VISCERAL EXPERIENCES OF SPEED AND COLOR “United State, Selected works by Conrad Leach” Opening February 9, 2013
Reception: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 6-9pm
(Glendale, CA) – “United State, Selected works by Conrad Leach” expands upon Leach’s
dialogue of the body’s relationship with the machine and the visceral experience of speed. The
physicality of Leach’s painting style and his use of high pigmented colors depict charged
moments saturated with erotic tension and re-examine the familiar narrative of freedom and the
open road. The meticulous precision of his strokes and use of bright and punchy colors make it
easy to be swept into the canvas. It is clear that Leach comes to art making via the fashion
industry through his culturally driven and energetic approach. He has shown extensively in
London with Gauntett Gallery, where he resides, and in Tokyo with cafegroove. “United State” is
Leach’s first solo exhibition in the United States, his first in a series at Subvecta Motus Gallery,
and is curated by Stacie B. London.
Subvecta Motus Gallery is an art gallery dedicated to work made by rigorous process in the 21st century, and focuses on art which questions the relationship of humans and machines; analogue versus digital. These works make a practice of finding commonalities between seemingly disparate elements, thereby revealing delicate narratives. Subtly stirring, the fragile balance between opposites and the relationships that exist between them, us, and each other is questioned and revealed.
Subvecta Motus Gallery is an art gallery dedicated to work made by rigorous process in the 21st century, and focuses on art which questions the relationship of humans and machines; analogue versus digital. These works make a practice of finding commonalities between seemingly disparate elements, thereby revealing delicate narratives. Subtly stirring, the fragile balance between opposites and the relationships that exist between them, us, and each other is questioned and revealed.
