COURTESY THE ARTIST AND BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Mark Grotjahn: Fifteen Paintings” is on view at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, until Saturday, June 20. The show features fifteen of Grotjahn’s non-representational paintings of “Face” paintings that depict “Indians” and “non-Indians.” Grotjahn achieves an explosion of color in these compositions through his labored technique of incising the layered canvas with a palette knife.
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Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Non-Indian #4 Face 45.59), 2015, oil on cardboard mounted on linen.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES
Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Indian #5 Face 45.50), 2014, oil on cardboard mounted on linen.
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Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Non-Indian #3 Face 45.58), 2015, oil on cardboard mounted on linen.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES
Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Indian #9 Face 45.54), 2015, oil on cardboard mounted on linen.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES
Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Indian #4 Face 45.49), 2014, oil on cardboard mounted on linen.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES