Jeffrey Vallance: Other Animals
Edward Cella Art & Architecture is proud to present, Jeffrey Vallance: Other Animals, a survey exhibition of animal paintings and drawings made over the past 40 years. This exhibition compliments his acclaimed Blinky the Friendly Hen project which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary.
Deploying an array of techniques, the works presented in Other Animals direct attention to the wide range of animals Vallance has investigated. In many of the works, there is aggressive mark making which he makes by attacking the surface like “possessed cat,” scratching the surface with pure emotion. Other works are more carefully articulated, showing off his meticulous draftsmanship with a rendered image that is entirely his own.
Edward Cella Art & Architecture is proud to present, Jeffrey Vallance: Other Animals, a survey exhibition of animal paintings and drawings made over the past 40 years. This exhibition compliments his acclaimed Blinky the Friendly Hen project which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary.
Deploying an array of techniques, the works presented in Other Animals direct attention to the wide range of animals Vallance has investigated. In many of the works, there is aggressive mark making which he makes by attacking the surface like “possessed cat,” scratching the surface with pure emotion. Other works are more carefully articulated, showing off his meticulous draftsmanship with a rendered image that is entirely his own.
In Vallance’s work, we are asked to question the social and personal significance that shape their meaning. Known for his critical and humorous eye, Vallance ‘s drawings, performances, sculptures and installations often reference his childhood in California, voyages to the Polynesian Islands, Iceland, residences in Texas, Las Vegas, the Arctic, and travels to the Vatican. In his legendary Blinky the Friendly Hen project from 1978, he held a funeral service for a frozen supermarket hen at Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park. The artist’s examination of these experiences combines a pseudo-anthropological approach with an art historically informed practice, and addresses themes of faith, myth, ritual and popular culture, along with the geopolitical landscapes of the past and present.
Concurrently on view at California State University, Northridge Art Galleries is Blinky the Friendly Hen: 40th Anniversary Exhibition from February 2 – March 16, 2019. Opening reception: February 2, 4-6pm.
ABOUT JEFFREY VALLANCE
Jeffrey Vallance received an MFA from Otis College of Art and Design and lives and works in Reseda, CA. He has exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; and Centre d’édition contemporaine, Genève. In 2004 Vallance received the John Simon Memorial Foundation Fellowship. His works are held in such public collections as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and Moderna Museet, Sweden; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Vatican Museum, The Vatican, Rome.
