BREACH Gallery presents 'More Than This' exhibition & Progressive Brunch on Oct.2nd

 

BREACH PRESENTS MORE THAN THIS SEPT 17 OCT 15 SOLO EXHIBITION FOR CES MCCULLY PROGRESSIVE ART BRUNCH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2ND @ 12-4PM

BREACH GALLERY PRESENTS, “MORE THAN THIS”, A SOLO EXHIBITION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTIST CES MCCULLY. FOR HER FIRST SOLO SHOW IN THE UNITED STATES, MCCULLY PRESENTS A SERIES OF PAINTINGS THAT SEAMLESSLY MOVE FROM GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT COLOR FIELDS TO GRAPHICALLY MINIMAL SELF-PORTRAITS TO SENTIMENTS RENDERED IN PLAYFUL LETTERS THAT ON FIRST GLANCE APPEAR GENTLER THAN PERHAPS THEIR SUBTEXT WOULD SUGGEST. IN THE PAST, MCCULLY HAS EXPLORED THEMES OF IDENTITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PARADIGMS AS A RESULT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA. FOR “MORE THAN THIS”, SHE HAS CENTERED HER WORK AROUND THE THEME OF FEMININITY. CONTINUING TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY, SHE UTILIZES INFLUENCES FROM TEXTILE WORK AND RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY TO CREATE PIECES THAT FEEL PERSONAL AND AT TIMES NOSTALGIC. HER WORK BOTH REVEALS AND EXAMINES AREAS OF SOCIETY WHERE WOMEN HAVE HISTORICALLY SOUGHT SOLACE OR WAYS TO EXERCISE THEIR VOICE OR POWER. EXPRESSING BOTH AN INTIMATE STORY OF WOMANHOOD AS WELL AS CREATING A CULTURAL COMMENTARY THAT IS UNIVERSAL, MCCULLY EMPOWERS HER MESSAGE WITH A VERY INTENTIONAL CHOICE OF COLOR AND TEXTURE. THE TEXT SHE UTILIZES IS AT ONCE IDIOMATIC AND CRYPTIC, AS THE WORDS BLEND TOGETHER IN AN ARRAY OF MUTED COLORS. HER ABSTRACT PAINTINGS, WHOSE GEOMETRY RECALL PATTERNS OF FABRIC, ARE HARMONIOUS AND MEDITATIVE COMPOSITIONS. EMPLOYING THIS ORGANIC SENSE OF FORM, MCCULLY BRINGS FORTH WORK THAT REIMAGINES AND REAFFIRMS FEMININE SPACE. CES MCCULLY (B. 1982) IS ORIGINALLY FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, AND IS NOW BASED IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS SHE HAS EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL R LOPEZ