Good Mother Gallery Los Angeles is pleased to present “Paint Aquarium” a one night performance by Los Angeles-based artist Devin Troy Strother.
Join us for the opening reception and performance on Friday, August 30th from 6pm-9pm at 1212 S. Santa Fe Ave.
“In my practice, performance represents an effort to transcend the conventional two-dimensional immortality inherent in portraiture. By physically incorporating my own body into the work, I create a form of sculpture that is both visceral and chaotic. This approach resonates with the principles of pop art and the acceptance of imperfection.
The deviation from creating straightforward paintings has led me on a more compelling journey toward a truly performative painting practice. This manifests not only through performance with paint but also through the application of paint to cut pieces of paperand other objects, which are then layered onto a canvas.
During those years, I grappled with the question of what a painter could achieve. It became increasingly clear to me that the essence of painting lay in the subject matter rather than in technique, plasticity, appearance, or surface.
While these elements might find their place, they were secondary to the primary concern for me—and for many visual artists—of what we should paint or create.”
This performance was originally performed at @v1gallery/eighteen gallery in Copenhagen in 2020 for the show
I’M JUST A PAINTER
ALL I HAVE IS PAINT AND MAYBE A LIL
BIT OF HOPE.
