Il Giardino dei Segreti
LAWRENCE FODOR
southern california art projects + exhibitions
Il Giardino dei Segreti
(The Garden of Secrets)
LAWRENCE FODOR
March 3 - April 7, 2023
“Absorbed as artist and viewer by the resonant beauty of these paintings-alone in a clandestine meeting with the endlessly sublime-I marveled at the unimaginable possibility these frescoes had endured, undiscovered for nearly two millennium, still echoing the voices of antiquity and radiating the resilient spirit of nature through the indelible integrity of painting.”
-- Lawrence Fodor
While immersed in an encounter with a magical frescoed dining room from ancient Rome I discovered alliances to my artistic practice, my environmental concerns and my fingers deeply engaged in the soil of my gardens, real and imagined. These paintings and photographs celebrate the essential relevance of the primal human connection with nature and converge to mirror and embody a flourishing landscape garnered from history, translating the vital implications of an accumulated past united with a concerned present to beckon a sustained future.
Lawrence Fodor, 2023
II Giardino dei Segreti I, 2019-23
oil, alkyd resin and linseed oil on wood panel
44 x 30 inches
Koan Box Ultramarine-Violet/Blue-Violet/Sage, 2015-17
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 21 kt moon gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items
12 x 6 x 2 inches
Hydrangea I, 2021-22
oil, alkyd resin and linseed oil on canvas
78 x 52 inches
Hydrangea II, 2021-22
oil, alkyd resin and linseed oil on canvas
78 x 52 inches
Koan Box Pale-Green/Yellow-Green Mist, 2020-23
oil alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 21 kt moon gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
Koan Box Blue-Green/Blue-Violet Mist, 2020-23
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 12kt gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items
10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
Roma: Locarno Garden I, 2022-23, Edition 2 of 3
multiple-exposure archival pigment print on Canson Infinity Platine Rag paper
Image: 30 x 30 inches / Framed: 40 x 40 inches
Koan Box Cairn 20 Pink/Orange/Ochre, 2019-22
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 23kt gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
Koan Box Trace Pale Green/Yellow Green, 2018-23
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 12kt gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items
10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
II Giardino dei Segreti Ill, 2019-23
oil, alkyd resin and linseed oil on wood panel
44 x 30 inches
Koan Box Cairn 23 Green/Pale-Green, 2019-23
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 21 kt moon gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items
10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
II Giardino dei Segreti Vl, 2019-23
oil, alkyd resin and linseed oil on canvas
46 x 44 inches
Koan Box Trace Deep Maroon/Deep Red, 2019-23
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 21 kt moon gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
Koan Box Green/Pale Blue, 2020-23
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 12kt gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items
10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
Roma: Locarno Garden IVB, 2022-23, Edition 1 of 3
multiple-exposure archival pigment print on Canson Infinity Platine Rag paper
Image: 30 x 30 inches
Study for Land and Sea Il, 2020
graphite and watercolor on paper
9 x 9 inches unframed/ 16.5 x 16.5 inches framed
9 x 9 inches unframed/ 16.5 x 16.5 inches framed
Study for Land and Sea IlI, 2020
graphite and watercolor on paper
Sangre de Cristo Garden+ Hydrangea IVB, 2022-23, Edition 1 of 3
multiple-exposure archival pigment print on Canson Infinity Platine Rag paper
Image: 40 x 40 inches/ Framed: 48 x 48 inches
Hydrangea III, 2021-22
oil, alkyd resin and linseed oil on canvas
78 x 52 inches
Koan Box Trace Titanium White/Orange/Ochre, 2019-23
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 12kt gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
Koan Box Trace Ultramarine Blue-Violet/Blue-Violet, 2019-23
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 12kt gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items
10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
Koan Box Trace Permanent Green/Sap Green, 2019-23
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 12kt gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items
10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
Roma: Locarno Garden+ Hydrangea IIIB, 2022-23, Edition 1 of 3
multiple-exposure archival pigment print on Canson Infinity Platine Rag paper
Image: 40 x 40 inches/ Framed: 48 x 48 inches
Koan Box Hansa Yellow/Permanent Green/White, 2019-23
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 23kt gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
Koan Box Ultramarine Blue/Green/Grey/White, 2015-16
oil, alkyd resin, linseed oil, wax and 12kt gold on wood cigar box w/ embedded items
10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches
IN THE STUDIO
LAWRENCE FODOR
Born 1951, Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
1975-76 Graduate work towards MFA, Printmaking, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Drawing/Printmaking Major, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1971 Associate of Arts Degree, Fine Arts Major, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
STUDY/RESEARCH RELATED TRAVEL
2022 Italy
2021 Italy
2018 France, Spain and Italy
2015/2016 Baja California Sur, Mexico
2013 Dry Tortugas National Park, Key West, Florida
2010 Argentina and Patagonia
2008 Mexico and Costa Rica
1985 England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain
1974-1975 Katmandu, Nepal
1974 England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland & India
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Il Giardino dei Segreti, solo exhibition, SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects + Exhibitions, Corona del Mar, CA
2021 Increscent, solo exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2020 Penumbra, online exhibition, SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects + Exhibitions, Corona del Mar, CA
2019 a Tireless Hand, solo exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2018 SMALLS – a group exhibition, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Amended Mythologies, solo exhibition, SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects + Exhibitions, Corona del Mar, CA
Eclipse: Obscured Memories, solo exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2016 EMERGENCE – a group exhibition, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Without Gravity, solo exhibition, Chiaroscuro Gallery @ Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2013 Again: Repetition, Obsession and Meditation, group exhibition with Agnes Martin, Sol Lewitt, Olafur Eliasson, Uta Barth, Chuck Close and Susan York, Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
