Ron Linden
Press Release
April 13, 2018
Exhibition:
Em_ty a solo exhibit of paintings by Ron Linden
curated by Peter Plagens
Dates: April 21 – May 12, 2018 Reception: Saturday, April 21, 7 - 10 pm Hours: Saturdays, 12-5 pm, or by appointment Closing Reception: Saturday, May 12, 6:30 - 9:30 pm Em_ty
PØST is pleased
to present a painting exhibit by Ron
Linden curated by Peter Plagens.
“Linden moved
from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1972, a move he claims siphoned the color out
of his work. Since then, most of his
paintings have relied on a limited palette of bronze, rust, gray, charcoal
and brown, elemental colors likely tied to the shipping yards and oil
refineries of the landscape surrounding him in San Pedro, where he has lived
(for almost three decades). Living in
this unassuming southern California harbor town affords Linden time to
reflect on the familiar (dare I say timeless) qualities of uncertainty,
revelation, wit and disquiet.” (Peter Plagens)
"One
Southern California art veteran, Ron Linden, is also curating in the South
Bay. His TransVagrant … in San Pedro
has hosted exhibitions for almost a decade now, specializing in rigorous,
almost scholarly shows, primarily of painting. Be they solo, or group shows,
Linden’s space has a severe eye for the reductive, the historical and the
dedicated. Fearlessly championing Modernist forms and playing the long game
with art history, TransVagrant exists in a context free from art world tropes
that chase what was on the cover of last month's ArtForum. It is one of the
crowning achievements of the South Bay, inspiring and informing the whole
scene.” (Mat Gleason)
Ron Linden is
a Los Angeles–based abstract painter, independent curator, and associate
professor of art at Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington. He lives and
works in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles.
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For more information about the
exhibition, please write to new@postlosangeles.org
