Thomas Doyle @ LBP (11/12/11)

[ericaj]

“Surface to Air”

A solo exhibition by Thomas Doyle

LBP :: Culver City
November 12th – December 17, 2011

Artist reception: Saturday, November 12th, 7-10 pm

Los Angeles, CA – LeBasse Projects is proud to announce ‘Surface to Air,’ a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Thomas Doyle.

With this new exhibition Doyle continues his Distillation series, which explores an uncanny intersection between destruction and domestic life. Doyle sculpts in a small scale to create model worlds that upend the laws and assumptions of our real one. In “Surface to Air,” houses hover safely above their ruined and burnt foundations while soldiers huddle below. A family goes about its business inside a home that has been cleaved in two. A subterranean house juts from the earth, as a family trudges through an ash-strewn landscape above. Reflective of the apprehension endemic to our times, Doyle’s works also communicate a timeless longing for the stability of home, hearth, and family.

“Surface to Air” will also debut Doyle’s new Foregone series, consisting of photographic portraits of the child figures that feature prominently in his sculptural work. Measuring just a few millimeters high, each figure is hand painted and then photographed in an enlarged format, revealing detail unseen by the naked eye. Coated in a patina of microscopic debris, the figures reveal the limitations and random nature of painting while evoking the tenderness and anxieties of childhood.

About LeBasse Projects:
LeBasse Projects is a contemporary art gallery committed to showcasing the talents of a select group of international artists. Since opening its doors in Los Angeles’ Culver City Arts District in 2007, LeBasse highlights emerging talent and is focused on developing the careers of a select group including Yoskay Yamamoto, Mike Stilkey, Herakut, Nate Frizzell, Andrew Hem, Melissa Haslam, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, Joshua Petker, Thomas Doyle, Morgan Slade and more.

For additional press inquiries please contact:
Beau Basse, gallery director: [e-mail] or 310.558.0200
LBP Culver City: 6023 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
LBP Chinatown: 932 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles CA, 90022
LeBasseProjects.com | 310.558.0200
Hours: Wednesday to Saturday 12-6p

[ericaj]

Here are a few close ups of Doyle's new work for the show:

[greenhorn1]

Thanks for the closeups. I really hope I get the chance to see some of his work in person someday.

[LeBasse Projects]

The new Doyle works are pretty spectacular. This is his largest body of displayed work and really his first major solo. The individual pieces are all significantly more detailed than the past works as well...and two of the works are coming directly from museum exhibitions.

See you here on the 12th...

[ericaj]

A peek of Doyle's new foregone series:

[LeBasse Projects]

Just came across a nice little interview with thomas doyle from this summer:

from your desks

[LeBasse Projects]

If you are in the LA area, Thomas is lecturing at Otis College tomorrow, but it is open to the public. See you there if you want to hear about his process...

[ericaj]

Don't miss the opening tomorrow!! The show came together great!

[sleepboy]

Here are some photos from the show.