March
3 - April 14
About 4,000 Paintings
On March 3, d.e.n. contemporary art
will proudly present Carlos Estrada-Vega's recent
work in his second solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition
titled 'About 4,000 Paintings' marks the artist's tenth year of solo
exhibitions featuring his paintings with multifarious compositions.
By use of color, composition, and texture, Estrada-Vega takes the
work beyond paintings to vibrant three-dimensional constructions.
Each of his paintings is comprised of tens to hundreds of individual,
smaller components made of intensely rich colors, basic geometric
shapes, and varying depths.
Color is at once at the forefront and integral in his paintings. The
digital age allows computer users to be “color pickers”
with tools that select from thousands of pre-set and codified color
choices. Estrada-Vega’s technique for over a decade is intuitive;
he creates and arranges subtle matrices of color tones without consulting
charts or systems. Using his own limestone dust and pigment mixture
applied individually to each component, he continues to investigate
the subtle harmonics of tone and texture. Pushing the confines of
digital pixilation, Estrada-Vega transforms color into that of something
tangible.
The exhibition will include a few paintings with multi-hued arrangements
of squares or rectangles or a combination of both. Several monochromatic
pieces also will be featured, from a 40-inch painting in evocatively
nocturnal blues, to smaller paintings in radiant yellows, richly elegant
reds or solemn blacks.
Estrada-Vega was born in Chihuahua, Mexico and lived several years
in southern California where he studied at California State University,
Bakersfield; University of California, Santa Barbara; and, Claremont
Graduate University. His work has been featured in many solo exhibitions
throughout California, and he exhibits regularly in New York City,
Chicago, Illinois, and Portland Oregon. His exhibitions abroad include
Germany, Switzerland, Australia, and forthcoming this year Canada.
Presently, the artist lives and works in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The artist will be in attendance at the reception on Saturday, March
3 from 5 to 8 p.m.
The exhibition will be on view through April 14. Regular gallery hours
are Tuesday through
Saturday, 11:00 - 5:30.
For visual material or additional information, please contact the
gallery at
(310) 559-3023 or info@dencontemporaryart.com