joshua aster

takeittoheart, cuffs, pages, barrier

2012-01-07T00:31:00.000-08:00

takeittoheart

cuffs

pages

barrier

New Paintings at Karl Hutter Fine Art

2011-12-16T16:54:00.000-08:00

twirl
ink and flashe on white denim
44 5/8" x 36"

squaral
ink and flashe on denim
30" x 24"

soiwentoaplace
sharpie and flashe on canvas
40" x 45"

institches
ink and flashe on denim over panel
40" x 19"

hoopdee
ink and flashe on linen
27.5" x 27.5"

absolutesound
49.5" x 35"
ink and flashe on canvas

Here are a few images of the paintings that are being exhibited at
Karl Hutter Fine Art
9895 S Santa Monica Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

111111

2011-11-11T23:40:00.000-08:00

a q u a v e l v a

2011-10-31T17:19:00.000-07:00

aquavelva
32" x 28"
flashe on denim

insideoutsidevoice

2011-10-06T22:45:00.000-07:00

insideoutsidevoice 47" x 30" acrylic on canvas

blockparty 36" square acrylic on canvas

speaker 34" x 25" acrylic on canvas over panel

forrent 40" square acrylic on canvas

underbelly

2011-09-15T23:27:00.000-07:00

flashe on linen

tangent

2011-08-01T00:52:00.000-07:00

fan
18" square
ink and acrylic on panel

handeye
14" x 10"
ink and acrylic on panel

pages
12" square
ink and acrylic on panel

stopmotion
14" x 10"
ink and acrylic on panel

Unfinished Paintings @ LACE

2011-06-23T20:09:00.000-07:00

my unfinished painting (with a severe cropping)

LACE is proud to present Unfinished Paintings, a provocative curatorial project organized by Los Angeles artists Kristin Calabrese and Joshua Aster. The headlining exhibition for our 2011 summer season, Unfinished Paintings is an exhibition of 38 medium sized paintings by 38 artists, hung alphabetically by the artist’s first name. This show is meant to dissect and turn contemporary painting inside-out. Works-in-progress will be put on view and offered as a point of entry into each painter’s respective creative world.

Artists and audience members alike will stand in front of the works, wondering why the artist decided it was unfinished, and what would make it finished? The organizing principal of this show is meant to provoke a healthy ambivalence and seed the desire for dialog and feedback. These are critical junctures in the art making experience. Calabrese and Aster now invite the public to engage in this part of the painter’s practice too.

Unfinished Paintings features work by Lisa Adams, Joshua Aster, Nina Bovasso, Delia Brown, Kristin Calabrese, Sarah Cromarty, Sydney Croskery, Noah Davis, Gerald Davis, Mark Dutcher, Mari Eastman, Brad Eberhard, Bart Exposito, Michelle Grabner, Alex Grey, James Hayward, Salomon Huerta, Xylor Jane, Valerie Jaudon, Chris Johanson, Annie Lapin, Jose Lerma, Caitlin Lonegan, Dan McCleary, Shiri Mordechay, Loren Munk, Laurie Nye, Eamon Ore-Giron, Susie Rosmarin, Frank Ryan, David Ryan, Katia Santibañez, Kenny Scharf, Cary Smith, Linda Stark, Don Suggs, Mitchell Wright, and Brenna Youngblood.

http://www.welcometolace.org/exhibitions/view/unfinished-paintings/

Here is a James Kalm Report which features a walkthrough of the exhibition during the opening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9HW5kIw4eM

s t i l l s layout

2011-06-18T22:55:00.000-07:00

s t i l l s_camo, march, template and woodwinds

2011-04-16T00:49:00.000-07:00

These egg tempera on
linen over panel paintings were created by filming another series of work with a cell phone camera, capturing short videos of the gestures in those works. The footage was then manipulated in a video editing program resulting in a 3 minute film titled "poptart".

