George Stoll Artist Talk, April 6th, 2024, 3pm.
George Stoll Artist Talk, April 6th, 2024, 3pm.
GEORGE STOLL
“pairs, partners and conversations”
in conversation with Ewa Słapa and Brad Howe
on April 6th, 2024 at 3pm
at PHASE Gallery
1718 Albion Street, Los Angeles, CA 90031
“Stoll takes “ordinary” things out of the world, and places them back: “different.” More beautiful, perhaps, or more delicate. To surrender to the influence of these sculptures—as derived from the Old French sur- (over) and rendre (present, restore, return, give up)—is perhaps to be moved by their presence, to see something above or beyond their usual place in the world. Being made to note the process of their making, and their textures, the singularity of ubiquitous forms: slowly, time starts to feel absent from reflection. It bends to the present moment as if seeing something for the first time, over and over again. What remains is the attention paid to the ordinary, which, like all of love’s trivial pursuits, completely transforms our perception.”
~exerpt from the text by Sabrina Tarasoff
George Stoll is an American artist working in sculpture, drawing and painting. A recipient of the Rome Prize, he has exhibited his work extensively, and he has had numerous solo exhibitions, including Baldwin Gallery, Aspen; Angles, Los Angeles; Grant Selwyn Fine Art, New York; Gallery Seomi, Seoul; Windows Gallery, Brussels; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston; and The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati. Stoll's works have appeared in group exhibitions internationally, including Cheim & Read, New York; American Academy in Rome, Biagiotti Progetto Arte, Florence; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and The Drawing Center, New York. Public collections include the Hammer Museum, the University of Southern California, the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art; the Norton Family Collection; The Robert J. Shiffler Collection, the Williams-Sonoma Collection, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. He has been a visiting professor at various universities including UCLA, Yale, Otis, Columbia University, and currently at Art Center College of Design. He lives and works in Los Angeles.