Coleman Needles: Composite Forms: An Unremarkable Event
1510 S Los Angeles St, #A
Saturday, February 22 at 7:00 PM 10:00 PM
Ends Mar 21, 2020
Salt Gallery DTLA presents a new exhibition featuring artwork by ColemanNeedles. C​omposite Forms: An Unremarkable Event,​ exhibition will be on display February 22 - March 21, 2020 ​at Salt Gallery, located at 1510 S Los Angeles St, #A, Los Angeles, CA 90015. With two events occurring on the opening night, February 22 from 7:30pm -10pm, (email invitation only 7-7:30pm), and a closing event, March 21 from 7:30pm -10pm, (email invitation only 7-7:30pm).​ Beverages will be served alongside musical entertainment. I​n this exhibition, the artist explores bringing viewers into a space where materiality and life converge. Needles' work enters the modern art conversation through the disciplines of industrial fabrication and architecture. He uses raw materials, semi- or fully-fabricated parts, and construction materials to heighten the absurdities of seemingly banal structures. Drawing inspiration from the incredible dichotomy between the body and the mundane visual / material world he lives in. His work attempts to embrace the concept of physical liminality, considering the industrial nature of the cities he has lived in and the impact of spaces on the human experience. In return, his sculptures address the impact of the body on those structures and the material identities within these spaces. By hand painting, applying heat, cutting, drilling, and screwing he exploits the ductility of common materials to reference forms and ideas of the human body, while maintaining prior associations of these objects. Salt Gallery will be extending their hours for Open Thursdays 6:30-9pm on the following dates: Feb 27, 2020 March 5, 2020 March 12, 2020 March 19, 2020