Group Exhibition, three-person exhibition with Florence Pierce & Mala Breuer, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Holding Light 4: 315 paintings, a site-specific installation. ALCOVE 12.6: New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Holding Light 02: 81 paintings, an installation. Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA
Infinite Sequence, solo exhibition, SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects + Exhibitions, Corona del Mar, CA
2010 Speak for the Trees, group exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID & Seattle, WA
2009 Köan Boxes, solo exhibition, Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
Ligatures & Köan Boxes, solo exhibition, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Ligatures, solo exhibition, SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects + Exhibitions, Corona del Mar, CA
2007 Stochastic, solo exhibition, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Moment of Inertia, solo exhibition, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Sustained Resonance, solo exhibition, SCAPE: Southern California Art Projects + Exhibitions, Corona del Mar, CA
Beneath the Surface, solo exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Greek Contributions to Mankind – An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, United States Embassy, Athens, Greece. Curator: Virginia Shore
2003 A Given Moment II, Two-person exhibition, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 The Art Collection, group exhibition, Embassy of the United States of America, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
A Given Moment, solo exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2001 Stream from the Clearing, Two-person exhibition, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999 Vestiges II, solo exhibition, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Vestiges, solo exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Setting Prayers on Fire, solo exhibition, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996 Two Person Exhibition: w/ Lucy Brown, Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1993 Two Person Exhibition: w/ Holly Roberts, Jeannie Denholm Fine Art, Newport Beach, CA
1992 Perigrinari, solo exhibition, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990 In Lucem Proferre, solo exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1989 Lawrence Fodor, solo exhibition, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1981 Lawrence Fodor, solo exhibition, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/GRANTS
2022: Artist Residency, Art 1307, a private foundation, Naples, Italy
2014: City of Santa Fe Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts
2013: National Endowment for the Arts Grant, for concept, curating, design and educational com ponents: Cumulous Skies: the Enduring Modernist Aesthetic in New Mexico, in conjunction with the Santa Fe Arts Commission, Santa Fe, NM
2009: Santa Fe Art Institute Residency, Santa Fe, NM
SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
LIOLI Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas
Embassy of the United States, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Patrick Lannan
David Liebowitz
Lester Marks
William Miller
Cindy Miscikowski
Sally B. and William H. Neukom
Rick Silver and Robert Hayden
Terry Tempest Williams
Victoria Zoellner
PUBLICATIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Eclipse: obscured memories / Lawrence Fodor paintings, recent paintings and essays by Cyndi Conn, Andria Friesen and Lawrence Fodor, Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM, 2017
Chaco Canyon: wandering the past in the present, photographs and essay by Lawrence Fodor in Chaco Culture National Historic Park, Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM
2015
Apparatus: in a painter’s studio, photographs of vignettes in the studio of Lawrence Fodor, essay by Aline Brandauer, Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM, 2015
Holding Light, a catalogue documenting the work for an installation of paintings at the Laguna Art Museum, essay by Cyndi Conn, Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM, 2012
Speak for the Trees, composed by Andria Friesen, publisher Marquand Books, Inc, Seattle, WA, 2009, (illus. In Lucem Proferre VIII, 1989-90)
King, Sarah S., Lawrence Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Art in America, National Re views, October 2009 (illus: Ligature 12 Green/Blue-Green/Violet, 2008-09)
Köan Boxes, a catalogue to accompany the Lannan Foundation Exhibition, essay by Timothy Rodgers Ph. D., Chief Curator, New Mexico Museum of Art, Publisher Lannan Foundation, Twin Palms Press, 2009
Walker, Hollis, Lawrence Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Art News, National Reviews, November 2007 (illus: Stochastic – Gamma, 2007)
Walker, Hollis, Triumph of Intuition, Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe/North, August 31, 2007 (illus: Koan Yellow/Green, 2006-07)
Mato, Marcia, Editor, Greek Contributions to Mankind – An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, Catalogue to accompany exhibition, 2002, United States Art in Embassies Program, (illus: Pegasus One, 1999-2000)
Thompson Randall, Teri, An Unscripted Dialog, Santa Fe New Mexican, September 7, 2001 (illus: Dragonfly, 2000-01)
McCloud, Kathleen, Lawrence Fodor’s Continuing Process Dialogue, Santa Fe New Mexican, September 5, 1997 (illus: Setting Prayers on Fire #10, 1996-97)
Patterson, Perrin, Artists to Watch in 1997, Santa Fean, Santa Fe, NM, May, 1997 (illus: Setting Prayers on Fire #4, 1996-97)
“Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.”
--Albert Einstein
CURATOR STATEMENT
Lawrence Fodor and I have known each other and worked together for over 30 years so it makes perfect sense that his solo exhibition is the first exhibit of 2023 to launch SCAPE's 20th anniversary. Lawrence and I have inspired each other, pushed each other and championed each other for our professional foothold in the visual arts for over 3 decades.
- Jeannie Denholmsouthern california art projects + exhibitions
Published on occasion of “Lawrence Fodor II Giardino dei Segreti Exhibition”
March 3 - April 7, 2023
Curated by Jeannie Denholm
Catalogue Design by Kathleen Updyke Brown
© 2023 SCAPE | southern california art projects + exhibitions
© Lawrence Fodor -- All artwork and Photograph of Itallian Fresco wall
© Eric Stoner -- Photographs of Lawrence Fodor studio and sketchbook
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