NADA MIAMI 2023

GGLA is delighted to announce our first participation in the 2023 edition of the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) fair, which will take place at Ice Palace Studios in Miami from Tuesday, December 5th through Saturday, December 9th. The gallery’s booth (C210) will feature works by Rosie Lee Tompkins, Terry Powers, and Chris Lux. 

In conversation with one another, these works express ideas of domesticity amidst a nuanced world. Viewers are encouraged to take a step back and enjoy them not just for how they look but for what they make us think. Collectively, they are bound by their technique and imagery, whether through sculpture or painting. Each work is an amalgamation of material pieced together, constructing a narrative we, as viewers, can finish. This internal process introduces us to new visual languages guided by the artist's individualized approach. 

Seen in the quilts by Rosie Lee Tompkins (1936-2006) are medlies of different shapes and colors. They flash with their electrifying patterns. Each patch is stitched together, cohesively telling her story. Beginning her practice towards the latter half of the twentieth century, Tompkins was guided by faith and family values. The quilts are as biographical as much as they redefine artistic tradition. Considered by some to be the most extraordinary quilter who ever lived, Tompkins made these quilts with a spirit and care that transcend into their current presentation. 

In the presented painting by Chris Lux, a bold layer of blue flashe paint mutes traces of gold, pink, green, and yellow. The fragments of color compose an image that blends allegory and abstraction. Working in sculpture, an accompanying lamp by Lux quite literally illuminates this achievement. Shards of glass are fused with epoxy, enhancing the artisanal essence of the work. Yet, the lamp is an object for living as much as for looking. In all its beauty, it is ethereal and evokes a sense of mysticism found throughout Lux’s bodies of work. 

Three works by Terry Powers speak to his immediate surroundings and their embedded significance. Fruits, kitchenware, cloths, and paint splashes are visual microcosms of his routine. Through transitions in his life, Powers has documented mundane yet precious scenes. Grappling with feelings of nostalgia and preservation, