Night Gallery

The Night Gallery located in Los Angeles is currently holding an exhibit called

32 LEAVES

I DON’T

THE FACE OF SMOKE.

The show opened Friday, October 10 and open to the public until November 15. The artist who created this show is JPW3, otherwise known as J. Patrick Walsh 3. He is a contemporary artist who received his MFA from USC, and his BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is still making work in the city of Los Angeles and has curated shows at Night Gallery, and Robert Blumenthal Gallery in New York. The show has multiple variations of artwork going on, but the most prominent is his large wax sculptures that reference sound waves. All of his artworks are layered with overlapping colors. One can see the process and create their own sense of tones with the color choices used in each of his works.

            Under the hood with pop, 2013 is a piece in the show made from wax, ink, and hot pepper flakes on canvas. It is 24 by 42 inches large. This is an eye-drawing piece because of the colors used and the use of material. The rich blue marks along with the slight deep yellow tones create and eerie and chilling feel to its audience. The piece is very textured with the use of wax and other mediums.

            There is also an Installation called “Solid Single Burner” are multiple works projected in a single place covering the surrounding walls. The backgrounds of the walls are squares and rectangles in black and white handwork. J. Patrick Walsh is unique is his use of creating 3 dimensional textures on the flat surfaces in this specific installation piece. All of his work includes layers upon layers of time and movements. In “Solid Single Burner” there is layered upon the black and white works a few colored abstract works on top. In the middle of the room hangs a collection of strings and rope from the top of the ceiling to the bottom of the floor. This collection of string-like materials enters into a metal bowl at the floor. This pot resembles the burning of objects and melting all together because of the melted substance inside. The title of this piece and the melted pot in the center of the installation implicate that the process of melting the ropes and colorful strings together are being portrayed on the walls. This can cause varies emotions and interpretations with the audience viewing this piece. “Solid Single Burner” is a beautiful representation of the meaning of the whole show. J. Patrick Walsh collaborates textures and colors to create fluid movements and sounds visually. This symbolizes the sounds and motions that we are unable to perceive with our eyes. He is creative in putting these emotions into variations of tones of colors and visual textures for his audience to feel.