bouncing around the studio

2011-02-24T22:02:00.000-08:00

hooklinesink
42.5" x 52"
acrylic on canvas

windowlessroom
33" x 43.5"
acrylic on canvas

onefinemorning
60" x 84"
acrylic on canvas

tagsampler
39" x 28"
acrylic on canvas

sampler
57" x 89"
acrylic on canvas

parquet
18" x 14"
acrylic on canvas

mondrianzipan
32" square
acrylic on canvas

Early January to now

2011-02-24T21:29:00.000-08:00

lapband
18" x 14"
acrylic on canvas

jumpstreet
33" x 43.5"
acrylic on canvas

in the round
52" x 70"
acrylic on canvas

hooks
18" x 14"
acrylic on canvas

crisscrosstraces
32" square
acrylic on canvas

f o u n t a i n

2011-02-06T22:33:00.000-08:00

fountain
18" x 14"
acrylic on canvas

b o w t i e

2010-12-04T17:50:00.000-08:00

acrylic and ink on white and blue denim
diptych
64" x 76"

tunnelvision

2010-10-31T21:52:00.000-07:00

72" x 96"
acrylic on canvas

on view at Roberts & Tilton apart of Gray Day curated by Noah Davis

http://www.robertsandtilton.com/currentexhibition/

f l o c k o f s e a g u l l s

2010-09-29T21:59:00.001-07:00

acrylic on canvas
48" x 48"

huhch

2010-09-06T17:42:00.001-07:00

Joshua Aster

huhch

September 14 – October 29, 2010 Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 15, 5pm to 8:30pm

Carl Berg Projects is pleased to present new paintings by Joshua Aster at its new space (B266) at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Aster is a recent graduate from the UCLA MFA program (2007) and over the last few years has been exploring the process of applying paint to canvas through various techniques. In his upcoming exhibition Aster continues his search of mark making through various processes creating a body of work in which each painting is visually distinctive.

Aster explores a multitude of painting techniques in these new works using mostly nontraditional tools. With these tools Aster both applies and removes paint from the canvas creating works that are both subtle and nuanced. Each painting becomes a separate and distinctive expression as Aster explores the mixing and matching of processes forming a body of work that is related but not serial in nature.

Carl Berg Projects is located on the second floor of the Blue building at the PDC at 8687 Melrose Avenue on the corner of Melrose Avenue and San Vicente
Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA 90069

chromasode1

2010-08-24T18:19:00.000-07:00

watercolor on paper framed
13" x 10"
This piece is apart of a multiples exhibit at Pepin Moore Gallery in Chinatown LA, CA
http://pepinmoore.com

s t o l e n b a s e s

2010-08-01T14:56:00.000-07:00

16" x 12"
acrylic and ink on denim

MIRROR

2010-07-24T16:28:00.000-07:00

37.5" x 20"
acrylic on canvas

t h e t a k e a w a y

2010-06-27T23:55:00.000-07:00

63" x 69 1/2"
acrylic on canvas
june 2010

OJO @ LA Arts and Music Festival

2010-06-11T20:40:00.000-07:00

We'll be doing a performance on top of the Peterson Automotive Museum in the glass penthouse Saturday night June 12th 9 pm

ojos

2010-05-25T00:39:00.000-07:00

ink on paper
each approx 12" circumference

INXS, TRADEWINDS, ALOTMEANT, TRAILS

2010-05-24T22:15:00.000-07:00

inxs
acrylic on canvas
10" square

tradewinds
acrylic on canvas
32" x 39"

alotmeant
acrylic on canvas
22" square

trails
acrylic on canvas
58" x 83"

SPINSPIRALS, SPINCYCLES, SKIDZ

2010-05-24T22:00:00.000-07:00

spinspirals
acrylic on paper
22" square

spincycles
acrylic on paper
42" square

SKIDZ
acrylic on canvas
52" x 70"

12

2010-05-19T23:27:00.000-07:00

12 ink and watercolor on paper
8" x 6"

Aster/Calabrese and pianobar by OJO

2010-05-07T00:29:00.000-07:00

"Tray"
acrylic and oil on canvas
36" x 51"

OJO
"pianoBar"
piano wood paint

LACE's Benefit Auction Hollywood CA
http://www.welcometolace.org/

s c r i b b l e N s c r a t c h

2010-04-25T19:59:00.000-07:00

43" square
acrylic on canvas

p a t r o l

2010-04-19T23:13:00.000-07:00

30" x 22"
acrylic on paper

flowerbed flowerbed firebomb pindrop

2010-04-13T18:19:00.000-07:00

acrylic on paper
22 x 30"

c a r o u s e l

2010-04-06T18:04:00.000-07:00

carousel
22" x 30"
ink, wc and acrylic on paper

d i a m o n d b a c k

2010-04-02T21:10:00.000-07:00

acrylic on canvas over panel
12" diamond

war in peace

2010-03-25T19:35:00.000-07:00

12" square
acrylic on canvas over panel

e m p i r e b r i g h t

2010-03-16T02:13:00.000-07:00

acrylic on paper
22" square

red road green tree blue sky white house

2010-03-09T15:14:00.000-08:00

22" square
acrylic on paypah

doubleblind

2010-03-04T14:17:00.000-08:00

acrylic on paper
18" x 24"

bounceyrblessings

2010-02-23T15:08:00.000-08:00

86" x 59"
ink and acrylic on canvas

TRAX

2010-02-14T15:05:00.000-08:00

84" x 59"
Ink and Acrylic on Canvas

d r o p l e t

2010-01-23T21:17:00.000-08:00

acrylic on canvas
48" x 72"

