SALVADOR DOMINGUEZ: Cultura De Domesticidad | MARC HOROWITZ: Triple Bottom Line
3311 East Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, March 16 at 6:00 PM 9:00 PM
Ends Apr 20, 2024
SALVADOR DOMINGUEZ: Cultura De Domesticidad de boer (Los Angeles) is proud to present Cultura de Domesticidad, a solo exhibition by artist Salvador Dominguez, the artist's first in Los Angeles. Born to immigrant parents and growing up in Greater Los Angeles, Dominguez works between Chicago, IL, and Los Angeles, CA. This exhibition explores Dominguez's cultural heritage through the lens of domestic needlepoint patterns. These patterns hold significance for the artist, drawing connections to his cultural background, childhood experiences, and the materials blue-collar laborers use. Cultura de Domesticidad features a collection of small and medium-sized paintings. These works collectively examine themes of ethnicity, community, and the influence of cultural values. Dominguez utilizes custom-built wooden panels with a layered grid of mason lines as his canvas. He then applies encaustic, a hot wax-based painting medium, to recreate his mother's domestic embroidery, often incorporating floral and religious motifs. Transcending the boundaries of domestic crafts, Dominguez transforms age-old techniques and motifs and imbues the paintings with traditionally “feminine” practices, creating questions about preconceived notions of masculinity and artistry. Mexican needlepoint-known as “Otomí”, with a rich history and relationship to domestic life has also inspired artists such as Teresa Margolles and Abraham Cruzvillegas. For Dominguez, these works bridge a gap between the past and present, offering a powerful commentary on cultural memory and allowing for questions about social justice and political unrest through the lens of immigrant history and heritage. About Salvador Dominguez: Salvador Dominguez was born in 1985 in Zacatecas, Mexico, and grew up in Pomona, California. He now lives and works in Chicago, Illinois-where he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago–and Los Angeles, California. Like many first-generation immigrants, language is an important part of Dominguez’s narrative. Not just in terms of communication but also in its relevance within a broader contemporary American culture. Dominquez’s work has been exhibited at de boer, Los Angeles, CA; Ralph Arnold Gallery at Loyola University, Chicago, IL; Walker Art Gallery, Garnett, KS; National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL; Carroll University, Waukesha, WI; DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL; Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN among others. - MARC HOROWITZ: Triple Bottom Line de boer (Los Angeles) is thrilled to announce its upcoming solo exhibition, Triple Bottom Line by Marc Horowitz, opening on March 16, 2024, and running through April 20, 2024. This exhibition will feature a selection of Horowitz's recent abstract paintings, renowned for their vibrant energy and dynamic interplay between spontaneity and structure. Horowitz's artistic practice draws inspiration from a diverse range of sources, including internet culture, commercial advertising, and the entertainment industry. He masterfully combines elements of abstract expressionism with bold colors and playful, cartoon-like imagery, resulting in works that feel both unexpected and carefully composed. His paintings transcend the canvas, inviting viewers on an immersive journey beyond the frame, often evoking a sense of cinematic narrative. In an essay that appears in Howoritz’s recently published monograph, “This Will Work”, Christina Catherine Martinez describes Horowitz’s work as not being limited to the tools at hand, rather, Horowitz asks questions like, “What can be a painting?” or “What can be a performance?”, and these experiments are a “study for the larger work of living.” Martinez goes on to say, “Marc is an extraordinary maker of objects . . . [and] his objects cohere a number of concerns from the welter of the Western art, dragging traditional genres and classical figures kicking and screaming across the transom of Modernism and into the glaring light of Postmodern free play.” MARC HOROWITZ (b. 1976, Columbus, Ohio) is a Los Angeles-based artist. Horowitz performed an innovative social practice informed by his background in entertainment and advertising. His multifaceted practice now encompasses painting, sculpture, video, and installation. Equal parts postmodern and post-internet, Horowitz’s work flattens the hierarchies of culture, politics, relationality, and history creating a diverse but singular visual universe. Horowitz received an MFA at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA in 2012. A Creative Time Project Grant Awardee, Horowitz has taught at the University of Southern California, and Otis College, and lectured at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), the Hammer Museum, Stanford University, and Yale. Horowitz has exhibited his work internationally, past exhibitions include venues such as de boer, Los Angeles, CA: L21, Majorca, Spain; Johannes Vogt, New York, NY; BANK Mab Society, Shanghai, China; Mannerheim Gallery, Paris, France; The Hayward Gallery, London, UK; The Pit, Los Angeles, CA; China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA; Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT; Galerie Nathalie Halgand, Vienna, Austria; and Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL among others.
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