FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Joshua Aster
little conversations
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September 5 – October 6, 2012
Reception for the Artists: Saturday, September 15, 6 – 8 pm
Los Angeles—Sam Lee Gallery is pleased to present little conversations,
a solo exhibition of abstract paintings by Los Angeles-based artist
Joshua Aster. The artist’s recent oil paintings function as a type of
sieve in which color, line, and patterns are distilled to their essence
on the canvas. Nine works, measuring no more than 24x24 inches each,
are intimate in scale and elemental in their emphasis on straightforward
mark making. Aster employs ordinary objects such as wood off-cuts,
erector set parts, broken plates, and picture frames found in his studio
and intuitively arranges them on the canvas. He then traces their
outlines and finishes the work by coloring in between the lines with oil
paint, thus creating a familiar yet fresh pattern that resembles a
brightly colored jigsaw puzzle: a confident display of color, line, and
shape.
Born 1976 in New York, Joshua Aster received a master of
fine art degree from University of California Los Angeles (2007) and a
bachelor of fine art degree from Skidmore College in New York (1998).
He has been featured in exhibitions throughout the United States: solo
shows at Carl Berg Gallery in Los Angeles, Karl Hutter Fine Art in
Beverly Hills, and Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City
(Utah). His work has also been included in various group exhibitions at
Roberts & Tilton, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Michael Kohn Gallery,
PØST Gallery, Annie Wharton Fine Art, Taylor de Cordoba, and Pepin Moore
in Los Angeles, Angstrom Gallery in Dallas, and Plane Space in New
York. Aster is a founding member of the artist collective OJO, which
has had solo projects at MOCA, Los Angeles and LA>
Digital images are available for press purposes. Please email sam@samleegallery.com for reproduction requests.
Sam Lee Gallery
990 North Hill Street #190
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Mobile 323-788-3535
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Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12 to 6 pm and by appointment
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