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The Kantor Gallery is pleased to present. .
. David Choe
Empty Joys and Fleeting
Fantasies
David
Choe Show Images
David
Choe Scuplture
Fresh out of a Tokyo prison,
semi-reformed street artist David Choe is eager to present his
latest creations at the Kantor Gallery starting this Friday.
The show will feature a variety of
never-before-seen paintings, wooden sculptures, and prints Choe
created shortly before and after his most recent incarceration. In
addition, the exhibit will include “Silent Dance,” the only painting
Choe created after his release. Copies of Choe’s books, Bruised
Fruit and Crusiv will also be available for purchase.
Choe’s somewhat manic style
combines the raw with the refined. Although prone to moments of
reckless scrawling, he ties his pieces together with elegantly
effortless brush strokes, daring color palates, and carefully
constructed layers. His intricate stylings portray an equally
intricate interpretation of the world and people around him.
Choe created the artwork for the
upcoming show during a period of self-reevaluation resulting from
his arrest. He believes that the gradual abstraction of his
figurative work throughout the years is a reflection of his shifting
ideals. Despite Choe’s increased doubts about what the future may
hold, he says his relationship with artistic expression has not
changed.
“I still do love art,” says Choe.
“The pencil, the paintbrush. I don’t know what else to say.
Everything else is just stuff, temporary. Empty joys and fleeting
fantasies.”
At the age of twenty-eight, Choe
is extraordinarily well traveled. He has trekked throughout America,
Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, documenting his experiences in
paint—and leaving a record of his travels behind. His train-hopping
and hitchhiking have served him as an invaluable source of
inspiration.
Choe’s artistic handiwork has been
exhibited in galleries worldwide from Germany to Tokyo. His murals
adorn walls in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Middle
East and Asia. His artwork has appeared on the pages of Hustler,
Raygun, Vice, Juxtapoz, Giant Robot, Wired, and Vanity Fair. Choe’s
graffiti and comics are also widely accessible.
David Choe will be exhibiting his
new artwork at the Kantor Gallery with an opening artist reception
on Friday July 9th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Exhibit will run through
August 28th. For more information please call 323-933-6976. |
