Carol Jazzar is pleased to present ULAMA, ULE, OLÉ, an exhibition of recent works by Ronny Quevedo that de-construct the spaces in which sports are played. This will be Quevedo first solo exhibit at the gallery.
This series of works depicts playing fields and sport arenas devoid of players and fans, in order to consider these specialized spaces as territories, in which actions are limited by precise measurements, guidelines and rules. Quevedo notes: "As a consensual space for play, I consider the movements and actions within these environments as a metaphor for an insistence on survival and constant adaptation."
Quevedo composes his works using unorthodox materials, ranging from the banal (shoe polish, candy wrappers, potato chip bags, photocopies) to the sublime (gold leaf). Contact papers simulate the wood grain veneers of basketball courts, a field of hexagons repeats a soccer ball into infinity. The density of shoe polish is a surrogate for printer's ink. The aerial vantage points in many of the works suggests the dispassionate viewpoint of a cartographer. Quevedo's previous works are rich with vernacular material, popular culture artifacts extracted from their original contexts, and invited into a dialogue with history.
Ronny Quevedo born in Equador, based in the Bronx, NY, is currently a resident at the Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He received his MFA from the Yale School of Art and BFA from The Cooper Union. He has participated in residencies at the Lower East Side Printshop (New York), The Bronx Museum of the Arts and Aljira Contemporary Art Center (Newark). He has exhibited at the Islip Art Museum (New York); El Museo del Barrio; The Bronx River Art Center; Saltworks Gallery (Atlanta); and The Bronx Museum of the Arts. The exhibit runs through June 30th, 2013
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7 June - 27 July 2013
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The approach, London presents JACK LAVENDER - Dreams Chunky
6 June - 28 July 2013
Jack Lavender draws from a world of mass-produced objects, transforming their singular banality through their composition within such structures as grids and metal armatures. Sitting between the disciplines of painting, sculpture and collage, Lavender brings different elements together to create a new entity.
