Ed Templeton and Matt Leines | Opening Saturday at Roberts andEd Templeton - Map of the Inner War
For Map of the Inner War, Ed Templeton saturates the gallery with over 250 new works including painting, sculpture, photography, and works on paper. Templeton documents his life, and the lives of the people around him, in a rich stream of images - images of himself and his wife, Deanna, in their day-to-day lives, and images of others, at home in Orange County, California or during the many tours he makes as pro-skateboarder and artist. Templeton likes to present his photos, drawings and paintings in a non-hierarchical manner, large quantities all mixed up together at once. He'll often hang clusters of works in the shape of "image clouds." In these installations, the to and fro of the clouds feels like a metaphor for the appearance and disappearance of images, like those of a traveler acquiring countless new impressions every day. In Templeton's way of seeing we also recognize something of the fascination of the passer-by, the transient, gripped, at some unexpected moment, by the "extraordinary of the ordinary," the exceptional and surprising existential qualities of daily life.
Matt Leines - The Great Gates of ZenithEd Templeton and Matt Leines | Opening Saturday at Roberts and TiltonIn the past, Matt Leines created creatures and worlds seemingly in a realm of history. For this exhibition, The Great Gates of Zenith, Leines imagines a futuristic world in which his creatures dwell. The overwhelming theme of "wonder" present throughout is reminiscent of the feelings evoked by scientific advances exhibited at Worlds' Fairs at the turn of the twentieth century, when people were not yet jaded by such discoveries, and still fascinated by what might lie over the next hill, or who may be encountered down the next alley. Consisting of all new works on paper, the exhibition will coincide with the release of Leines' publication, You Are Forgiven (Free News Projects, 2008).November 15 - December 13, 2008
Opening Reception Saturday, November 15, 7-9:30pm
Deformer Book Signing Reception Saturday, November 15, 6-7pm
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