Kim Dorland - January Flog Header.
1 Jan 2008
Already 2008, so let’s get to it.
The Flog was put aside during the last month while I was operating the gallery for a few heavy turns. Now that I have regained close-to-full control over this wild beast I can finally pull this site out of the pantry and readjust it to the current events.
I am pretty excited about that.
I know it’s been a long time, things might still feel dusty here and there but welcome back, happy new year and thank you for clicking away.
For this restart, I chose Toronto based artist Kim Dorland to grace the masthead of The Flog.
This shot was taken at the artist’s most recent solo show Somewhere in the Neighborhood at Bonelli Contemporary in Chinatown, the space Rental Gallery previously occupied.
I discovered Dorland’s work here in Los Angeles, at the launch of Harvey Levine Gallery with a group show entitled Blame Canada which I greatly welcomed for bringing a colorful, and rather innovative new taste to the neighborhood.
Dorland’s storytellings resonate within Los Angeles’ own narratives, the mundane irony, the psychedelic colors, the wilderness within the urban marks. I have always been moved by his juxtaposition of monotonous objects of comfort, cars, linear fences, monochrome houses, with elements of surrealist revelations. The explosions of bright, thick and reckless marks of paint bring the whole scenery to a new realm of impossible yet clear existence.
Kim Dorland graduated with a BFA from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, and an MFA from York University, Toronto. He has exhibited extensively throughout North America, internationally and at multiple Art Fairs. His upcoming solo shows will be taking place at Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantova, Italy and at Fredericks & Freiser, New York.
His work can also be seen at Freight + Volume in NY part of the group show Rear/View alongside a few LA based artists such as Brian Bress, Matthew Chambers and David Quadrini. The show runs until January 5th.
(Left image is Walking The Dog, 2007, oil and acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 cm, from Bonelli Arte Contemporanea. Right image is Olsen Street, 2007, oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 cm, from Freight + Volume.)
Harvey Levine Gallery, Kim Dorland
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