Artist Spotlight: Linda Sue Price - Connections

Linda Sue Price, Connections 1, Neon and mixed media, 15 x 15 x 10"

TAG Gallery is pleased to feature two bodies of neon and mixed media works by L.A. artist Linda Sue Price. The artist’s works capitalize on an economy of material in reflecting issues surrounding our current socio-political climate. Price explores themes of dividedness, interconnectedness, and spiritualism, combining photographic portraiture, chain, textiles representing each of the seven continents, and prominently, the yin yang symbol made from neon-lit tubing.

In Price’s series Connection, the work's underlying grid of crowd sourced portraits represents California’s diverse demographics and include those in her Los Angeles community and California residents at large. The artist’s highlighting of differences in race, gender, age, and orientation grounds her work in the traditions of social realism with its emphasis on the ‘average’ Californian.

Linda Sue Price, Connections 2, Neon and mixed media, 15 x 15 x 10"

In her series Continents, the works combine indigenous textiles worldwide. Both of the artist’s bodies of work relate humanity’s concerns from local, global, and cosmic vantages.

Linda Sue Price, Continents 1, Neon and mixed media, 15 x 15 x 10"

Price’s works trace current tensions facing humanity and are expressed between optimistic images of family, community, or symbols of culture, and affixed chain that surrounds each piece. Through the artist’s juxtaposing of photographs and chains, Price examines borders as objects of both protection and confinement and makes ambiguous the relationships between fragility and strength. Price’s use of the yin yang symbols are ever-present reminders of the light and dark forces inherent in the laws of nature and invites contemplation about humanity’s role in both the smallest and biggest pictures.

Linda Sue Price, Connections 3, Neon and mixed media, 15 x 15 x 10"

Linda Sue Price began studying neon at the Museum of Neon Art in 2004 under master neon artist Michael Flechtner. Solo exhibits include those at TAG Gallery in Los Angeles, and group exhibits including Untltled, curated by Shana Nys Dambrot at Artshare LA. Price is an advisory board member at the Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, California.

The exhibition runs through Saturday, July 7, 2018
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 30, 3 p.m.

Artist Spotlight: Gary Polonsky - Leaves, Rocks, Flowers

Gary Polonsky, Front & Back of the Same Leaf, Acrylic and mixed media, 26 x 26 x 3" 

Gary Polonsky explores botanical subjects in his exhibition at TAG Gallery, Leaves, Rocks, Flowers.

Gary Polonsky, 68 Maple Leaves, Acrylic and mixed media, 31 x 31 x 2.5"

In recent years Polonsky has investigated and expanded the various facets of his art practice via engineering techniques, sculpting, and painting. Lush colors and large, dramatically shaped wire mesh “canvases” allow for flexibility in each piece, enabling the work to reach out from the wall towards the viewer.

Gary Polonsky, Bromeliad in a Paint Can, Acrylic and mixed media, 26 x 27 x 25"

As with his previous three-dimensional series (the food series, the botanical series, stamps, the solar system), Polonsky maintains an alluring attraction to the natural world. Leaves, Rocks, Flowers encourages intimacy; asking the viewer to observe and gaze closely, see the intricacies, beauty, and the wonder of our world.

Gary Polonsky, Rocks, Acrylic and mixed media, 25 x 25 x 3.5"

The exhibition runs through Saturday, July 7, 2018
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 30, 3 p.m.

Artist Spotlight: Laura Fisher - Passage

Laura Fisher, Control Line, Oil on canvas, 20 x 45" 

Laura Fisher investigates motion through the landscape in Passage, her debut show at TAG. Her colorful oil paintings are virtual road trips, capturing the spatial and temporal essence of travel.

Laura Fisher, Tangency, Oil on canvas, 10 x 22" 

Sweeping curves and strong geometric forms come together to create cohesive yet enigmatic terrain. Some shapes push forward and some fall back, moving the viewer through imagined hills and valleys, along roads and across bridges. Subtle gradients and dramatic chromatic shifts evoke the passage of time across these undulating panoramas.

Laura Fisher, Intraurban, Oil on canvas, 20 x 45" 

The colors of Southern California permeate Fisher’s current body of work. Having recently moved from Michigan to Los Angeles, she has embraced the hues of her new home, updating her palette to incorporate the warmth and light of the area.

Laura Fisher, Passage, Oil on canvas, 20 x 45" 

The moods of the paintings range from pastoral to energetic, and the compositions draw from the influences of the Cubists, the Precisionists, and mathematics. Simple titles give modest clues to the pieces’ real-world influences but leave broad room for personal interpretation. Fisher’s gift for creating evocative visual puzzles challenges viewers to fit together the pieces of their own travel memories as they explore her dynamic and imaginative landscapes.

The exhibition runs through Saturday, July 7, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 16, 5-8 p.m.
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 30, 3 p.m.

Current Exhibition: Laura Fisher, Gary Polonsky, Linda Sue Price

Tuesday, June 12 - Saturday, July 7, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 16, 5-8 p.m.
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 30, 3 p.m.

Laura Fisher - Passage

Laura Fisher, Juncture, Oil on canvas, 15 x 30"

Gary Polonsky - Leaves, Rocks, Flowers

Gary Polonsky, Smiling Red Leaf, Acrylic and mixed media, 18 x 30 x 5"

Linda Sue Price - Connections

Linda Sue Price, Connections 4,  Neon and mixed media, 15 x 15 x 10"