whitehot | May 2007, WM Issue # 3: George Goodridge @ Tarryn Teresa
George Goodridge Vertebrate Companion
April 21-May 26, 2007
Tarryn
Bergamot Station-Santa Monica Ethereal Audience
By Sandra Vista
George Goodridge is a fairly new hombre in town working with a fairly new gallery on the Bergamot Station scene. His solo exhibition of three dimensional paintings is a complimentary pairing. During our interview at
Vertebrate Companion refers to George’s coupling of the three dimensional paintings. An obvious solution is what George called the pairing of the pieces on the gallery walls. The form of each piece consists of a wooden skeletal frame draped by canvas and painted with oil paint. The framework intentionally remains as a prominent element in each work. It gives the work a sculptural element but George does not consider his work to be sculptures. He referred to Cy Tombly and Martin Puryear as being two of his influences. Tombly’s allegiance to structure, line and allowing each drawing/painting to generate its own identity are prominent in George’s pieces. Also, fundamental to George’s work, are Puryear’s use of wooden frameworks and primordial forms.
The uniform lighting in
Regarding her gallery, Tarryn stated"...the gallery is a place for cutting edge, emerging contemporary artists to come and show their work. Being the most recent addition to Bergamot Station, we hope to bring a certain edge to the already contemporary community. Our space is small but the design definitely pulls people in a perfect setting for solo exhibitions. George's show is the first of many highly anticipated shows at this new Bergamot hot spot."
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