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Summer Wheat: Catch and Release

Past exhibition
8 September - 27 October 2018
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Overview
Summer Wheat, Catch and Release

Shulamit Nazarian is pleased to present Catch and Release, a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Summer Wheat. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles.

 

Wheat’s paintings present a tradition in which women were the original hunters, technologists, and artists, and Catch and Release continues her exploration of this archetype and its many variations. The series depicts women catching and releasing fish as a symbol of fertility, creation, and transformation. In connecting to water and its creatures, the subjects demonstrate an inherent link to natural elements and to the intricate depths of the unconscious.

 

 

Summer Wheat’s works arise from an effort to harness paint as a three-dimensional object. From a distance, the paintings appear to be tapestries with a woven or beaded surface, but upon closer inspection the materials are revealed: Paint is pushed through the small openings of aluminum mesh, creating a soft, textile-like form that also evokes the pixilation of digital images.

 

The women in the paintings are connected by dense geometric patterns that explore psychological spaces, and the many narratives within each painting coalesce into one. Drawing on numerous rich art historical traditions—from Egyptian relief sculptures to Modernist painting—Wheat’s work destabilizes material boundaries and monumentalizes quotidian life through scale and movement.

 

Works
  • Summer Wheat Biting Nails, 2018 Acrylic on aluminum mesh 68 x 96 inches
    Summer Wheat
    Biting Nails, 2018
    Acrylic on aluminum mesh
    68 x 96 inches
  • SUMMER WHEAT Heavy Lifting, 2018 Acrylic on aluminum mesh 68 x 144 inches
    SUMMER WHEAT
    Heavy Lifting, 2018
    Acrylic on aluminum mesh
    68 x 144 inches
  • SUMMER WHEAT Catch and Release, 2018 Acrylic on aluminum mesh 68 x 96 inches
    SUMMER WHEAT
    Catch and Release, 2018
    Acrylic on aluminum mesh
    68 x 96 inches
  • Summer Wheat Fisher, 2018 Acrylic on aluminum mesh
    Summer Wheat
    Fisher, 2018
    Acrylic on aluminum mesh
  • SUMMER WHEAT Fish Tears, 2018 Acrylic on aluminum mesh 68 x 48 inches
    SUMMER WHEAT
    Fish Tears, 2018
    Acrylic on aluminum mesh
    68 x 48 inches
  • SUMMER WHEAT Eel, 2018 Ink and colored pencil on paper 8.5 x 11 inches
    SUMMER WHEAT
    Eel, 2018
    Ink and colored pencil on paper
    8.5 x 11 inches
  • SUMMER WHEAT Daily Release, 2018 Ink and colored pencil on paper
    SUMMER WHEAT
    Daily Release, 2018
    Ink and colored pencil on paper
  • SUMMER WHEAT Gold Fish Black Fish, 2018 Ink and colored pencil on paper 11.5 x 14 inches
    SUMMER WHEAT
    Gold Fish Black Fish, 2018
    Ink and colored pencil on paper
    11.5 x 14 inches
  • SUMMER WHEAT Mostly Turtles, 2018 Acrylic on aluminum mesh 68 x 96 inches
    SUMMER WHEAT
    Mostly Turtles, 2018
    Acrylic on aluminum mesh
    68 x 96 inches
Installation Views
  • Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

    Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

  • Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

    Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

  • Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

    Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

  • Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

    Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

  • Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

    Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

  • Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

    Summer Wheat, Catch and Release, installation view

Press
  • Summer Wheat. Individuals, 2018

    art in america: summer wheat

    Jennifer S. Li, Art in America, November 1, 2018
  • Summer Wheat. Catch and Release, 2018

    Riot Girl: summer wheat, catch and release

    Emily Nimptsch, Riot Girl, October 15, 2018
  • Summer Wheat. Biting Nails, 2018

    Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles: Summer wheat at shulamit nazarian

    Claire de Dobay, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, October 3, 2018

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