EXTRA-ORDINARY THINGS features five artists who regularly transform the ordinary into the extraordinary—engaging with unexpected and often commonly available source materials to construct works that are surprising for their scope and simplicity. Teeming with allusion and wordplay, these objects sustain a certain tension as open/structured, logical/intuitive,playful/thoughtful, as they subvert expectations and suggest greater implications.
Kiel Johnson Forage Whatever’s Left , 2014 Graphite and watercolor on paper mounted to panel 42” x 58” Courtesy of the artist and Mark Moore Gallery
Kiel Johnson Basic Layout , 2014 Graphite and watercolor on paper mounted to panel 42” x 58” Courtesy of the artist and Mark Moore Gallery
Kiel Johnson Colonize , 2014 Graphite and watercolor on paper mounted to panel 42” x 58” Courtesy of the artist and Mark Moore Gallery
Kiel Johnson Publish or Perish , 2009 Plywood, steel, cardboard, paper 60” x 48” x 144” Courtesy of the artist and Mark Moore Gallery
McLean Fahnestock Auditognosis , 2016 Cast plastic shells and sound
variable dimension Courtesy of the artist
Lynn Aldrich Velvet Painting: Ascension , 2015 Velvet, velveteen, plastic, wood 48” x 37” x 3” The Collection of Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Irvine, CA
Lynn Aldrich Gothic Galactic , 2015 Oil, acrylic, craft puff balls, velvet ribbon, corrugated plastic 26” x 38” x 3” The Collection of Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Irvine, CA
Lynn Aldrich Evening Bag for God , 2013 Purchased handbag, steel wire, polyester, paper stars & moon 11” x 8” x 6” The Collection of Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Irvine, CA
Olga Lah Convergence , 2015/16 Foam cylinders and wooden skewers variable dimension, site-specific installation Courtesy of the artist
Steve Roden gloppen = open glow , 2007 Four color offset printed map 27” x 40” Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Projects LA
Steve Roden es oh yu en dee , 2015 (32:04) HD video program Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Projects LA
Steve Roden disorder (i’ve been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand) , 2016 (31:34) HD video program Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Projects LA
Steve Roden lines and faces , 2105 (4:37) HD video program Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Projects LA
ABOUT THE GALLERY:
The Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery presents a program of rotating contemporary art exhibitions on the campus of Biola University. Located in the greater Los Angeles area, the Green Art Gallery is well positioned to represent a vital Christian worldview within the critical dialogue of contemporary visual art and to produce engaging exhibitions that grapple with issues concerning the intersection of faith with art and culture. The Green Art Gallery also provides professional development opportunities for Biola art students through gallery exhibitions and internships.
Cover image: Colonize , 2015 (detail), by Kiel Johnson
All artwork documentation photographs by Jeff Rau, from exhibition in the Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery. Copyright © 2015 Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery All rights reserved. Published through Issuu.com
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