ARBES

2010-01-12T02:25:00.000-08:00

acrylic on canvas
48" x 72"

P a n a r a m s

2009-12-30T14:02:00.000-08:00

Seven Day Forecast

2009-11-29T22:15:00.000-08:00

s o c k e t

2009-10-28T16:13:00.000-07:00

three acrylic over canvas

jaws

2009-10-24T15:39:00.000-07:00

59" x 86"
acrylic on canvas

accompliceoffate and settlethedust

2009-10-14T01:15:00.000-07:00

accompliceoffate
acrylic on canvas
14" x 26"

settlethedust
acrylic on canvas
24" x 30"

i n c i d e n c e o f c o i n c i d e n c e

2009-09-25T01:25:00.001-07:00

12" x 196"
acrylic on 4 canvases

installed @ Carl Berg Projects
"Manifestation" group exhibition until mid October

incidence of coincidence

2009-09-16T19:50:00.000-07:00

music by OJO

b a c k t a l k s t a n d o f f

2009-08-07T16:03:00.000-07:00

s t r e a m i n g e d g e

2009-07-29T21:04:00.001-07:00

p l a c e o n e a r t h

2009-07-23T23:21:00.000-07:00

ink, wc and acrylic on canvas
24" x 30"

OJO FLESH CAR CRASH

2009-07-12T15:22:00.000-07:00

http://vimeo.com/5531637
www.moca.org/party for interactive website

retreatretreatretreat

2009-06-26T02:52:00.000-07:00

lemockpsod, BandW, rthymbolt and thrillnight

2009-06-21T01:45:00.000-07:00

2009-06-13T01:55:00.000-07:00

greygardens

2009-05-10T12:04:00.000-07:00

ink and watercolor on paper
36" x 24"
for LACE benefit art auction
http://welcometolace.org/auction/lace-benefit-art-auction-2009/images/

oldglory

2009-04-29T01:59:00.000-07:00

ink and watercolor on paper
36" x 24"

echorain

2009-04-25T01:00:00.001-07:00

16" x 16"
ink and acrylic on canvas over panel

2009-03-26T13:01:00.001-07:00

youcannotpretendthereisabeginningandnoend
90" x 144"
ink and watercolor on canvas

part of "makeBelieve" exhibition of painintgs
@ Carl Berg Gallery www.carlberggallery.com
6018 Wilshire LA, CA

onedeetwodeethreedee

2009-03-07T14:49:00.000-08:00

ink, watercolor and acrylic on 4"x 4" x 2" on canvas over wood block
March 2009

t h e s a m e p l a c e h a s f o u n d y o u

2009-03-06T10:57:00.001-08:00

ink and watercolor on paper
30 1/4" x 22 1/2"
March 2009

winkwink n u d g e n u d g e

2009-02-24T17:21:00.001-08:00

each block is 4" x 4" x 2" w/ canvas stretched over.
ink, wc and acrylic

wireless

2009-02-22T21:17:00.000-08:00

ink and sharpie on cardboard
72" x 25"

2009-02-11T15:44:00.000-08:00

nationaltrustworth

2009-01-12T03:04:00.000-08:00

ink, watercolor and acrylic on canvas
24" x 24"

souldistraction

2009-01-04T01:28:00.001-08:00

ink, watercolor and acrylic on canvas
51" x 38"
on view at gallery533 in Los Angeles

behindthewheel

2008-12-30T19:55:00.000-08:00

ink, watercolor and acrylic on canvas
84" x 59"
october 2008

riveringthrough

2008-12-29T22:14:00.000-08:00

14' x 3'
ink on primed canvas

graphicdocumentary

2008-12-15T19:54:00.000-08:00

18

2008-12-08T00:55:00.000-08:00

ink, wc and acrylic on paper
each 17" x 14"

