.49 x 16.54 x 5.51 inches (113 x 42 x 14 cm)
Camille Henrot, The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing, 2014. Ikebana: Ceramic vase, Persian Buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus), Red Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus), Leatherleaf Fern (Rumohra adiantiformis), Dogwood (cornus stolonifera "Flaviramea"), Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum dubium), Unidentified decorative floral element (Caspia), Plexiglass label. 42.91 x 35.04 x 24.8 inches (109 x 89 x 63 cm)
Camille Henrot, Composition as Explanation, Gertrude Stein, 2012. Ikebana: Ceramic vase, Plumed Cockscomb (Celosia argentea), Rosa "Bright Smile" (Rosa x floribunda), Plexiglass label. 25.98 x 26.3 x 17.52 inches (66 x 66.8 x 44.5 cm)
Saul Fletcher, Untitled #02 (flowers), 1997. C-Print. 22 3/4 x 18 5/8 inches (57.8 x 47.3 cm)
Vern Blosum, In Late Summer, 1961. Oil on canvas. 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Melanie Smith, Collage 21, 2014. Collage on paper. 16.93 x 11.02 inches (43 x 28 cm)
Robert Kushner, Homecoming I, 2014. Oil, acrylic, gold leaf, and collage on paper. 45 x 18 inches (114.3 x 45.7 cm).
Hannah Wilke, Untitled, Jan 16, 1990, 1990. Watercolor on paper. 9 x 13 inches (22.9 x 33 cm)
Juliette Blightman, February 2016 - Day 183, 2016. Digital video. Running time: 00:00:29
Nathan Zeidman, Untitled (Pink Flowers), 2016. Oil on canvas. 60 x 48 inches (153 x 122 cm)
Kapwani Kiwanga, Flowers for Africa: Uganda, 2014. Protocol of assembly and display to guide the reconstruction of a floral arrangement consisting of cut flowers. 47 x 35 x 55 inches (119.4 x 88.9 x 139.7 cm)
Willem de Rooij, Bouquet IX, 2012. White ceramic vase, plinth, spheric flower arrangement measuring 100 cm in circumference, 10 different sorts of white flowers. Overall Dimensions: 39.37 x 39.37 x 95 inches (100 x 100 x 241.3 cm)
Dylan Spaysky, Independence Day Wall Vase, 2015. Ribbon, bows, plastic bottle, fake flowers, silicone. 21 x 14 x 5 inches (53.3 x 35.6 x 12.7 cm)
Allison Katz, Bouquet (Wax paper) No. 4, 2016. Oil on canvas. 24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)
Andy Robert, Reconsider (sunflower sunset), 2016. Oil on canvas. 24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)
Leidy Churchman, 17th Century Face III, 2016. Oil on linen. 40 x 33 inches (101.6 x 83.8 cm)
Ryan Mrozowski, Untitled (Pair), 2016. Acrylic on linen. 19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm) each
Kyle Thurman, Untitled (120 West 28th Street, New York NY 10001), 2014. Flower pigment on canvas. 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Alex Katz, Wild Roses (Study B), 2012. Oil on board. 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Sam Falls, Nature Morte (Black Eyed Susan), 2016. Flowers and acrylic on Polaroid. 10.5 x 9.5 inches (26.7 x 24.1 cm).
Caitlin Keogh, Flowers IV, 2016. Acrylic on panel. 16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
Tom Allen, Trichopilia Suavis, 2008. Oil on canvas. 32 x 27 inches (81.3 x 68.6 cm)
Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Pluck, 2016. Oil, acrylic and canvas on wood panel with rope frame. 13.5 x 17.5 inches (34.3 x 44.5 cm)
Kunié Sugiura, Orange Stack 1 , 2005. Type-C print. 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Holly Coulis, Mimosas and Citrus, 2016. Oil on linen. 33 x 27 inches (83.8 x 68.6 cm)
Paul Heyer, White Lily on Pink, 2015. Oil and acrylic on polyester. 48 x 38 inches (121.9 x 96.5 cm)
Amy Yao, Intercontinental Drift No. 2, 2016. Fake flowers, plexiglass, gallery wall interior. 40 x 17 x 6 inches (101.6 x 43.2 x 15.2 cm)
Mathew Cerletty, Alison Brie, 2016. Oil on linen. 18 x 14 inches (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
Aliza Nisenbaum, Fall , 2012. Oil on linen. 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
Walter Sutin, Tree House Passion Flower, 2016. Pen and ink. 14.5 x 11 inches (36.8 x 27.9 cm)
Tom Wesselmann, Delphinium and Daisies, 1989/92. Alkyd on cut-out steel. 52 x 15 3/4 inches (132.1 x 40 cm)
Polly Apfelbaum, Pink Crush, 2007. Dye on synthetic velvet. 130 x 90 inches (330.2 x 228.6 cm)
James Welling, 06241406, 2014. Kodak Endura Metallic. 54 1/2 x 45 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (138.4 x 115.6 x 3.8 cm)
Daan van Golden, Composition with Roses (grey), 1970. Silkscreen. 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 5/8 inches (52.1 x 41.9 x 1.6 cm)
Jenine Marsh, What is love?, 2016. Vase, gravel, glass stem-filled tube, double headed rose. 71 x 5 x 5 inches (180.3 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)
Jochen Lempert, Numbers & Figures (Liliaceae), 2015. Silver gelatin print. 6.5 x 5.51 inches (16.5 x 14 cm)
Ellsworth Kelly, Morning Glory, 1986. Pencil on paper. 22 x 18 inches (55.9 x 45.7 cm)
Bas Jan Ader, Primary Time , 1974. Color video, U-matic, silent, transferred to DVD. Running time: 00:26:00
Ann Craven, Roses (Morning Glory), 2010, 2010. Oil on linen. 60 x 48 inches (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
Andy Warhol, Flowers, circa 1982. Graphite on paper. 31 x 24 inches (944.9 x 61 cm)
D'Ette Nogle, Flowers on a Table, 2016. Fresh flowers and vase, arranged after Jane Freilicher, brought to gallery weekly for duration of exhibition. 19 x 17 x 17 inches (48.3 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm)
Becky Beasley, Berlin (2007) (No. 1 of Peonies in Bloom Series), 2016. Archival inkjet on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Bright White 310gsm. 36 x 31 inches (91.4 x 78.7 cm)
Wolfgang Tillmans, inner city apple tree, 2003. C-print. 17 x 13 inches (43.2 x 33 cm)
Jane Freilicher, Still Life with Blue Pitcher, 1980. Watercolor and charcoal on paper. 16 1/8 x 16 1/4 inches (41 x 41.3 cm)
Robert Mapplethorpe, Orchid, 1985. Silver gelatin print. 19.125 x 15 inches (48.6 x 38.1 cm)
Joe Brainard, Madonna with Flowers IV, 1966. Gouache and mixed media collage. 20 1/5 x 15 inches (51.3 x 38.1 cm)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein's grave), 1992. Framed C-print. 29 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches (74.3 x 92.1 cm)
Maria Loboda, A Guide To Insults and Misanthropy, 2006. Flowers. 13 x 13 x 21 inches (33 x 33 x 53.3 cm)