Christopher Kuhn
Antifreeze
Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
30 x 24 inches, 2012
Schlock and Flaw
Oil on Linen
24 x 18 inches, 2013
Wiggle Room
Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
30 x 22 inches, 2012
STATEMENT
In an age where images proliferate, where any moment, remarkable or mundane, can be captured, replicated, and transmitted with a few clicks of a button, these paintings are quiet gestures of defiance. They are decidedly handmade, composed over time, deliberately considered, amended and revised. Rather than challenge traditional notions of painting, they accept the limitations of the medium. Drawing inspiration from a variety of visual sources historic and current, they recognize to the past while addressing the contemporary dialogue of abstract painting. They are process-based, employing both strategy and intuition. Like jazz, they balance between imposed structure and inspired spontaneity. The veiled layers of the compositions and their surface textures reveal traces of past decisions, mistakes, and corrections, recording the history of their creation. They are images without an agenda, neither provoking consumptive desires, nor promoting a packaged brand or persona. Instead, they invite the viewer to slow down, to look, and to think.
CHRISTOPHER C. KUHN
Born in Chicago, IL
Lives in Los Angeles, CA
Education
M.F.A. Candidate, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2007-2008
Post-Bac Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2006-2007
B.A. Art History, American University of Paris; France, 1996-1999
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2014
Field Contemporary, Vancouver, Canada (forthcoming)
Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2011
Arranged: Richard Galling and Christopher Kuhn, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Tintin in the Congo, 1010 Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2006
The Strip Redressed, The Gallery at the Belcourt, Nashville, TN
2003
Decent Works, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2014
Public Offerings, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Millennial Abstractions, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
Paradox Maintenance Technicians, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
MAS Attack (Mutual Appreciation Society), LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
Doing Pennants, 5th Floor Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Painting on Edge II, den contemporary, West Hollywood, CA
The New Cool School, White Box Contemporary, San Diego, CA
Painting on Edge, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like, George Lawson Gallery, Culver City, CA
2011
La Cosa Nostra, Rheeway Gallerie, Los Angeles, CA
Speculative Materialism II, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
Flag Stop Art Fair, Torrance, CA
2007
First Year Grad Show, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University; Jurors: Chie Fueki, Sheila Gallagher, and Bruce Brown
Drawing Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Holiday Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
2006
9 off 8th at 6, Crystalwood Gallery, Nashville, TN
Post Bac Group Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Selected Bibliography
Fitzpatrick, Kyle, “Christopher Kuhn’s Technologically Analog Paintings” laimyours.com, November 18, 2013
Gardocki, Matthew and Moore, Catlin, “Emergent Presence: Eight LA Artists You Should Know” Fabrik, Issue 22
Lutz, Leora, “‘Millennial Abstractions” at the office of The Marin Community Foundation,” sfaqonline.com, May 2013
Ollman, Leah, Los Angeles Times, “‘Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like” at George Lawson” March 1, 2012
Butler, Sharon, “Painters I Like: Apgar, Awad, Ghuloum, Kuhn, McCaddon, Melchi, and Rubio”, twocoatsofpaint.com, March 1, 2012
Behnke, Paul, “Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I Like @ George Lawson Gallery”, structureandimagery.blogspot.com, February 28, 2012
Wilcox, Valerie, Flag Stop Catalog, 2011, p. 106
Sesto, Carl, me/we, SMFA Press, Boston, MA, 2007, p. 42
Marks, Jonathan, The Tennessean, “Art in Numbers”, September 22, 2006
Maddox, David, Nashville Scene, “Critic’s Pick: Art”, Sept. 21, 2006, p. 31
Maddox, David, “Sunset Strip paintings at Belcourt”, perambulating.blogspot.com, July 11, 2006
Means, Armon, Nashville Scene, “Critic’s Pick: Art”, June 29, 2006, p. 31
Residencies
2007
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Awards
2007
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Tennessee Knoxville
  
|
