VOL UMIN OSITY
C O S I M O C AVA L L A R O & D E B O R A H S A LT
Nye + Brown is pleased to present Volumi-
of color reference where the painting is and
nosity, a two person exhibition with sculpture
where we are in counterpoint. The paintings
by Cosimo Cavallaro and paintings by Debo-
are hung vertically to the floor from the
rah Salt opening Tuesday, April 9th, 2013.
upper left corner to the lower right corner, what Salt has deemed “tip-to-tip.” This di-
Cosimo Cavallaro’s brilliantly hued sculp-
agonal placement counters the surrounding
tures take the recognizable shape of beans,
architecture and further supports the ten-
seamlessly merging color and form with
sion between the structure and the paintings
sensuous ferocity. Working alongside master
perceptual effect.
fabricator Jack Brogan, Cavallaro has over the course of a year tested a wide range of
Cosimo Cavallaro was born in Montreal in
materials and methods to refine the impec-
1961. The son of Italian Immigrants, Cavalla-
cable surface and intense colors. While the
ro was raised both in Canada and Italy and
artist certainly pays homage to work from
attended art schools in each country respec-
1960’s Los Angeles (a la school of Finish
tively, as well as the United States. During
Fetish—much of which “Cowboy Jack” Bro-
the 80s and 90s, Cavallaro worked as a
gan had a hand in making), Cavallaro’s Jelly
television commercial film director winning
Beans resonate with an unbridled sense of
numerous prestigious awards. Since 1995, he
humor and joie de vivre entirely his own.
has created a unique body of work from perishables that have been exhibited through-
In a similar, albeit divergent vein, Debo-
out the United States and abroad, such as
rah Salt uses her predecessor’s concerns
Chocolate Jesus and Twiggy in Cheese. He
via Los Angeles “Light and Space” artists
currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
as a departure point for her paintings. She paints twelve to twenty layers of colored
Deborah Salt was born in Los Angeles, Cali-
paint around the edge of her otherwise
fornia and attended The School of Visual Arts
white canvases, making an eighth of an
in New York in the seventies alongside such
inch to one-quarter inch band around each
artists as Jonathon Borofsky, Chuck Close,
structure. Together, these bands generate
and Brice Marden. Salt has exhibited exten-
a “glow” that infuse and subsume the sur-
sively throughout the United States, lives in
rounding space. These ever-changing lines
Topanga and works in Inglewood, CA.
COSIMO CA
AVALLARO
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (DARK GRE Y ), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (EGGPL AN T ), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (GRE Y ), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (GREEN), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (BROWN), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (LIGH T GOLD), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN ( Y ELLOW ), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (CANDY APPLE), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (NEON OR ANGE), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (RED OR ANGE), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (CANDY APPLE RED), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (CANDY PINK ), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (PINK), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN ( VIOLE T ), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (PURPLE) 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE AN (BLUE), 2012-2013, ACR Y LIC, 11 X 19 INCHE S
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COSIMO CAVALL ARO, JELLY BE ANS, 2013, ACR Y LIC AND FIBERGL ASS RE SIN, 5 X 9 FEE T E ACH.
DEBORA
AH SALT
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED (BLUE AND WHI T E), 2009, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS, 24 X 24 X 2 INCHE S
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED ( Y ELLOW AND WHI T E), 2013, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS, 48 X 48 X 4 INCHE S
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED (BLUE AND WHI T E), 2012, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS, 84 X 12 X 2 INCHE S
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED (PINK AND WHI T E), 2012, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS, 84 X 12 X 2 INCHE S
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED ( Y ELLOW AND WHI T E), 2012, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS, 84 X 12 X 2 INCHE S
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED (BLUE AND WHI T E), 2013, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS, 96 X 17 X 3 INCHE S
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED (PINK AND WHI T E), 2013, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS, 120 X 24 X 2 INCHE S
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED (RED AND WHI T E), 2013, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS, 96 X 17 X 3 INCHE S
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED (PINK AND WHI T E), 2013, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS, 48 X 12 X 3 INCHE S
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DEBOR AH SALT, UN T I T LED (RED AND WHI T E), 2010, ACR Y LIC ON CANVAS 120 X 40 X 4 INCHE S
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2685 SO U T H L A CIENEGA BLV D. LOS ANGELE S, CA 90 034 GALLER Y@N Y EPLUSBROW N.COM 310 559 5215 N Y EPLUSBROW N.COM — IN CONJUNC T ION W I T H VOLUMINOSI T Y: COSIMO CAVALL ARO & DEBOR AH SALT APRIL 9, 2013 — DE SIGN BY K Y LE L AM AR