On View at Aqua Wynwood: Claire Oswalt, Extended Handshake

Claire Oswalt
Extended Handshake, 2008
Graphite, Wood, paper, twine motorized
26" x 20.5"
Courtesy the Artist and Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles
On View at Aqua Wynwood, Taylor De Cordoba, Booth #5

Taylor De Cordoba @ Aqua Wynwood

Zoseria by Frohawk Two Feathers

Claire Oswalt

Claire Oswalt, Ryan Callis, Jeana Sohn

Kyle Field & Sasha Bezubov / Jessica Sucher

Claire Oswalt, Ryan Callis, Jeana Sohn, Frohawk Two Feathers

Kyle Field

Taylor De Cordoba exhibiting at Aqua Miami Wynwood

We're happy to announce our participation in the upcoming Aqua Art Miami at Wynwood, December 3-7, 2008. The gallery will feature new work by Sasha Bezzubov & Jessica Sucher, Kimberly Brooks, Ryan Callis, Kyle Field, Charlene Liu, Melissa Manfull, Claire Oswalt, Jeana Sohn & Frohawk Two Feathers.



AQUA WYNWOOD - December 3-7
42 NE 25th St, Miami

VIP Preview
Tuesday, December 2: 5-8pm

Dec. 3, 11 am - 3 pm
Dec. 4/5/6, 11 am - 7 pm
Dec. 7, 11 am - 4 pm




The Zoseria at Aqua

An installation by Frohawk Two Feathers

Los Angeles-based, Frohawk Two Feathers work is at the confluence of graffiti, folk art and 19th century portraiture. Frohawk is creating a large decorated pyramid that will be installed in the outdoor courtyard at Aqua Wynwood. The Zoseria at Aqua is presented by House of Campari. Courtesy Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles.

Please note special gallery hours: the gallery will be open by appointment only during the Thanksgiving holiday and Art Basel Miami, beginning Thursday November 27th. We will resume normal gallery hours on Tuesday December 9th.

2660 S La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034

(310) 559-9156 tel
(310) 559-9157 fax

info@taylordecordoba.com
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Taylor De Cordoba Fall News

We're happy to announce our participation in the upcoming Aqua Art Miami at Wynwood, December 3-7, 2008. The gallery will feature new work by gallery-represented artists, including Frohawk Two Feathers, Jeana Sohn, Charlene Liu and Kimberly Brooks.




Taylor De Cordoba is currently exhibiting large scale color photographs by Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher from their new series, The Searchers. To create this body of work, the artists spent one year in India on a Fulbright Scholarship exploring western spiritual tourism. The exhibit has been featured in V Magazine and Angeleno, and will be reviewed in the forthcoming issue of THE Magazine. The exhibition closes December 20th.




Sasha Bezzubov's upcoming book, Wildfire, will be released in January 2009 by Nazraeli Press. Signed copies will be available at the gallery. Please contact us to pre-order.




Kimberly Brooks was the subject of an Artist Profile in a recent issue of art ltd Magazine. Brooks was also selected by Rita Gonzalez, Assistant Curator at LACMA, for inclusion in the upcoming West Coast edition of New American Paintings.




Kyle Field's recent exhibition More Country Questions was reviewed in art ltd by Allison Gibson. We have signed copies of his book Put It In A Nutshell, along with two new albums by his bands Little Wings and Be Gulls. Please contact us to place an order.




Virgil de Voldere gallery in Chelsea recently concluded a successfull solo show by Charlene Liu. We're thrilled to be exhibiting her work in Miami.




Taylor De Cordoba was recently featured in Elle Magazine and in LA2DAY.

Please note special gallery hours: the gallery will be open by appointment only during the Thanksgiving holiday and Art Basel Miami, beginning Thursday November 27th. We will resume normal gallery hours on Tuesday December 9th.

www.taylordecordoba.com

Opening November 1, Sasha Bezzubov & Jessica Sucher

Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present

Sasha Bezzubov & Jessica Sucher

The Searchers

November 1 – December 20, 2008

Opening Reception: Saturday November 1, 2008 6pm-8pm



Temple 1, 2008
C-Print, 40" x 55" edit. 1/7

Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present The Searchers, the West coast debut of a new series of photographs by the collaborative team of Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher. The exhibition will run from November 1 – December 20, 2008. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artists on Saturday, November 1 from 6pm-8pm.

