David Johnson and Dominic Paul Moore

May 21 – June 25, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 21, 7-10pm 

On Friday, May 21 Los Caminos will present two solo exhibitions featuring new work by St. Louis based photographer, David Johnson, and Chicago based painter, Dominic Paul Moore. Johnson and Moore’s work is marked by an exploration of texture, depth, and color, however, each artist handles his medium with a distinct process and conceptual approach.

In his recent series, Your walls aren’t that white (part 2), David Johnson focuses his lens on Los Caminos. Since September 2010, Johnson has studied and documented changes in the apartment gallery through each new season and exhibition. Throughout this exhibition Johnson presents a variety of photographic approaches, exploring the ways in which the built environment retains traces of the past. On one of the main gallery walls, nine photographs laid out in a grid initially read as abstract colorfield images. However, upon closer examination they reveal the contours and light in the gallery, prompting viewers to more carefully consider their surroundings.

Dominic Paul Moore privileges the painting process over a distinct theme, investigating how pattern and repetition form the internal structure of a work of art. For instance, in Untitled (2011) Moore first paints the reverse of a piece of linen, allowing the paint to seep through the fabric before painting a pattern on its frontside. The relationship between the layers of paint and pattern create a visual field that at once reveals and belies his artistic approach. Moore produces optic illusions that are not intended to deceive the viewer conceptually, but rather to draw increased attention to his materials and process.

Artist Biographies:

David Johnson received an MFA from Washington University in 2007. He has since been featured in a number of exhibitions, including: Humanature, La Esquina, Kansas City (2011) and Take Out, Ellen Curlee Gallery, St. Louis (2008). Your walls aren’t that white (part 2) is the second rendition of a photographic series that Johnson debuted at Boots Contemporary Art Space last summer. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Webster University and an Adjunct Lecturer at both St. Louis University and Washington University.

Dominic Paul Moore received an MFA from Northern Illinois University in 2008 and currently co-directs EBERSMOORE, an apartment gallery in Chicago. He has exhibited in a number of solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States as well as in South Africa, and his work was included in Art Basel Miami (2007). In January 2011, Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago mounted a solo exhibition of Moore’s work titled You're Partially to Blame.

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Image caption: Dominic Paul Moore, Untitled, 2011, oil and acrylic on linen