sensemental

2008-12-06T23:03:00.000-08:00

sumi on paper

grafwash

2008-11-25T00:15:00.000-08:00

38" x 20"
sumi ink and acrylic on canvas
november 2008

travelog

2008-11-19T21:14:00.000-08:00

84" x 59"
ink, watercolor and acrylic on canvas
october 2008

notimelikethepresent

2008-11-06T12:09:00.001-08:00

ridingonawaveoflove

donotcross

2008-10-21T02:01:00.000-07:00

ink and acrylic and watercolor on canvas
30" x 24"
october 08

2008-10-17T17:28:00.000-07:00

frankenstein september 2008

2008-09-26T23:49:00.000-07:00

ink, watercolor and acrylic on canvas
84" x 59"

studio north la brea

2008-09-14T13:22:00.001-07:00

s o n g t o s i g n a l

2008-08-26T16:36:00.000-07:00

ink, watercolor and acrylic on canvas
84" x 59"
august 2008

h o l d i n g p a t t e r n

2008-08-09T22:18:00.001-07:00

ink and sharpie on xardboard
72 1/2" x 69 1/2"
august 2008

e n t e r t h e d r a g o n

2008-07-22T15:49:00.000-07:00

glitter glue, sumi and sharpie on cardboard
various sizes
july 2008

venn

2008-06-23T08:15:00.000-07:00

watercolor on 11" x 14"

installation @ Carl Berg 2007 June

2008-06-13T18:57:00.000-07:00

(left to right)

woowinks, lechatnoir, tonguelashing, dayattheraces, nth, dancecraze, killingfloor, watchman, 2deep, onestop (churchave), hawk, g-unit, pictureatanexhibition, notyetuntitled, sneakingsuspicion, markdown, zoomscapenotation, overeasy, formalwear, snakebite, mookridesagain, depthcharge, greektome, elevatormusic

each are linen over panel 15" x 11"
ink and wc
24 total

giftofmymistake

2008-05-23T16:30:00.000-07:00

84" x 54"
ink, acrylic, wc and casein on canvas
May 2008

t h e s e a r e t h e b r e a k s

2008-05-22T09:04:00.000-07:00

unh

2008-05-11T20:05:00.000-07:00

underunderground

2008-04-30T18:48:00.000-07:00

72" x 43"
acrylic ink, watercolor, gouache, casein on canvas
april 2008

n a m e l e s s f a c e l e s s

2008-04-24T01:40:00.000-07:00

60" x 48"
acrylic, ink and watercolor on canvas

installation at CAA April 2008

2008-04-18T00:48:00.000-07:00

unwrapyourromanticmind

lightsweetcrude, namelessfaceless, bromide, day2day, postscript, fadingarcade, bellyofthewhale, twisted50s, rootofallevil

h o t t o p i c

2008-04-10T18:42:00.001-07:00

40" x 26"
ink, watercolor on canvas

eyedazzler & graphicabstract

2008-04-05T21:19:00.000-07:00

eyedazzler
24" x 18"
ink, wc and acrylic on canvas

graphicabstract
68" x 58"
ink, wc and acrylic on canvas

p l a n e s p a c e

2008-04-05T21:10:00.000-07:00

hallmarks is 13" x 10"
ink and watercolor on linen
kristin's little funky chicken and her friend susie's amazing oil on canvas.
all at plane space gallery in the village.

unwrapyourromanticmind

2008-03-20T01:12:00.000-07:00

75" x 43"
acrylic ink and watercolor on canvas
March 2008

chromacidalmaniac

2008-03-03T22:47:00.000-08:00

ink, watercolor and acrylic on canvas
68" x 40"

light sweet crude

2008-02-26T18:07:00.000-08:00

68" x 40"
acrylic and watercolor on canvas

t h i s i s p l a n e t e a r t h

2008-02-17T11:15:00.000-08:00

e c h o i n s t a l l

2008-02-11T08:23:00.000-08:00

CHROMASODES

2008-02-09T08:07:00.000-08:00

RAMBO

2008-02-08T09:10:00.000-08:00

i went and indulged myself in some screen splatter.
the arclight has lovely bathrooms.

DLUX

2008-01-23T19:17:00.000-08:00

1/4" flat bristle brush . . . . using inks and watercolors (many thanks Sally Jones) on 11 by 14 inch paper.

ongoing going where it goes

b r o m i d e

2007-12-26T10:05:00.000-08:00

acrylic and watercolor on linen
October 2007
13" x 10"

on view at Angstrom Gallery Los Angeles, CA