January 8th through February 20th, 2010 Opening Reception Friday January 8th, 6-8pm
Leo Koenig Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of a solo exhibition of new paintings by Les Rogers entitled Last House.
In previous work, Rogers has incorporated quotation and appropriation from a variety of sources, both historical and popular. In this show, Rogers continues to move away from this, creating his own visual dictum, eschewing quoting particular works while instead making gestural references that give cues to a variety of antecedents
The exhibition Last House is partly inspired by new surroundings. Moving between the diaphanous haze of memory and the sharp focus of the immediate, Rogers creates paintings that beguile with possibilities. Originating with a glance at something vaguely familiar, the paintings unfold themselves to the viewer gradually. The large and medium scaled works allude to wide genus of painting ranging from landscapes to interior scenes; still lifes to nudes. Rogers' approach encourages a sort of mimetic syncopation, providing a palette that is at once comforting and slightly foreboding,
In the fragmentary nature of this body of work, we are given snippets of information, slivers of light that illuminate a transitory moment, but the "whole" is never revealed. Form gives way to atmospheric perspective, as the canvases present narratives that are open-ended and questioning. The artist's effortless merging of abstraction and realism; the familiar and arcane, allows entry into a world that the viewer can ultimately make his/her own.
Les Rogers holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. He has exhibited internationally, most recently at galleries such as Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy, Galeria Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France, and Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsrue, Germany. Les Rogers lives and works in New York City and New Jersey.
Gallery hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays 10 - 6 pm. For further information and/or visuals, please contact Elizabeth Balogh or Nicole Russo.
"In There, Out Here" opens at Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte
January 8th Through February 20th, 2010 Opening reception Friday, January 8th, 6-8 pm
AIDAS BAREIKIS JOE BRADLEY SARAH BRAMAN BRENDAN CASS BJORN COPELAND JIM DRAIN INSTITUTT FOR DEGENERERT KUNST SADIE LASKA JONAS MEKAS A.R. PENCK JOYCE PENSATO CHLOE PIENE JULIAN SCHNABEL MICHAEL WILLIAMS
Leo Koenig Inc., Projekte is pleased to announce a group exhibition entitled In There, Out Here, curated by Bill Saylor. Bill has given us a few words for the exhibition...
FLAT VOID PERSISTENCE COMIC SPEED A KNIFES LINE TO SOW THE FIGURE DOWN WAVES AT THE EDGE DOWN A HARD GRAVEL MARCH LOOK OUT FINGERS SPACE DICE DEEP RECORDING EVERY LIFE A MINUTE EVERY LINE A NOISE, EVERY MARK A SHADOW MOMENTS ABANDONED RETURNS THE LOOP, THE MARK, THE WAVE EVERY DEEP DIVE A HOME A NEW STEP LOAN BLACK BOLT RAIN THROUGH A HURRICANE HAZE A STREET MAGIC WEIGHTLESS THIN AIR WALK NORTHERN SKY POTIONS THE HAND
Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 10-6 pm. For further information or visuals please contact Elizabeth Balogh or Nicole Russo.
Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte
541 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 www.projekte.leokoenig.com
