EXPO Chicago 2023
Charlie James Gallery is excited to present a presentation of works by Los Angeles-based artist Kristopher Raos for EXPO Chicago 2023.
Kristopher Raos adopts the aesthetics of advertising, exploiting the bold color and pop fonts of packaging for their formal possibilities and real-world associations, abstracting via adept cropping and clever manipulations. Executed in deft, precision brushwork at a scale that mirrors that of old- fashioned detergent boxes, the works exist in the sweet spot between surface and object. The labor of painting and the labor of daily life are here intricately connected. Raos recaptures time spent performing household tasks as a kind of aesthetic research, transforming the stuff of the world into fodder for the studio. It is an act of both recognition and elevation: a recognition of the abstract potential of midcentury commercial art, and an elevation of that material into something more. The results are a kind of Pop-inflected minimalism – hard edge by way of the corner drugstore. - Ashley Park
Venue
Navy Pier
Festival Hall | 600 E Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60611
Opening Hours
Private View (Invited Guests only)
Thursday, April 13, 12:00 – 9:00pm
Public days
Friday, April 14, 11:00am – 7:00pm
Saturday, April 15, 11:00am – 7:00pm
Sunday, April 16, 11:00am – 6:00pm
Selected Works
installation
