Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Installation view of Dan McCarthy, Los Angeles, Venus Over Los Angeles, 2015
Dan McCarthy
September 19 - October 31, 2015
Opening: Saturday, September 19th, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
VENUS
601 South Anderson Street
Los Angeles, CA 90023
(Los Angeles, CA) – VENUS is pleased to present an exhibition of new ceramic sculptures and paintings by Dan McCarthy, on view beginning September 19, 2015.
Representing an exciting evolution upon the artist’s ceramic production of the past few years, the new Facepots on view at Venus Over Los Angeles are the largest McCarthy has created to date, weighing in at over 75 pounds. Beginning with historic examples of vessels, McCarthy quickly moves to a more intimately invested interaction, thoroughly exploring the material and emotional possibilities of wet clay.
The intuitive process in McCarthy’s ceramics is evident within the finished work. Wrestling with massive slabs of wet earthen clay, his rapid technique and composition becomes the work’s subject. Both painted and glazed with gold leaf and low fire lustre, the large facepots radiate a dynamic range of material possibilities, physical existence and emotional depth.
Also on view is a series of new paintings of lightning bolts, clouds and rainbows, whose custom-shaped canvases are akin to homemade surfboards, skateboards, or road signs. Each painting is paired with Haiku-inspired word bubbles that illustrate McCarthy’s California upbringing, with phrases that read “stoned again” and “Huntington Beach”. Layered with scraped oil and spray paint, the immediacy of the paintings is evident, revealing a personalized sense of history with iconic surf-side symbols. Known for his cartoonish, lightly-washed oil and acrylic nudes of men and women with surfboards, skateboards, and guitars, surrounded by rainbows, mountains and other natural elements, McCarthy continues his investigation of the human figure and the human condition with this new body of work.
ABOUT DAN McCARTHY
Dan McCarthy (b. 1962, Honolulu, Hawaii) has exhibited his work internationally and throughout the United States, with recent exhibitions including solo presentations at Anton Kern, New York; Shoot the Lobster, New York; The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn; Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris; Galerie Gebr.Lehmann, Dresden; Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam and group exhibitions at Invisible Exports, New York; Venus Over Manhattan, New York; Martos Gallery, New York; MoMA PS1, Long Island City. McCarthy holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
For further information about the exhibition and availability, please contact the gallery at info@venusovermanhattan.com
For all press inquiries related to the exhibition, please email press@venusovermanhattan.com
Dan McCarthy
Beach Fire, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
27 x 19 1/8 in
68.6 x 48.6 cm
Dan McCarthy
Bull Kelp, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
23 x 19 in
58.4 x 48.3 cm
Dan McCarthy
Captain Catalina, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
24 x 17 1/2 in
61 x 44.5 cm
Dan McCarthy
Free Ride, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
26 x 18 3/4 in
66 x 47.6 cm
Dan McCarthy
Gum Drop, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
23 1/2 x 19 1/4 in
59.7 x 48.9 cm
Dan McCarthy
Holy Roller, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
22 1/8 x 19 in
56.2 x 48.3 cm
Dan McCarthy
Horseshoe Kelp, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
24 1/8 x 19 in
61.3 x 48.3 cm
Dan McCarthy
Italian Ice, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
24 x 19 7/8 in
61 x 50.5 cm
Dan McCarthy
Little Switzerland, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
26 x 19 1/2 in
66 x 49.5 cm
Dan McCarthy
Little Tokyo, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
25 1/4 x 18 7/8 in
64.1 x 47.9 cm
Dan McCarthy
Pier Rat, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm
Dan McCarthy
Sea Weed, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
26 x 20 in
66 x 50.8 cm
Dan McCarthy
Solar Flare, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
28 x 19 1/2 in
71.1 x 49.5 cm
Dan McCarthy
Sunset Beach, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
25 1/2 x 19 in
64.8 x 48.3 cm
Dan McCarthy
X Ray Spex, 2015
low fire clay and glazes with Lascaux paint and gold luster
25 1/4 x 18 1/2 in
64.1 x 47 cm
Dan McCarthy
Beach Blvd, 2015
lightning bolt: oil, enamel, gesso, collage on shaped canvas stretchers
bubble: Lascaux gesso and paint on shaped canvas stretcher
77 x 19 x 1 1/2 in
195.6 x 48.3 x 3.8 cm
Dan McCarthy
California, 2015
Lascaux gesso, oil, enamel and Lascaux paint on canvas
66 x 60 x 1 1/2 in
167.6 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
Dan McCarthy
Log Ride, 2015
rainbow, cloud, raindrop: Lascaux gesso and paint on shaped stretcher
62 x 38 x 1 1/2 in
157.5 x 96.5 x 3.8 cm
Dan McCarthy
Me Me Me, 2015
lightning bolt: oil, enamel, collage, gesso on shaped canvas stretcher
cloud and bubble: Lascaux gesso and
72 x 42 x 1 1/2 in
182.9 x 106.7 x 3.8 cm
Dan McCarthy
Morning Halfday, 2015
lightning bolt: oil, enamel, gesso, collage on shaped canvas stretcher
bubble: Lascaux gesso and paint on shaped stretcher
48 x 30 x 1 1/2 in
121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm
Dan McCarthy
Night Fishing, 2015
lightning Bolt: oil, enamel, gesso on shaped canvas stretcher
cloud and bubble: Lascaux gesso and paint on shaped canvas stretcher
87 x 43 x 1 1/2 in
221 x 109.2 x 3.8 cm
Dan McCarthy
Olympic Auditorium, 2015
lightning bolt: oil, enamel, collage, gesso on shaped canvas stretcher
cloud: Lascaux gesso and paint on shaped canvas stretcher
bubble: Lascaux gesso and paint on shaped canvas stretcher
102 x 52 x 1 1/2 in
259 x 132.1 x 3.8 cm
Dan McCarthy
San Francisco, 2015
lightning bolt: oil, enamel, gesso on shaped canvas stretcher
bubble: Lascaux gesso and paint on shaped stretcher
90 x 55 x 1 1/2 in
228.6 x 139.7 x 3.8 cm
Dan McCarthy
Smoke Signals, 2015
rainbow: Lascaux gesso and paint on shaped stretcher
bubble: Lascaux gesso and paint on shaped stretcher
24 x 73 x 1 1/2 in
60 x 185.4 x 3.8 cm
