Voluminosity: Cosimo Cavallaro & Deborah Salt

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