Below is the press release for my upcoming two-part solo show at christopher west presents in Indianapolis, IN.
For immediate release: June 16, 2010
White: Part 1 & Part 2 by J.T. Kirkland
to open at christopher west presents July 1st.Indianapolis, IN, June 16, 2010: christopher west presents is pleased to announce White: Part 1 & Part 2, a two-part exhibition of works by Virginia-based artist J.T. Kirkland. Opening reception for the artist will take place on Thursday, July 1st from 5pm until 8pm featuring work from Kirkland’s White Paint series. There will be a secondary opening July 22nd from 5pm to 8pm featuring Kirkland’s latest body of work, Exploratory Paintings. The entirety of the two-part show will run through August 14th.
Kirkland’s reductive work strives to find clarity and resolution in line, color, and form, while challenging viewers’ perceptions of surface and space through simple and precise gestures on wood. In White: Part 1, Kirkland uses pure white paint – the same found on a standard gallery wall – on Wenge wood to blur the boundaries between the physical space of the gallery and artwork. In White: Part 2, Kirkland introduces color into the works which are accentuated by a finely painted white line to delineate the colored form against the Maple wood grain. Kirkland has recently had solo exhibitions in New York City and Richmond, VA. He has also recently been awarded both an Artist in Residence at the Vermont Studio Center in January of this year and the Robert Riddick Memorial Award from the Rawls Museum in 2009. This two-part exhibition offers a unique chance to experience two different, yet related, bodies of work by Kirkland in the same gallery. This is his first exhibition at the gallery. Images available upon request.
About christopher west presents
christopher west presents is a contemporary art gallery focusing on emerging regional and national artists. The intimate gallery space focuses primarily on solo exhibitions and artists’ projects. The gallery program is directed by Christopher West who has more than ten years experience in curating and selling contemporary art both in Indianapolis and in California. The gallery is located in the heart of the Massachusetts Avenue Arts District and is open to the public Wednesday – Friday 11 – 5 and Saturday Noon – 4 or by appointment.
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I’ve made 25 new works for these shows and I am thrilled that they are all done. I still need to photograph most of them, but as I can, I will share images here. If you’re in the Indy area, I would love to see you at the opening next Thursday.
I just finished reading your description of your residency at the Vermont Studio Center with great interest. Thank you very much for that. Then I checked your blog’s homepage and was delighted to discover that you’re about to have an exhibit here in my own city! Congratulations. I’ll definitely try to be there on opening night to see your work first-hand.
I really appreciate what you’ve shared on this blog (which I just discovered today while I was looking for information about art residencies). You seem very down-to-earth and approachable, unlike many of the people I encountered in art school (even in Indianapolis and not New York City!).
Thanks for the comment, Kamilah. Hope to see you Thursday night at cwp!
I wrote a brief review of your show on my blog and shared it on FriendFeed, Facebook and Twitter. http://kgillart.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-for-angle-j-t-kirkland.html Hope that generates a bit of buzz in the area for your show.