Tristan Eaton @ Subliminal Projects (11/7/15)

I think these show a clear link to early pop art, Rosenquist in particular. They have a story, dialogue, involve the viewer. Chevrier, I would suggest, is all about the medium.

Library Street Collective Presents "Legacy"

A Solo Exhibition By Tristan Eaton

On View: November 7 - November 14, 2015 at Subliminal Projects

1331 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 7th, 2015 at 7 p.m.

Detroit-based contemporary and fine art gallery, Library Street Collective, is pleased to announce “Legacy,” a solo exhibition of new work by Tristan Eaton. In this exhibition, Hollywood-born Eaton explores the topic of “legacy," in his most personal and introspective exhibition yet. Eaton looks for ways to pay respect to those who came before him and honour their legacy for infinite generations to-come, with a captivating array of paintings and fabricated metal print works. The canvas works include mixed-media portraits of spray paint, acrylic and silkscreen, involving patterned, symbolic and metaphoric layers inspired by audio interviews the artist conducted with nearly a dozen people who have played an important role in his life.

“A common challenge we all share is adequately describing a loved one to people that never knew them,” Eaton says on his first solo show in the United States in nearly a decade. “It’s so important to pass on the legacy of those you love to your children and grandchildren, but also to the whole world. The sharing of human stories is an ancient tradition that bonds us closer together as people. As a result, we understand each other more deeply and become stronger better people when the context of our legacy is clear. The people that came before me made me who I am, and I intend to pass along their stories and strengths by creating this ‘time-capsule’ of an exhibition that honours their legacy and preserves their stories forever.”


Other highlights of the exhibition include Eaton’s first-ever self-portrait and the highly anticipated release of his first art book "The Murals of Tristan Eaton" which documents his many ambitious, international mural projects.

The entire exhibition will be catalogued digitally along with the audio interviews in a small glass bottle USB along with a digital copy of Eaton’s mural book. The limited edition glass bottle USBs will be available to attendees of the exhibition only.

"This is the form, the kind of crazy-epic collage of the scattered and shattered brought together, whole. These are the steps that a criminal mind and a commercial hand take when they try to wrestle and dance their way to harmony. It’s the highly skilled illustrator proving that he can paint, the painter proving he can think, and the thinker proving that he’s down for a bar brawl. It’s the kind of crazy shit you get when a great storyteller gives up on being literal and jumps into the puddles of abstract thinking with an armful of loaded iconographies." — Carlo McCormick on Eaton's work, an excerpt from his foreword in "The Murals of Tristan Eaton"


“Legacy” will be on view at Subliminal Projects (1331 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA) from Saturday, November 7 –Saturday, November 14, 2015. For more information, visit www.LSCGallery.com or e-mail info@lscgallery.com for an exhibition catalog.