LOOK WEST AND TUNNEL RECORDS PRESENT:
ANALOGUE AMALGAMATION
APRIL 25TH - MAY 30TH
LOOK WEST GALLERY AND TUNNEL RECORDS PRESENT: ANALOGUE AMALGAMATION, A GROUP SHOW EXPLORING THE ART STUDIO AS BOTH A WORKSPACE AND LISTENING ROOM, WHERE MUSIC OPERATES AS A QUIET BUT PERSISTENT FORCE IN STRUCTURING TIME, GUIDING MOVEMENT AND INFLUENCING DECISIONS. THE EXHIBITION BRINGS VISUAL ART AND MUSIC INTO DIALOGUE, TREATING SOUND AS AN ACTIVE PRESENCE THAT IS CARRIED INTO THE WORK ITSELF.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED ORIGINAL ARTWORKS FOR THE EXHIBITION TO BE GROUPED WITH A SECTION OF LPS, CURATED BY TUNNEL RECORDS, FROM ONE OF SIX MUSICAL GENRES: ROCK, REGGAE, SOUL, HIP-HOP, JAZZ, OR LATIN - AS LOOK WEST MORPHS INTO PART GALLERY, PART RECORD STORE, ALL ANALOG. EACH ARTWORK WILL REFLECT ONE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED GENRES OF MUSIC EITHER THROUGH PICTORIAL CONTENT OR SOUND ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE AN EXXTRA SPECIAL OPENING NIGHT PLANNED WITH NIGHTFALL HIFI BRINGING OUT THE HOUSE PARTY SOUNDSYSTEM AND A STACKED BILL OF DJs TO FILL YOUR SOULS WITH THE JOY THAT RESONATES FROM LARGE SPEAKERS. DO NOT MISS OUT ON LIMITED EDITION ANALOGUE AMALGAMATION MERCH RELEASED OPENING NIGHT FROM COOL YOUR JETS AND LIL TUFFY ALONGSIDE A CURATED SELECTION OF LPs FROM TUNNEL RECORDS. WE’LL HAVE PLENTY TO DRINK FOR EVERYONE AND YOUR FRIENDS AND IF WE DON'T WE’LL GET MORE SO COME EARLY, STAY LATE AND CATCH A VIBE.
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH FROM 5-9PM
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
ADRIAN KAY WONG, ALEX MASSEY, ALICE WIESE, ANTHONY GRANT, ASHER MCSHANE, CHRIS VELTRI, CHRISTINE INNES, DANIEL LINT, DANYEL LATOUR, DAVE MULLER, DOM VILLEDA, DREW BENNETT, DREW JORSTAD, DREW TETZ, EMILY PROUD, FERNANDA MARTÍNEZ, FERRIS PLOCK, GEORGE ROCHA, HEATHER HARDISON, JASON JÄGEL, JESSE SILVER, JOHN LINDSEY, KELLY INOUYE, KRISTIN TEXEIRA, LIL TUFFY, LINDSAY STRIPLING, MATT SHARKEY, MELISSA LAKEY, MIKE PERRY, MORGAN NIXON, NAT SWOPE, RYAN BUBNIS, SAREE ROBINSON, SCHUYLER BEECROFT, TESS RUBINSTEIN, THOMAS CAMPBELL, TRAVIS WELLER, TUCKER NICHOLS, WYATT HERSEY, YONI ASEGA
jung sun lee solo exhibition
JUNE 6TH - JULY 12TH
SOUTH KOREAN-BORN ARTIST, JUNG SUN LEE, EXPLORES THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANITY AND LANDSCAPE THROUGH MODERN, GEOMETRIC INTERPRETATIONS. HER WORK IS NOT MERELY ABOUT DEPICTING NATURE OR URBAN SETTINGS, BUT ABOUT THE HUMAN PRESENCE WITHIN THEM—THE LIVES THAT UNFOLD IN AND AROUND THESE SPACES.
LEE IS FASCINATED BY THE FLUIDITY OF THE WORLD, HOW ELEMENTS LIKE LAND, SEA, AND CITIES CONSTANTLY SHIFT AND CONNECT. THROUGH THESE TRANSFORMATIONS, SHE REFLECTS ON THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE—HOW THE PAST SHAPES THE PRESENT, AND HOW OUR ACTIONS RIPPLE INTO THE FUTURE. LEE’S ART BECOMES A CONVERSATION ACROSS TIME, CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF OUR COLLECTIVE JOURNEY.
THE THEMES THAT DRIVE HER PRACTICE ARE ROOTED IN A DEEP ENGAGEMENT WITH HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE—FORCES THAT SHAPE AND DEFINE US. WHAT INTERESTS LEE MOST IS HOW THESE ELEMENTS CARVE OUT OUR UNIQUE EXISTENCE, SETTING US APART FROM OTHER LIFE FORMS, AND ULTIMATELY SHAPING THE MEANING OF OUR LIVES.
MOVING TO THE UNITED STATES AND BECOMING A MOTHER HAS DEEPLY INFORMED HER WORK. THE EXPERIENCE OF RECONCILING HER NATIVE KOREAN CULTURE WITH THE NEW AMERICAN WORLD SHE ENCOUNTERS, ALONGSIDE THE YEARS SPENT ADAPTING TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, HAS PROFOUNDLY INFLUENCED LEE’S PERSPECTIVE AND HER ART. THIS ONGOING PROCESS OF INTEGRATION IS CENTRAL TO HER EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY, BELONGING, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE ITSELF.
LEE IS ALSO DRAWN TO EXPANDING HER WORK BEYOND THE CONFINES OF TWO-DIMENSIONALITY, PUSHING THE IMAGERY INTO THREE DIMENSIONS. BY TRANSFORMING THE PIECES INTO ARCHITECTURAL AND SCULPTURAL FORMS, LEE AIMS TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE EVER-EVOLVING NATURE OF HUMANITY AND TO INVITE A MORE LAYERED, MULTIDIMENSIONAL VIEW OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE—ONE THAT HONORS BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COLLECTIVE JOURNEY OF LIFE.
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH