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RoyDowell RoyDowellNewPaintingsandSculpturesOpensThursdayApril368pmContinuesthroughMay32014LennonWeinbergInc.514West25StreetNewYorkNY10001212.941.0012lennonweinberg.com Untitled1029201352x40inchesacryliconlinen ThisisRoyDowellssecondexhibitionatLennonWeinberg.Itisstrikinglydierentromhisrsthereouryearsagoinwhichlongrowsoramedcollagesringedthegallery.Thecurrentexhi-bitionincludeseightpaintingsandvesculpturesthatassertanattitudeaboutDowellsoundationalpracticeocollageassurelyasitheyhadbeenmaderomhisusualrepertoireoprintedandhand-drawnsectionsopaper.RoyDowellisaprodigiousgathereroreerencesandresources.Hehasamagpieseyeorthevisualpropertiesothingsthathegen-erouslyintroducesintohiswork.Iconsoearlyandmid-centurymodernismsuchasGeorgesBraqueKurtSchwittersandStuartDavisareairgamealongwithMexicanandLatinAmericanpot-teryandtextilesethnographicmaterialromAricaandIndiaprintedbillboardsandpaintedsignage.Hishomeandhisstudioarelledwithcollectionsoritualandvernacularobjectsthatclearlyinormhissenseocolorpatternandcomposition.AskedrecentlywhatisthemostindispensableiteminhisstudioDowellrepliedIwouldsaythattheobjectthathangsabovemydeskanaxehandlewithapaintedsoccerballattachedtoitisthemostindispensableobjectinmystudio.IboughtitinMexicomanyyearsagoanditconstantlyremindsmeowhataperectobjectshouldlooklike.Thisoddbutpowerulobjectisclearlytheinspirationoroneotheworksinourexhibitionthewall-mountedsculptureUntitled1030afatdiskpaintedwithapat-ternohexagonsjoinedtoapole-likehandle.DowellwasincludedintheinauguralMadeinL.A.biennial exhibitionattheHammerMuseumatUCLAin2012representedbyaselectionofpaintedsculptures.Longrecognizedforhispaintingsandcollagesthesculpturescameassomethingofasurprise.ChristopherKnightoftheLosAngelesTimeswrotethisabouttheminhisreviewoftheshowVividmodernabstractionderivedfromhighartandpopulardesignisfusedwithfunctionalformssuggestiveoftribalobjectsheadreststoolmaskshieldandmore.Artanditsritualsofdisplayarebracinglyunveiledasacelebratorybranchofglobalethnology.ThesculpturesinourcurrentshowevokeasimilarrangeofreferencewiththeadditionofacartoonyumbrellathatispositivelyGuston-esque.Thegenerallymedium-sizedpaintingssharealooselybilateralsymmetrywiththesculptures.Paintedwithacryliconlinentheyshowaskilledandrelaxedhandatwork.Thepaintingsarepre-cisebutnottightwithanengagingspatialplaybetweenopaqueareasandtransparentones.Shapescanbewobblybutthegeome-tryofgridsstripescirclesandserratedrowsoftrianglesachievesapoisedresolution.ThehandmadequalityofallofDowellsworksthepaintingssculpturesandcollagesbothanimatesthemandcorroboratestheirrelationshipwiththediversesourcematerialsthatinspirehim.JillWeinbergAdams Untitled1060201440x40inchesacryliconlinen Untitled1030201350x24x3inchespaperandacrylicpaint Untitled1053201448x54inchesacryliconlinen Untitled1057201452x40inchesacryliconlinen Untitled1054201440x25x13inchescardboardpaperandacrylicpaint Untitled1055201416x12x12inchescardboardpaperandacrylicpaint Untitled1056201424x36inchesacryliconlinen Untitled1058201416x16x13inchescardboardpaperandacrylicpaint Untitled1062201452x40inchesacryliconlinen Untitled1047201352x40inchesacryliconlinen Untitled1061201446x18x13inchescardboardpaperwoodandacrylicpaint Untitled1059201436x24inchesacryliconlinen RoyDowellwasborninBronxvilleNewYorkin1951.Hisam-ilymovedregularlybeoresettlinginCaliorniawhenRoywasourteen.HebegantovisitthePasadenaArtMuseumandpar-ticularlyremembersseeingaJosephCornellexhibitionthere.HeattendedtheCaliorniaCollegeoArtsandCratsinOaklandrom1969to1971thentranserredtoCalArtsinValenciaCali-ornia.DowellstudiedwithEmersonWoelerwhoprovidedadirectlinktothemodernisttraditionbutalsowithAllanKaprowapioneerinthefeldoperormanceart.HecontinuedontothegraduateprogramitwasthenhesaysthatIbeganedgingintopaintingthroughthebackdoor.Hegraduatedin1975.In1979heoundedthefneartsgraduateprogramatOtisCollegeoArtandDesigninLosAngelesandstillservesaschairothedepartment.InLosAngelesDowellshowedwithRosamundFelsenrom1986to1994andwithMargoLeavinrom1995to2012.InNewYorkhehadexhibitionswithbothJoeFawbushandCurtMar-cus.HisfrstshowwithLennonWeinbergwasin2010.RecentlyheshowedworksatGaleraNinaMenocalinMexicoCityVari-ousSmallFiresinVeniceCaliorniaandJamesHarrisGalleryinSeattle.Hisworkwaseaturedinthe2012MadeinL.A.biennialattheHammerMuseum.HisworkisincludedinmuseumcollectionssuchastheLosAnge-lesCountyMuseumoArtandtheMuseumoContemporaryArtinLosAngelesaswellastheHammerMuseumSanFran-ciscoMuseumoModernArtMuseumoContemporaryArtSanDiegoTheBerkeleyMuseumoArtTheOaklandMusuemTheJumexCollectiontheEliBroadCollectionandmanyothersig-nifcantinstitutionalandprivatecollections.HelivesandworksinLosAngelesandSanMigueldeAllendeMexico. lennonweinberginc.newyork