WILDING CRAN GALLERY. Ariana Papademetropoulos, The man who saved a dog from an imaginary fire. September 16 - October 2
WILDING CRAN GALLERY Ariana Papademetropoulos, The man who saved a dog from an imaginary fire September 16 - October 26
Blood Bath, 2017 18 ½ x 13 ½ in oil on canvas
For Carlos 2017 18 ½ x 13 ½ in oil on canvas
Holy Water 2017 120 x 90 in oil on canvas
Best thing about not dating a scientologist is that I can do acid again, 2017 84 x 60 in oil on canvas
Emotion-Torn Villa 2017 21 ½ x 15 ½ in oil on canvas
710 N. Normandie 2017 21 ½ x 15 ½ in oil on canvas
‘Murderous passion lurked in the fabulous house by the sea’ 2017 21 ½ x 15 ½ in oil on canvas
'spirit of Elvis be my sugar daddy’ 2017 60 x 60 in oil on canvas
Women Running Away From Houses 2017 55 ¾ x 67 ¼ x 20 in MDF board, carpet & vintage paperbacks
939 South Santa Fe Ave Los Angeles, CA 90021 www.wildingcran.com
[email protected] 213 553 9190
WILDING CRAN GALLERY
Ariana Papademetropoulos The man who saved a dog from an imaginary fire September 16 – October 26, 2017
Wilding Cran Gallery is pleased to present The man who saved a dog from an imaginary fire, a solo presentation of work by Los Angeles based artist Ariana Papademetropoulos. Taking inspiration from imagined spaces, vintage magazines, and books, Papademetropoulos creates environments that juxtapose ideas of perception and delusion. By using both realism and trompe l'oeil she references the history of painting while further developing the sense of illusion within her work. Featuring new paintings and installation, this exhibition focuses on our relationship to decor and interior space- it invites us to question functionality and taste, reality and fantasy. In a painting of a church interior the walls blur to the outside where the viewer is transported to a ‘Disneyfied’ realm; a room built into the gallery space takes us ‘down the rabbit hole’ to a topsy-turvy fantasy interior of distorted scale which has us wondering whether it is retreat, asylum or even a gilded cage. Finally, the artist brings together a collection of gothic romance novels, all written by women. Each paperback has a different title and a different story, yet all of the book covers share the common theme of a woman running out of a house from a presumed horrific fate. With this, she invites the viewer to confront the contradictions of fantasy vs horror, and ultimately the duplicity and hypocrisy within our popular culture. Ariana Papademetropoulos (b. 1990, Los Angeles, CA) received her BFA at CalArts with a minor in Cultural Studies in 2012. She also studied at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. Her work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York City, New Orleans, Mexico City, and Berlin. For media inquiries, please contact Jessica McCormack at
[email protected] or 323 497 9308.
939 South Santa Fe Ave Los Angeles CA 90021 www.wildingcran.com
[email protected] 213 553 9190
