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Kenny Harris (1974) has been a fixture in the Los Angeles art scene since arriving in Venice Beach in 2001. He has made a career out of describing his environment both at home and abroad. He has traveled around the world depicting subject matter both grand and mundane. Drawn to quiet subjects, his muted palette and spare spaces evoke a calming energy.
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“My hope with these pictures was to transform paint on a flat surface into real physical things expressed and arranged in a way that is beautiful.”
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Kenny Harris about Justin Wood:
Justin Wood is an outstanding painter, and I am glad we are getting to show together. Though our techniques differ, we share that affinity for “The Art of Describing” of Dutch Still Life and Genre Painting of the 17th century. He really is carrying on that classical tradition at the highest level. His skills with light, composition, and surface are exemplary. We both delight in the paint itself, and I hope the exhibition will prove an interesting pairing of two artists carrying on past traditions in their own way.
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My paintings are about light and space, and I am compelled to create spaces where the viewer is invited in, to create their own narrative. As such, my paintings are almost always devoid of people—a conspicuously empty place. I hope the work will resonate with the viewer as a reminder of the strange and beautiful world we inhabit—the mysterious everyday.
Kenny Harris
Venice Beach, CA
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Justin Wood (1982) is a painter originating from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He is interested in traditional techniques and genres. Starting from a young age he started to draw, after which, at high school, he switched to painting. Wood studied at the University of Syracuse, where he followed an education to become an illustrator among the respected illustrators Murray Tinkelman and John Thompson. During his studies at the university he took lessons in figure drawing by the figurative artist Jerome Witkin. In this time, Wood acquired knowledge of the history of classical painting. This experience had the effect that Wood changed his focus to the fine arts.
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Justin Wood & Kenny Harris
On view @ Galerie Mokum May 27 - June 25
Justin Wood & Kenny Harris
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