The Searchers is a series of large-scale photographs examining Western spiritual tourism in India. Bezzubov and Sucher investigate the magnetic pull of India’s rich religious history and the utopian communities that cater to Western seekers. While exploring yoga centers, meditation retreats and ashrams, the artists straddle the line between observers and participants. The project results in distinct groupings: spatially astounding interiors, bizarre landscapes, and portraits of those who simultaneously appear both lost and found. The connecting thread is the visual strangeness and cultural collisions inherent in this phenomenon. This series includes photographs taken at the Osho Meditation Resort in Pune and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram in Nayyar Dam, Kerala.

With The Searchers, the artists build on themes explored in their previous bodies of work, specifically Expats and Natives (Bezzubov and Sucher) and The Gringo Project (Bezzubov). These previous projects center around young Western travelers exploring developing countries and how the relationship to one’s host country relates to larger issues of race, class, and identity.

New York-based Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher have been collaborating since 2002. In 2006, they spent a year in India on a Fulbright Scholarship Award for their project, The Searchers. Their work has previously been exhibited in Miami, Los Angeles, New York, The Netherlands.

CONTEMPORARY ART FOR CHANGE - Sunday, October 12

Taylor De Cordoba invites you to a BENEFIT FOR OBAMA!

Sunday, October 12, 2008 3 - 8 pm
in collaboraton with the following artists, galleries, and organizers:

Charlene Liu in New York

Charlene Liu's solo show opens today at Virgil de Voldere Gallery in New York. This piece, "Pile of Cherries," is among the new works on paper on exhibit.

Frohawk Two Feathers in Flaunt

Frohawk Two Feathers wrote and illustrated a six page piece in the new issue of Flaunt Magazine. Click HERE and scroll down to Flaunt to download the story.

New work and press by Jeana Sohn

"Sea Flowers," 2008. 13" x 20"



"Sea Urchins and a Shiny Thing," 2008. 5.25" x 7.5"

Jeana Sohn is featured in the current issue of Spaces Magazine. Click HERE to read.

Kimberly Brooks in Style.com

Kimberly Brooks' exhibition, "Technicolor Summer," received a wonderful write-up on Style.com. Click HERE to read the piece.

Claire Ellen Oswalt in Artweek

Claire Ellen Oswalt's recent exhibition, "Trust Fall," received a beautiful review in Artweek, written by Ashley Tibbits. Click HERE to read.

Kyle Field at New Image Art

Kyle Field has two new pieces on exhibit in the group show "Ginger," at New Image Art Gallery . Also on display: new work by Tauba Auerbach, Sean Cassidy, Nico Dios, Keegan McHargue, Devendra Banhart, Cleon Peterson, Leigh Ledare and Antti Laitnen.

The show is up through July 12.

Taylor De Cordoba @ NEXT Chicago

Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present new work by

Charlene Liu & Frohawk Two Feathers

NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago, IL

Booth # 7-2038

April 24 - 28

Opening Preview
Thursday, April 24, 7-10pm

www.nextartfair.com

www.taylordecordoba.com
info@taylordecordoba.com


image: Charlene Liu, Untitled, 2008, 30 x 40 inches, mixed media on paper

Kimberly Brooks in Marie Claire

Jeana Sohn in Oprah Magazine

Claire Oswalt in Angeleno

New pieces by Melissa Manfull

I just did a studio visit with Melissa Manfull and am blown away by her new ink on paper pieces. We installed them in our gallery back room right away. Click on the image to see all the beautiful details. Please email if interested.

POP-UP @ THE PARKER

Taylor De Cordoba presents:

POP-UP @ THE PARKER

featuring new work by:
Kimberly Brooks, Frohawk Two Feathers, Kyle Field, Charlene Liu & Jeana Sohn.

Saturday March 29
Sunday March 30

Le Parker Meridian
118 W. 57th St.
New York, NY 10019

To schedule a viewing appointment contact Heather Taylor
310.413.7665
heather@taylordecordoba.com

Mike Quinn Opening at Perry Rubenstein Gallery

Friend of the gallery Mike Quinn opens his solo show at Perry Rubenstein Gallery in New York this thursday.

Mike Quinn
Winning is Not For Everyone
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 27, 6-8PM

@ Perry Rubenstein Gallery
534 West 24th Street between 10th and 11th Ave.

