Sarah Charlesworth / William Leavitt
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
24 February – 23 March 1996
Margo Leavin Gallery presents recent work by Sarah Charlesworth and William Leavitt in two concurrent, one-person exhibitions.
Sarah Charlesworth’s work has evolved out of her readings and interpretations of philosophy and art history. Her works are laden with historical references, chosen for their relevance to perception. This exhibition will consist of a series of richly colored prints depicting allegorical still-lifes as seen in Old Master paintings and early photographs. Each photograph employs props, such as Greek sculpture, musical instruments, a bouquet of flowers, etc., arranged in a manner to suggest the act of seeing itself in historically embedded.
For the past twenty-five years, William Leavitt has created a diverse body of work including painting, photography, performance and installation. For this exhibition, William Leavitt has produced a group of photographs, each containing three of four views of an outdoor site taken in succession. The adjacent frames form a unified, sequential image that suggests – through the variation in camera angle – movement in time. These carefully edited views of urban environments create essays of often-overlooked aspects of common sites.
Sarah Charlesworth’s work was included in the exhibition Forest of Signs at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, as well as in exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the International Center for Photography, New York, and the Venice Biennale, Italy. This is Sarah Charlesworth’s second one-person exhibition at Margo Leavin Gallery.
William Leavitt’s work has recently been seen in Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965 – 1975 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in addition to exhibitions at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This marks William Leavitt’s first one-person exhibition at the Margo Leavin Gallery.
MARGO LEAVIN GALLERY
812 North Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069
