![]() Jennifer Guidi's " In The Heart of the Sun" is on view from November 5 to Decemat the David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles. For me, it’s such an important part for someone to stand with my work and see what’s happening.” It’s really about standing in front of the paintings and the optical effect that you get with each detail. “In this show, there’s more of a joyful quality as the works become more complex. I want them to feel that there are greater things than ourselves,” Guidi says. When I create work now, I think about wanting people to feel good. “There was so much hardship we were watching everyone go through as a collection, it made me want to make work that’s more joyful to give something back. But as the world emerges into the post-pandemic reality, she hopes her art sparks unadulterated joy, as she grasps the significance of in-person experience of her particular craft. The patterned cadence of her paintings conjures a tangible mysticism. “Sand struck me very much as a more granular paint pigment.” Twelve years later, “In the Heart of the Sun” finds an increasing inflection to Guidi’s luminous voice-layers upon layers of sand and paint wash ground mosaics of pointillist alliteration.įor Guidi, her meditation practice has long pervaded her artistic one. “Anytime I’ve seen work that had sand in it-old Picassos or a Kandinsky or Alberto Burri, even if it was just a sprinkling in one little section-I’ve always been interested,” she says. ![]() In 2010, Guidi began mixing sand with oil paint, applied to flat canvas for a textured ground. A California-naitve, born in Redondo beach, with an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the artist cites LA’s Mid-century architecture and blanched light as early aesthetic influences. Rest assured: her anticipated exhibit brings major new sand mandala paintings, including rainbowed compositions of the artist’s signature technique in all its splendor-Guidi is a hypnotic, virtuoso colorist. Indeed, few artists ever achieve as clear a visual vernacular as Guidi, whose oeuvre is synonymous with sand strata, repetitive thumb divots, and the spiritual symbol of the mandala. To me, sculpture and painting feel like the same world.” Now, I carve them and add my sand mandala because I want to make my mark and transmit that energy. Then, over the last year, I started experimenting with bronze as a material, and finally I put it all together. “At first, I was thinking about how the rocks and small sculptures related to some of the mountain paintings I’ve made. ![]() “It was a quieter time, and I created a rock garden in my studio,” she reflects. The idea is that the stones keep evil spirits out and good energy within the walls of the compound.” Back in LA, Guidi began fashioning small objects from clay- playing around, by her measure-though, Covid-19 lockdown ultimately propelled her forward. “In some cases, there are massive rocks when you walk in. “I became drawn to the very large stones placed in temples,” she tells Cultured. She recalls finding unexpected inspiration on a detour to Shanghai. Together, they constitute a literary masterpiece, one that the New York Times Book. In fact, Guidi has been mulling over this step since 2018, when she visited Hong Kong for her Gagosian debut. Girl in Hyacinth Blue : Baum, Jennifer, Bermingham, Gigi, Vreeland. The new works-painted bronze crystalline, meteorite and coral polyp creations-may feel like a departure from the chromatic energy-field paintings that have fueled a clamor among critics and collectors. “I consider them rock sculptures,” says Jennifer Guidi of her latest solo exhibition “In the Heart of the Sun,” which opens tonight, at David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles, where she resides. I turned to Public Relations Manager Rebecca Chin for an inside look at some of GiGi New York’s hottest new purses and tips on when to tote them.Photography by Jeff McLane courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery. This fall, GiGi New York has released new styles and colors made for everything a new season throws your way. The simple and classic styles appeal to Hollywood stars like Jessica Alba and Jennifer Garner to women of all ages owning it every day at the office and on day trips with friends. ![]() In our September issue, you met Carol O’Connell and Tom Glazer, who helped their father get a leather goods business started out of his Floral Park home 40 years ago and in 2009 founded sister company GiGi New York specializing in handbags. Of course, no look is complete without the perfect purse. Brands launch new lines and the trends change along with the weather. Even though you no longer head back to school, fall is still a time of new beginnings, especially when it comes to your wardrobe.
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