Frohawk Two Feathers review in Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
Friday February 29, 2008

AROUND THE GALLERIES
by Holly Myers
A chapter from colonial times

"In the Court of the Crimson King" is Frohawk Two Feathers' second solo show at Taylor de Cordoba and the second chapter of an epic saga whose details are difficult to keep straight. They're scrawled on a long, scroll-like sheet posted to a gallery wall for those who want to give it a try. But the themes are all too familiar: power, war, colonialism, imperialism and the lure of global trade.

The hero is one Nancy of Gonaives, heir to the fictional kingdom of Frengland, who has embarked on a mission to avenge his father's death and reclaim the throne from his villainous uncle, Lord William (a.k.a. King Billy). Haiti figures in the story in some way, as do the sugar trade, the Inuit people, a pope and a certain pink sperm whale, hunted with Ahab-like obsession by the ill-fated King L'Oreal.

The bulk of the story is told through drawings and paintings that mimic the conventions of colonial-era genres -- particularly portraiture -- while remaining wonderfully fresh and strange. The project is a peculiar one that manages to balance a number of unlikely qualities -- lighthearted and earnest, endearing and unsettling, humorous and scathingly critical.

Two Feathers, who goes by a number of different pseudonyms, seems to have a lot going on: He has several musical projects underway and will perform at the gallery Saturday as Kent Cyclone. The full scope may take some time to unfold, but the promise is striking.

Charlene Liu in Cleveland

Charlene Liu has new work on exhibit at Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art in Cleveland.

You can view some of her new pieces by clicking here.

Kent Cyclone performs at Frohawk's closing party

Frohawk Two Feathers in Daily Candy's Weekend Guide

January 31, 2008
The Weekend Guide
What to Do This Weekend

SEE
In the Court of the Crimson King
What: Frohawk Two Feathers’s new paintings and drawings of colonialism, imperialism, and conquest.
Why: This is a takeover.
When: Feb. 2-Mar. 8. Reception, Sat., 6-9 p.m.
Where: Taylor De Cordoba, 2660 S. La Cienega Blvd., b/t Venice & Washington Blvds., Culver City (310-559-9156).

http://www.dailycandy.com/los_angeles/article/34773/The+Weekend+Guide

Weekly Column by Kimberly Brooks

Gallery artist, Kimberly Brooks can now add "columnist" to her resume. She recently launched "First Person Artist," a weekly column on the Huffington Post. Kimberly interviews contemporary artists (most recently Liat Yossifer and Kirsten Hassenfeld) and through her own commentary draws connections with current social, political or cultural issues. See more info here:
http://www.firstpersonartist.com/

Image courtesy Kirsten Hassenfled and Bellwether, New York

New work by Mike Quinn at Perry Rubenstein Gallery

Friend of the gallery, Mike Quinn, has new work in an excellent group show at Perry Rubenstein Gallery in New York. The show runs through February 16, so there is still time to check it out.


SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION:
TAUBA AUERBACH, DANIEL BUREN, SOL LEWITT, MIKE QUINN AND ROBIN RHODE

PERRY RUBENSTEIN GALLERY
527 WEST 23 STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10011
T 212-627-8000

http://www.perryrubenstein.com/

Frohawk Two Feathers Performs as Kent Cyclone

Frohawk Two Feathers will perform as his improvisational rapper alter-ego, Kent Cyclone, this Friday night at Chung King Projects. From the Press Release:

Kent Cylcone is another creation from Umar Rashid, which is freestyle fusion of his two personas, the rapper, and the contemporary artist. Based on improvisation, and large amount of distilled liquids, Kent Cylcone attempts to become the best artist/performer in the universe, and his crew, the Forces of Natures, aka The Fifty Foot Wave, Peggy Sunami, and Monsoon Season, backs him up for a site specific performance. Please find below the one hit wonder by Kent Cyclone, which has brought him worldwide fame, and a whiskey sponsor.

Friday, January 25, 2007. 10:00PM.
Chung King Projects.
945 Chung King Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://www.chungkingproject.com/

Jeana Sohn: Final Week!

Don't miss the final week of Jeana Sohn's solo show here at Taylor De Cordoba. Sohn's new paintings were a huge success in Miami and at the gallery. Please contact the gallery for more info: 310.559.9156.

Kyle Field Exhibition Opens in Paris

Kyle Field: Old Spirits
January 19 - February 16, 2008
Cardenas Bellanger
43, rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris, France
t/f. +33 [0]1 48 87 47 65
http://www.ateliercardenasbellanger.com