Artist: G.T. Pellizzi

Before Completion
January 10 – February 14, 2015
Harmony Murphy Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, USA

The works in this exhibition are inspired by Hexagram 64 of the I Ching (Book of Changes), colloquially referred to as Before Completion. This section of the ancient augury Chinese text addresses the moment of clarity and illumination in the creative process that exists after a work is resolved, but before it is finished.

This exhibition will feature site specific wall drawings, sculptures, as well as interior and exterior light pieces. These works utilize the materials and vocabulary of buildings-in progress and construction sites, such as snap lines, plaster, plywood, etc., as metaphorical representations of the construction of any work of art. Referencing Flaubert, who famously said: “Books are not made like children but like pyramids.

G.T. Pellizzi was born in 1978 in Tlayacapan, Mexico. He studied philosophy at St. Johns College and graduated from The Channin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union. From 2001-2011, Pellizzi co-founded and has been involved in various art collectives, including The Bruce High Quality Foundation, with whom he has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of Art, PS1 MoMA, Centre Pompidou, PAC Murcia, and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and various art galleries in New York, Zurich, Berlin and London. In the past year he has participated in exhibitions at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, the Museo del Barrio in New York, the Biennial of the Americas in Denver, and at L&M. Gallery in Los Angeles. Pellizzi lives between New York and Mexico.

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ARCOmadrid 2014
19–23 February 2014
Halls 7 & 9, Feria de Madrid
Booth 7H02
Madrid, Spain

Abstraction in Action presents its online platform at an institutional booth during the fair, allowing visitors to interact with the database while gaining a deeper understanding of the project and the artists involved. The website will launch a new “Projects” section during the fair, featuring exhibitions, site-specific installations, and events that AIA has produced. Along with that, AIA features new artists:

Leyla Cárdenas (Colombia, 1975), John Mario Ortiz (Colombia, 1973), G. T. Pellizzi (Mexico, 1978), Rosario López Parra (Colombia, 1970), Macaparana (Brazil, 1952), Fidel Sclavo (Uruguay, 1960), KIRIN (Argentina, 1953), Bernardo Corces (Argentina, 1988), Eduardo Santiere (Argentina, 1962), Georgina Santos (Mexico, 1988), Santiago Reyes Villaveces (Colombia, 1986), Rodrigo Sassi (Brazil, 1981), Nicolás Lamas (Peru, 1980), Nicolás Consuegra (Colombia, 1976), María Ezcurra (Argentina, 1973), Jorge Pedro Núñez (Venezuela, 1976), Jaime Ruiz Otis (RUIZCYCLE) (Mexico, 1976), Gabriel Acevedo Velarde (Peru, 1976), Edwin Monsalve (Colombia, 1984), Chiara Banfi (Brazil, 1979), Barbarita Cardozo (Colombia, 1975), Ana Belén Cantoni (Peru, 1983), Óscar Figueroa (Costa Rica, 1986), and Silvana Lacarra (Argentina, 1962)

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Selected Biographical Information

Education / Training

• 2002-2007: Bachelor Architecture, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NYC, USA.

Solo Exhibitions

• 2013: “Financial Times“, Mary Boone Gallery, New York City, USA.
• 2013: “The Red and the Black“, Y Gallery, New York, USA.

Group Exhibitions

• 2013: “Neo Povera“, L&M Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
• 2013: “Come Together: Surviving Sandy“, Dedalus Foundation, New York, USA.
• 2013: “Une Exibicion Sans Textes“, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France.
• 2013: “La Bienal: here is where we Jump“, El Museo del Barrio, New York City, USA.
• 2013: “Draft Urbanism“, Biennial of the Americas, Denver, USA.

Publications

• Nathlie Provosty, “In Conversation“, The Brooklyn Rail, February 2014, 2-5. (Article).
• Chloe Rosetti, “Financial Times“, Artforum, January 2014 (Article).
• Ann Binlot, “Graphic Design“, The Economist, January 17, 2014 (Article).
• Holland Cotter, “A Constellation of Identities“, The New York Times, 13/6/13 (Article).
• Thomas Mitchell, “Guilt Complex: Selling Painting by the Square Foot“, Hyperallergic, 1/6/13 (Article).

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