Jayme Burtis / André Butzer
Painters of the San Gabriel Mountains pt. 2
Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles
November 6, 2022 – January 7, 2023
Painters of the San Gabriel Mountains pt. 2 is a joint exhibition of Jayme Burtis and André Butzer, both of whom founded the eponymous artist group.
Growing up in Venice, California, JAYME BURTIS found himself at the center of the original and now legendary Venice Beach graffiti, skate and surf scene in the mid-1980s. Under the pseudonym VISION, he began spraying to revolt against, celebrate and shape the built environment around him. The dense, mural-like aesthetics of graffiti still influence the graphic, irreverent world of Jayme Burtis’s paintings and drawings. He employs a variety of materials, from watercolor and pencil to spray paint, acrylic, and charcoal.
His multilayered block-letters of graffiti with grotesque, humorous figures with bulging eyes and hanging tongues, often toting knives, encounter small abstract canvases by ANDRÉ BUTZER—making the exhibition a genuine testimony to Jayme Burtis’ and André Butzer’s friendship, mutual respect and artistic explorations.
NINO MIER GALLERY LOS ANGELES
Glassell Park, 2700 W Ave 34, Los Angeles CA 90065
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