Philip Martin Gallery is proud to present, "Spaces," an online exhibition of works by Sky Glabush, Kristy Luck and John Joseph Mitchell. In their respective practices, these three artists consider space as a convention of picture-making and a means by which to explore interiority and expression.
Construction of space is a long-standing question in painting. Landscape appears in "painting as window" 15th-Century Italian pictures; the idylls of the Renaissance; and later, with the advent of tubed paint, the outdoor on-site work of the English watercolorists and French Impressionists. In the various global 'modernisms' of the 19th and 20th-Century, the construction of space emerges as a negotiation between inside and outside: sometimes the artist attends to an external scene; sometimes, Maurice Denis's "colors assembled in a certain order" on "a flat surface” refer to the depths and possibilities of inner vision liberated by objective and non-objective motifs.
In his work, Sky Glabush grapples with the history of painting and the phenomenology of his own experience in the woods, fields, lakes and marshes near which he lives and works. Kristy Luck moves between inner landscapes and outer ones, referencing painterly expression, natural spaces, language and the construction of thought. John Joseph Mitchell's paintings consider subject matter and interiority; specifically, the sense that one's vision is figured by what we see, how we see and how we think about the process of our own observation.
Sky Glabush (b. 1970 Alert Bay, BC) received his BFA from the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, SK) and his MA from the University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB). Sky Glabush's work is the subject of upcoming and recent solo exhibitions at Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) and Stephen Friedman Gallery (New York, NY; London, UK). Glabush’s paintings are in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, where they were recently on view. Glabush’s group shows include, “Pocket Universe,” at Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), "The Moth & The Thunderclap," Modern Art (London, UK, 2023); “BodyLand,” Galerie Max Hetzler (Berlin, Germany, 2022); "Unnatural Nature: Post-Pop Landscapes,” Acquavella (New York, NY, 2022); "Sky Glabush and Johannes Nagel," Cordonhaus Städtische Galerie Museum (Cham, Germany); “The Valley of Love,” Clint Roenisch Gallery (Toronto, ON); “Sky Glabush,” Projet Pangée (Montreal, QC); and “The Window is Also a Door,” Prosjektrom Normanns (Stavanger, Norway). Glabush's work has been included in exhibitions at University of Western Ontario (London, ON); Galerie de l’UQAM (Montréal, QC); and Rideau Hall (Ottawa, ON). Glabush is an associate professor of visual art at the University of Western Ontario (London, ON). Glabush’s work is included in such collections as Harvard Museums (Cambridge, MA), National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON); Alberta Foundation for the Arts (Calgary, AB); Bank of Montreal (Toronto, ON); Burnaby Art Gallery (Burnaby, BC); Colart Collection (Montreal, QC); Ivey Collection (Toronto and London, ON); MacKenzie Art Gallery (Regina, SK); McIntosh Gallery, (London, ON); McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Vaughan, Ontario); Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon, SK); Museum London (London, ON); University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, SK). His work has been featured in publications such as Tate Magazine, Border Crossings, Canadian Art, Toronto Star, and Globe and Mail. Glabush lives and works in London, ON.
Kristy Luck (b. 1985, Woodstock, IL) received her BFA from Rockford University (Rockford, IL) and her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL). Kristy Luck’s work is the subject of, "The Journey Before Me: Etel Adnan, Michelle Blade, Kristy Luck,” at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (2024, Novato, CA). Kristy Luck’s work was recently the subject of a solo exhibition, “Close to the Verb,” at Philip Martin Gallery (2023, Los Angeles, CA). Upcoming solo and group exhibtions include Grimm Gallery (New York, NY); Night Gallery (Los Angeles, LA); and Franklin Parrasch (New York, NY). In June 2022, Kristy Luck had a solo exhibition at Mendes Wood DM (São Paulo, Brazil). Luck’s solo July 2021 exhibition at Philip Martin Gallery was selected as an Artforum Critic’s Pick. Luck’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); ODD ARK LA (Los Angeles, CA); Eastside International (Los Angeles, CA); and Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Chicago, IL). Additionally, her work has been included in group shows at Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, CA); Jacob’s West (Los Angeles, CA); 0-0LA (Los Angeles, CA); Guerrero Gallery (San Francisco, CA); Corbett vs. Dempsey (Chicago, IL); A Public Space (Fishers Island, New York); and Projet Pangée (Montreal, Canada). In May 2023, Kristy Luck's work was selected by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for the museum's permanent collection. Luck's work has been featured in numerous publications including Artforum, Art in America, Los Angeles Times, Architectural Digest, Artillery Magazine, Whitehot Magazine, The Editorial Magazine, and Opening Ceremony. Luck lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
John Joseph Mitchell (b. 1989, Somers Point, NJ) received his BFA from Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ) and his MFA from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (Philadelphia, PA). John Joseph Mitchell's work is the subject of an upcoming solo exhibition at Ingleby Gallery (Edinburgh, UK). His work was recently the subject of, “41 Paintings of Summer and Fall,” a solo exhibition at Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) and the online exhibition, “A Cat in the Other Room,” at Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). Mitchell’s work has recently been featured in solo and group exhibitions at Harper’s Books (East Hampton, NY); Alzueta Gallery (Barcelona, Spain); Galleri Magnus Karlsson (Gotland, SE); Wavelength Space (Chattanooga, TN); Fleisher/Ollman Gallery (Philadelphia, PA); Kamihira (Philadelphia, PA); and Little Berlin (Philadelphia, PA). John Joseph Mitchell lives and works in Tuckahoe, NJ.
"Spaces: Sky Glabush, Kristy Luck, John Joseph Mitchell" is online June 14 - 28, 2024.
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