Matter Studio Gallery, 5080 West Pico, Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90019, is pleased to announce an in-person conversation with artist JonMarc Edwards and gallerist Karla Funderburk exploring his exhibition Integrating Matter.
Confined to the studio during the pandemic, Edwards, in his newest paintings, integrates up-cycled and repurposed materials found within his studio and immediate environment, some left over from prior artworks, using them in new, highly graphic, emotional and painterly color fields. There are palpable emotions evoked by the juxtaposition of his use of these diverging forms together. You are confronted with the evidence of his artistic evolution.
This new body of work pivots from Edwards’ well-known “Compressed Textual Tableaus” and includes the multi-panel narration “Meditation Upon a Jam”, a work that expresses the underlying trauma, anger, and hope provoked by the seemingly incoherent daily perspectives over these past two years. Edwards believes that “We are living through a period of chaos and instability where experimentation and dialogue offers the possibility to overcome ignorance and worn preconceptions. “It’s my mission as an artist to challenge and inspire the viewers to create action and make their mark!”. JonMarc Edwards’ Integrating Matter invites the viewer to contemplate these very marks that we are making.
