{"id":2731,"date":"2013-11-21T19:19:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T19:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raulmourao.com\/blog\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2013-11-21T19:19:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T19:19:10","slug":"cristobal-lehyt-iris-sheets-ii-this-time-its-personal-johannes-vogt-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archive.raulmourao.com\/blog\/?p=2731","title":{"rendered":"CRIST\u00d3BAL LEHYT: \u201cIRIS SHEETS II: THIS TIME IT\u2019S PERSONAL\u201d @ Johannes Vogt Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Johannes Vogt Gallery is pleased to announce the second solo exhibition of Crist\u00f3bal Lehyt. The show,\u00a0linked to his current exhibition \u201cIris Sheets\u201d at Americas Society New York, will present the newest\u00a0manifestations of the Drama Projection series, including acrylic on polyester, wall painting and pencil or\u00a0inkpen on paper. For the first time, a survey of the original drawings will be displayed, allowing a\u00a0comprehensive understanding of the process entailed in the series.<\/p>\n

The Drama Projection series expands on the topic of re-staging identity, figuration, and drama in\u00a0opposition to narrative. Original figurative drawings are created through quick visual responses and\u00a0repetition. Through mediated processes, the traditional human subject is altered into a series of\u00a0repeatable signs. These signs gain meaning through translation into a range of media, such as crayon\u00a0drawings, inkjet prints, paintings, and drawings executed directly on the wall.<\/p>\n

For this second exhibition at the gallery, Lehyt places the figures of the Drama Projection series within a\u00a0group of large-scale paintings on polyester that are presented unstretched and floating on the wall. In\u00a0these works, mysterious figures appear born out of fluorescence echoing several moments in the\u00a0development of an individual, from child night lights to party decorations. Within the structured gallery\u00a0space, the strange effects of these neon colors take on a seemingly narrative structure that is estranged\u00a0from any specific plot: actors in different stages. Among the paintings is a single drawing executed\u00a0directly on the wall, appearing as an image but embedding itself into the architecture.<\/p>\n

In the rear gallery, an extensive selection of original drawings dating from 2003 to today amplifies the\u00a0vivid contrast between form and space. The selection of drawings \u2013 both the source material from which\u00a0these figures are reproduced, as well as crayon etchings \u2013 span the last decade of the artist\u2019s production.<\/p>\n

The Drama Projection series evolves into a theatrical stage engaging the viewer\u2019s psychological self. In\u00a0this theatrical positioning, and by investing in the historical and visual weight of painting-as-medium,\u00a0the presentation questions what painting can be now, what possibilities the discourse of painting allows\u00a0for a meaningful connection with its audience.<\/p>\n

Crist\u00f3bal Lehyt was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1973. He lives and works in New York. His work has\u00a0been shown internationally, including the Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart, the Shanghai Biennale, the\u00a0Mercosul Biennial, the Queens Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Lehyt currently\u00a0teaches both at Cooper Union and Parsons, New York. He has been awarded the John Simon\u00a0Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and the Art Forum Fellowship from Harvard University.\u00a0Lehyt is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Museo de Arte\u00a0Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile. His solo exhibition Iris Sheets is currently on view at the Americas\u00a0Society, New York through December 14.<\/p>\n

Hours: Tuesday \u2013 Saturday, 11 am \u2013 6 pm and by appointment. For further details please contact<\/p>\n

Samuel Draxler at samuel@vogtgallery.com or at 212.255.2671<\/p>\n