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Ai Yamaguchi
Ai Yamaguchi
Hana wa no ni aruyouni
October 11 - November 8, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday, October 11th, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Simultaneous tension and harmony produced by disparate elements is the unifying thread throughout Ai Yamaguchi's Hana wa no ni aruyouni (Flowers as they are in the field).  Hovering between Japanese animation and classical Edo-style painting, the work in the Tokyo-based artist's second exhibition with Roberts & Tilton incorporates site-specific installation and recent paintings. For this exhibition, Yamaguchi has conceptualized the gallery space in terms of traditional Japanese confections where the white gallery walls represent the starchy mochi, and the artworks themselves become the sugary anko of the Japanese sweets served during the tea ceremony. The centerpiece of the exhibition, a barrel-shaped room housing a panoramic mural, represents the bitter green tea which is intended to strike a distinct yet subtle balance among all the elements within the gallery space. Similarly, the unique mix of Japanese culture in Los Angeles is relayed through a beautifully rich story depicted in Yamaguchi's paintings.
Ai Yamaguchi’s exhibition is made possible with generous support of ANA, a Star Alliance Member. Additional support for the opening reception provided by Zen, Hakutsura Sake and Mighty Leaf.
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Noah Davis
Nobody
October 11 - November 8, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday, October 11th, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Roberts & Tilton is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles based artist Noah Davis.  For his first solo exhibition, Nobody, Davis has created a series of highly political abstract paintings.   Davis selects purple as the sole color on each of the three large-scale canvases.  While the current socio-political atmosphere is prevalent in this election year, the works remain fundamentally formal in appearance.  Davis remarks on basic principles of composition and color theory, bringing to mind the early abstractions of Arthur Dove, the Minimalist drawings of Richard Serra and Paul Rand in his approach to corporate graphic design.  Titled, 2004, the series of new work is intended as fashionable paintings for 2008. These paintings are intended as historical documentation; each painting's seemingly compositionally arbitrary form is in fact the shape of a United States "swing state" in the 2004 presidential election.  These paintings are as much about painting as they are about the politics of painting; Davis presents documentation paintings that exhibit a misunderstanding of politics, and the politics of art. Upcoming exhibitions include the Rubell Family Collection's 30 Americans (November 2008) and a solo exhibition with Jack Tilton Gallery (April 2009.)

 
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