Opening Reception: John Cederquist and the Art of Painting with Wood
Saturday, February 27, 2016 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Join us for the Opening Reception of John Cederquist and the Art of Painting with Wood! The first Los Angeles solo-exhibition in over 30-years for Southern California artist John Cederquist features masterful trompe l’oeil wood inlay that blurs the boundaries between reality and illusion through beguiling works of depth deception.
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Zen and the Art of Painting with Wood (Mickey’s Mandalas series), 2010Measure Once, Cut Twice (Mickey’s Mandalas series), 2010. With a great sense of humor matched by impeccable craftsmanship, Cederquist is never one to miss a good visual pun or joke. In these more recent pieces, he often riffs on craft mottos and sayings by giving them physical form. The chatoyance of specifically selected woods that Cederquist bleaches and dyes appear like entirely different materials, such as, silk, steel and water, which adds to the effect of his optical illusions.
