Installation view, L to R: French, Peirce, French, Lyon, Durazo
Installation view, L to R: Pierce, French, Lyon
Installation view, L to R: French, Durazo, French
Installation view, L to R: French, Lyon, French Lyon, Durazo
Installation view, L to R: Peirce, French, Durazo, Peirce
Installation view, L to R: Durazo, French
John Lyon
Sitting Duck, 2006
acrylic on canvas
48 x 64 inches
John Lyon
Another Failed Attempt, 2006
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 72 inches
John Lyon
Typical Hair-Brained Bird Activity, 2006
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 72 inches
Stephen Peirce
Trunk, 2005
Oil on aluminum
74 3/4 x 49 1/4 inches
Stephen Peirce
A Place for Everything, 2003
oil on aluminum
74 3/4 x 49 1/4 inches
Stephen Peirce
Network, 2004
oil on aluminum
74 3/4 x 49 1/4 inches
Martin Durazo
IT'S ABOUT (love, formalism, monuments, play, wasting time, loss of time, structure, ternsion, height, power, ease, facades of power, political activism, optimism, pessimism, emptiness, size, memory, reflection, restriction, inclusion, balance, hope, lies, and growing .... , 2006
120 x 120 x 60 inches
Martin Durazo
Upon Closer Examination Things Become Less Clear, 2006
Plexi-glass, mirror tiles, clamps
69 x 18 x 18 inches
Martin Durazo
Thoughtprocess, 2006
Strobe lights, mirror tiles
6 x 12 x 12 inches
Martin Durazo
Electrichair, 2006
Plexi-glass, clamps, mirrors
David French
Natural Solution, 2006
Styrofoam, plastic and automotive paint
50 x 67 x 36 inches
David French
Santa Maria, 2006
Styrofoam, plastic and automotive paint
91 x 53 x 27 inches
David French
Solution, 2006
Styrofoam, plastic and automotive paint
35 x 24 x 20 inches
David French
'Grass Is Always Greener', 2005
Styrofoam, hard coat and auto paint
24" x 14" x 17"
Mark Moore Gallery is pleased to announce a four-person group show featuring Martin Durazo, David French, John Lyon, and Stephen Peirce.
This is not a test, and things are not what they appear.
Deconstructing recognizable objects from daily life, Durazo, French, Lyon, and Peirce present the viewer with a myriad of contradictions and alternate interpretations of the world in which we live through painting, sculpture and installation. The paintings of John Lyon and Steve Peirce employ scale change and theatrics that explore the ground between abstraction and figuration. David French’s sculptures offer a science fiction variation on formalist sculpture by using Styrofoam and chameleon paint, used in the manufacturing of automobiles, as primary materials. Durazo’s large-scale installations, constructed from a compilation of found objects such as tables, plants and photographs challenge the viewer’s perceptions of everyday objects and how we interact with them. Each of these artists, like magicians, use misdirection to question the association of patterns of meaning.
