oil on linen, hand-carved walnut, hand-carved pine by josé luis carcedo, boneCommonwealth and Council
Description
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This artwork features a serene still life composition framed by an intricately carved wooden border. The painting depicts a simple arrangement of a rounded white object, possibly an egg, resting in a shallow dish or bowl. The soft, muted tones of the central image contrast with the warm, earthy tones and geometric patterns of the ornate wooden frame. The overall aesthetic suggests a contemplative, meditative quality, inviting the viewer to pause and consider the subtle interplay of form, color, and texture. This piece likely reflects the artist's intention to imbue the ordinary with a sense of quiet beauty and thoughtfulness. ...
Patricia Fernández merges aspects of portraiture, still life and sculpture in her expansive practice. Geometric patterns, symbols and coordinates are meticulously engraved into wooden surfaces or rendered with oils on linen where this precise imagery meets sensuous washes of colour and spectral depictions of moons, stars or hazy sleeping figures. While exploring the contours of cosmology, references to painters such as Hilma af Klint can be seen in Fernández’s oeuvre, being that she brings together spirituality and science. Working with earthy, organic tones, the artist increasingly incorporates found wood in her pieces—with mahogany, walnut and poplar forming the crux of her sculptures or being utilised as frames for the paintings. Time is a central fascination for the artist, as she thinks through the contrasts and peculiarities between geological time, cosmological time, and humanity’s own construction of time passing. Clocks continually resurface as key iconography within Fernández’s work, as well as lunar cycles as the artist tracks individual, personal rhythms against, circadian, astronomical patterns. All at once deeply personal and spectral, Fernández continues to make work which meditates on some of life’s biggest queries. ...
Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...
