Jason Knits

Our first exhibition of the new year, Alexander Kroll’s Unfoldings, will officially open tomorrow, January 15, with an opening reception for the artist. But the show was already up and available for viewing starting yesterday’s Downtown LA Art Walk. Here are a few pictures of his work, followed by the press release:

January 13 – February 20, 2011
Opening Reception: Sat., January 15, 5 – 7 p.m.

Los Angeles, CA — CB1 Gallery, is pleased to present the Los Angeles solo debut of the work of Alexander Kroll. In Unfoldings Kroll shows modestly scaled abstract paintings, which are simultaneously structural and intuitive; informal and hyper-considered; gestural and geometric. The exhibition will be on view on January 13 for the downtown LA Art Walk and be up through February 20, 2011. An opening reception for the artist will take place on Saturday, January 15, 2011 from 5 – 7 p.m.

In addition to an interest in exploring binary positions, Alexander Kroll’s work deals with scale, painting history, intuition, systems, emotions, and painting as a conversational nexus and means of producing an object that can embody and contradict these issues. Kroll’s work exists at a place of complexity and intensity. Through its conversational nature the work asserts an expanding set of ideas. As the work unfolds there occurs a process that necessitates further viewing and continuation of a dialog–both sensual and intellectual.

Kroll received his MFA from Otis College of Art and Design and a BFA from Yale University. In addition he studied at the Slade School of Art, University College (London), and he has been working in paint for well over a decade. Kroll’s work has been shown at James Harris Gallery (Seattle, WA), ACME, (Los Angeles, CA), Lincoln Center (New York, NY), Torrance Art Museum, (Torrance, CA), Jessica Silverman Gallery, (San Francisco, CA), The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design and The UCLA New Wight Gallery.