Christopher Page creates illusiory depictions of framed paintings, windows, and mirrors, transforming architectural spaces into uncanny mise-en-scènes that blur the boundaries between interior and exterior, reality and painting. He employs a range of hues and tones to deepen his investigations into the effects of light on surfaces and the dialogue between pictorial and architectural space. The works are illusions - entirely flat, oil-painted canvases masquerading as joinery, glass, passe-partout, light and shadow. And yet, the paintings are not trompe l’oeil in the traditional sense. They hover on the edge of abstraction as much as they look to Baroque illusion.
Page's work encompasses both large and small scales, including canvas and panel paintings, as well as installations that use paint in different ways to derealize their architectural context. Beginning with the notion of framed space, Page's practice expands to analyze and problematize the inside and outside of that frame, particularly with respect to the ways in which light and its surrogates reveal and conceal. ...
Founded in 2016, Baert Gallery maintains a distinct focus on bridging the historical legacies and artistic sensibilities of Europe and Los Angeles. Working with a roster of emerging artists, the gallery is committed to showcasing a diverse program of work that engages complex philosophical, critical, and political concepts while challenging settled and conventional aesthetic expectations. Located in Los Angeles’ Arts District, the gallery is dedicated to fostering and promoting the region’s unique art scene in a spirit of local cooperation and in dedication to mindful sensitivity towards its broader geographical and social milieu. ...
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