Please join us tomorrow, Saturday, December 6, 5-7 pm, for the artist reception of āSurface / Signal: Owen Kydd and Kyle Tata.ā
āSurface / Signalā brings together the work of Owen Kydd and Kyle Tata, two Los Angeles-based artists who challenge the boundaries of photographic depiction through materially innovative and conceptually rigorous practices.
Owen Kyddās recent works continue his interest in images that occupy the space between photography and the moving imageāpictures that unfold in real time yet resist the narrative expectations of cinema. Each piece begins as an observation: a room, a street, a window, a small arrangement of light and atmosphere. But the camera is only the first step. Once recorded, the image becomes a kind of digital material that can be adjusted, layered, or subtly altered until it behaves less like a document and more like a constructed surface.
In Kyle Tataās most recent body of work, he has created photographs that incorporate gestures associated with painting and sculpture through physical alterations of the negatives. He seeks to destabilize and critique the finite characteristics of the photographic image by physically manipulating the negative with abrasion, ink, and bleach. These marks merge with the captured image to produce something that exists only in this singular formānot as a document of one moment, but as a gestalt of absence and presence. As with all of his work, Tata aims for these photographs not merely to depict a subject, but to compel viewers to confront their own relationships with illusion, reality, and ambiguity.
Together, Tata and Kydd offer a compelling meditation on perception, materiality, and the fluid edges of the photographic medium.
Last week to see my show with Owen Kydd @casemoregallery in SF
Many thanks to @juliecasemore and @janieeperezz for all their help putting this dream exhibition together āØāØāØ
Last day to catch āRoom Toneā by @kyletata
Gallery hours 1-5, closing reception begins at 3pm.
In addition itās the last day to catch @alxdlp & @patrickgookin ās āAnchor Pointsā at @seasons_la
Iām late telling everyone that Finn is 9 months old (heās almost 10 mo now)! Iām late posting my annual āIām aliveā birthday post! Iām having the actual time of my life!!! These photos go back in time to the spring and we both get smooshier and Kyle is continually gorgeous and I canāt believe Iām already looking back and just, wow š„²
Room Tone, my first solo show in seven years opens next Saturday October 11 @the_fulcrum_press 8pm till late.
The world is insane and this year has been wild on so many levels for me but I still love making art and am so pumped to share this work.
Swipe through for in process studio shots and a photo of me with my newest artist assistant š¶š¼
Hope to see you there āØ
Doing a little print sale of some older work to raise some š°to make some new work for a show coming up in the fall āØ and to pay off some dental surgery bills š«
Prints are $100 each plus shipping, inkjet on Canson Platine, each image is 8x10ā and in an edition of 25.
DM me if you want a print/have a question.
Scroll through for a admin reveal of the artist in his studio šØš»āšØ
