Kantor Gallery in conjunction with Madison
Gallery
Presents a satellite exhibition of
new
paintings and installations
by
artist Elijah Blue
entitled
"Stuff
of
Legends"
Friday, July
2nd,
2010 - Monday, August 2nd,
2010
(Los Angeles,
CA. June 16, 2010)"Stuff of Legends",
presented by Kantor Gallery and Madison
Gallery,
opens a satellite exhibition of paintings and installations by artist
Elijah
Blue. "Stuff of Legends" follows the success of Blue's
sold out
inaugural
exhibition "Step-and-Repeat
"at
Kantor Gallery, with the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art acquiring
the
final
piece.
"Stuff of Legends"
and
"Step-and-Repeat" are both commentaries on the unholy marriage of celebrity
and
commerce, with artist Elijah Blue taking a traditionally
unaesthetic,
completely commercial medium of the
step and repeat backdrop found
on
red carpets, and making it his
own.
"Stuff of Legends" is a further abstraction and smaller study, on the
nuances
of the first series of paintings in "Step-and Repeat".
Blue states that
the
seemingly innocuous walls are a commentary on "the contemporary
celebrity
condition, its arc over the last 50 years, and the cheapening of fame."
Growing
up in a Los
Angeles
fishbowl, Blue is uniquely qualified to engage in such droll
artistic
discourse, while he is essentially making light of the "current
celebrity
condition" as an Orwellian device. It's his simultaneous engagement with,
and
disassociation from the topic that ultimately makes the work honest
and
impactful. With Madison and Malibu being the backdrop of Blue's
satellite
show, this sentiment has been strategically orchestrated by the artist
and
irony will be on display.
This
summer Madison Gallery will premiere its contemporary art gallery
with
artist Elijah
Blue,
in
conjunction Kantor Gallery, the longstanding hub of contemporary art in Los
Angeles.
Madison
Gallery
23410
Civic Center Way
|Malibu |CA |
90265
310.317.8787
|11am-7pm Mon-Sat | 12pm-5pm Sun
To RSVP Please Email: RSVP@emgpr.com
Artist
Inquiries
Contact:
Alanna
Navitski / Jennifer
Gross
Evolutionary
Media
Group
T:
323.658.8700
Alanna@emgpr.com
/ Jennifer@emgpr.com
