ETHEREAL
WILLIAM TURNER GALLERY
FOREWORD: The William Turner Gallery is pleased to announce Ethereal, a group exhibition that brings together a collection of works that explore the myriad ways in which we interpret and experience the intangible. Exhibiting artists include Peter Alexander, Dawn Arrowsmith, Larry Bell, Kelly Berg, Casper Brindle, Fred Eversley, Frank Gehry, Jimi Gleason, Eric Johnson, Jay Mark Johnson, Sandy Lajer, Andy Moses, Ed Moses, Steven Salzman, Michel Tabori and Eric Zammitt. Defined as “seeming to belong to another world”, ethereal describes a state of being that is elusive and often fleeting, like the glow from a hazy sunrise or the shimmering light of a distant star. The notion of light comes to mind, when one contemplates the ethereal. Light can call to mind energy, warmth, color, weightlessness, it can be captivating or transformative, it has the ability to reveal or obscure. It is these dichotomies that have fascinated and inspired centuries of artists - from Titian’s turbulent depictions of classical mythology to Richard Diebenkorn’s spatially explorative Ocean Park series to James Turrell’s immersive perceptual cells. Continuing this visual pursuit of harnessing the ethereal, the artists in this exhibition draw inspiration from diverse sources - natural phenomena, space exploration, the unmistakable light of the California landscape, the metaphysical, memory and psychology. Through the lens of sensory based phenomena, each artist has developed an aesthetic technique that invokes a range of experiences, from the meditative to the perceptual to the euphoric. Their approaches vary greatly, from elegant minimalism to mysteriously abstracted representation, but each piece results in a unique investigation into the space where transitory experience, ephemeral sensation and physical presence intersect.
Peter Alexander Dawn Arrowsmith Larry Bell Kelly Berg Casper Brindle Fred Eversley Frank Gehry Jimi Gleason Eric Johnson Jay Mark Johnson Sandy Lajer Andy Moses Ed Moses Steven Salzman Michel Tabori Eric Zammitt
Peter Alexander, Untitled (Small Pink Drip), 2011, polyester, 7.25”x 9.75”x 1”
Dawn Arrowsmith, Sky High, 2010-2015, acrylic on canvas, 42” x 42”
Dawn Arrowsmith, Glimmering Innumberable Years, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 60”x60”
Larry Bell, SF 6/21/12, 2012, mixed media on paper, 30” x 22” Right: Detail of SF 6/21/12
Kelly Berg, Electrostatic 4, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”
Casper Brindle, Harmatten Haze, 2015, acrylic, automotive paint & resin on panel, 48� x 96�
Casper Brindle, Untitled, automotive paint and resin on panel, 48�x48�
Fred Eversley, Untitled, 1971, resin, 20”x 20” x 2”
Frank Gehry, Memory of Sophie Calle’s Flower, 2012, cast urethane, with wood pedestal, 24” x 23” x 18” (pedestal 45 1/2” x 17” x 17”), Ed. of 28
Morphology 1601, 2014, acrylic on lucite mounted on concave wood panel, 54�x108� Right: Morphology 1601 as installed
Jimi Gleason, Untitled, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 66” x 54”
Jimi Gleason, Untitled, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 66” x 54”
Eric Johnson, White Money, 2012, composite resin & automotive pigment , 20” x 20” x 6”
Geomorphology 1402, acrylic on lucite mounted on concave wood panel, 45”x84” Left: Geomophology 1402 Installation
Jay Mark Johnson, Los Osos #81, Big Sur 2012, archival pigment, paper, aluminum, 23.5” x 71”, Ed. of 9
Jay Mark Johnson, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 2014, archical pigment on paper, 25”x 85” (framed), Edition of 9
Sandy Lajer, Rain Light, 2011, mixed media on paper, 9” x 19” (framed)
Sandy Lajer,Storm Watch Series, mixed media on paper, 2011, 12” x 15” (framed)
Andy Moses, Memo From Turner, 2015, acrylic on lucite mounted on concave wood panel, 54”x 78”
Ed Moses, Baco, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 66” x 54”
Ed Moses, Crimba (Cohabit), acrylic on canvas, 48”x 48”
Steven Salzman, Angular Momentum Made Me, 2006, interference acrylic on canvas, 84� x 60�
Steven Salzman, Gamma Ray Burst, 2006, interference acrylic on canvas, 60x45 inches
Michel Tabori, Behind The Curtain, 2013, mixed media & resin on panel, 62� x 62�
Michel Tabori, Twenty-three, mixed media, acrylic and resin on canvas, 70’x58”
Eric Zammitt, Standing Grey Spectral Light, 2014, colored acrylic pieces, 75” x 40”
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