8/05/10
CONTEMPORARY IMPRESSIONISM
Light, Color, Form, Time
curated by Lauren McCaffrey and Thalassa Balanis
AUGUST 13 – OCTOBER 3, 2010
Uta Barth
Cecily Brown
Fritz Chesnut
Christina Hejtmanek
Rob Reynolds
Alexandra Wiesenfeld
Katherine Wright
Elyn Zimmerman
The influence of one of art history's greatest movements is very much alive as is evidenced by the paintings and photographs that comprise "Contemporary Impressionism". What is revealed and what is hidden and how? When do events actually occur—or don't we know until they have already passed? Featuring the work of Cecily Brown, Uta Barth, Fritz Chesnut, Christina Hejtmanek, Katherine Wright, Rob Reynolds, Elyn Zimmerman and Alexandra Wiesenfeld, we are treated to an exploration of how light, color, form and time—the essential concerns of Impressionism—are still vital issues for today's artists.
LA Art House
8825 Beverly Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90048
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6/26/10
Animal Style: The New Warrior
organized by Drew Heitzler
Opening Reception Friday, July 9th, 7-9pm
Justin Beal
Scott Benzel
Gil Blank
Jedediah Caesar
Matthew Chambers
Fritz Chesnut
Krysten Cunningham
Mark Hagen
Emilie Halpern
Lucy Raven
July 9th through August 14th 2010
933 Chung King Road | Los Angeles | California | 90012
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6/24/10
I'm curating a show called "JUNE GLOOM" at Country Club LA.
COUNTRY CLUB / LOS ANGELES
JUNE 24-26, 2010
OPENING JUNE 24, 7-9PM
JUNE GLOOM
curated by Fritz Chesnut
John Bauer
Zoe Crosher
Justin Hansch
Zach Harris
Katie Herzog
Matt Luem
Neill Orje
Josh Peters
Brett Cody Rogers
Mary Weatherford
June Gloom focuses on a dark streak running through a pleasant picture. Los Angeles is plagued by this weather pattern each summer which results in cloudy, foggy mornings. It's in this quick moment before the sun burns off the clouds that we can revel in gray thoughts and wistful moods.
For additional information please contact:
COUNTRY CLUB
Los Angeles at the Buck House
805 South Genesee Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@countryclubprojects.com
www.countryclubprojects.com
t +1 323 658 8522
gallery hours: Monday–Saturday | 10am–5pm
5/11/10
LA show at Country Club is extended to May 29th.
4/18/10
Iconoclast is releasing a limited edition print of Liquid Explosion.
Fritz Chesnut
Liquid Explosion, 2010
Ultrachrome print on archival paper
17 x 27 inches
Edition of 30
Numbered and signed by the artist
Published by Iconoclast Editions
more info and to purchase:
4/10/10
Fritz Chesnut
Peak and Flow
LOS ANGELES
April 17 – May 15, 2010
CINCINNATI
April 24 – May 29, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRITZ CHESNUT | PEAK AND FLOW
Country Club is pleased to present Peak and Flow, Fritz Chesnut’s concurrent solo exhibitions in both Los Angeles, CA and Cincinnati, OH. These are his first solo exhibitions in both cities. Fritz Chesnut is well known for a dynamic series of photo-realist paintings of crowd scenes and performers that deal with fandom and idol worship. Chesnut’s move to abstract painting, though formally opposed to his previous work, similarly mines ideas of the transcendent and the sublime. Chesnut has turned his attention to his interest in surfing. Referencing waves, moving water, outer space, mudslides and molten lava, this elegant new work evokes the moment of climax either in nature or in the psyche. Part psychedelia, part color field painting, Chesnut marries surfing zen with modernist abstraction yielding a distinct California feel with saturated and sometimes garish fluorescent colors.
These paintings mark Chesnut’s year and a half long process of exploring the ability of paint to both represent and mimic water. Chesnut “paints” without a brush, instead pouring, spraying and dripping paint with the canvas flat on the ground and then manipulates the paint by tilting and turning the canvas. Washes of paint create space and blooms of color resemble explosions. In paintings such as Nothing (2010) and Cannonball (2009), both all over abstraction and imagery conjuring outer space and surging water effectively coexist. Both minimal and expressive, organic and studied, Chesnut’s paintings come from a place of both punk catharsis and intellectual rigour.
Fritz Chesnut was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in Santa Barbara, California. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1995 and received his Masters of Fine Art from Rutgers University in 1997. His first solo exhibition was presented at Bellwether in 2002. His work has been exhibited in New York City at White Columns, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, ARENA Gallery, the Dumbo Arts Center, in Buffalo at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, in Milan, Italy at Marella Arte Contemporanea and in Los Angeles at Country Club. His work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out NY and Flash Art among others and featured in Harpers and Spin magazine. Chesnut lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
For additional information please contact:
www.countryclubprojects.com
information@countryclubprojects.com
t +1 323 658 8522 - Los Angeles
t +1 513 792 9744 - Cincinnati
Los Angeles
by appointment only
gallery hours: Monday–Saturday | 10am–5pm
7/01/09
POTLUCK
JULY 9TH - AUGUST 29th, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, July 9th 7-9pm
Country Club is proud to present POTLUCK, a summer group exhibition showcasing work by Fritz Chesnut, Alison Frey, Chad Marsh, Jason Meadows, and Mark Verabioff. Curated by Christine Nichols, POTLUCK presents work from five Los Angeles-based artists. As a curatorial construct, POTLUCK was casually initiated and is organized much like an invite amongst friends to a summer barbeque where everyone brings their own dish. The idea of POTLUCK is to present an exhibition as a communal act where participants are linked together by sharing ideas and space.
For more information, please contact: Lizabeth Belli or Yaoska Davila t+1 323 658 8522
Country Club Projects451 North Fairfax Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90036
countryclubprojects.com / info@countryclubprojects.com
t +1 323 658 8522
5/26/09
Upcoming group show at Country Club Projects in LA. Opening July 9th. Curated by Christine Nichols. I'm showing the new abstract paintings.
NEW WEBSITE
My work appears in the new Steven Soderbergh film "The Girlfriend Experience".
4/15/09
I'm contributing to this too:
ART AWARDS at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival APR 16 - 29, 2009
Each year, a group of acclaimed New York-based artists contributes original artwork that is exhibited during the Festival before serving as filmmaker awards for 10 winning directors.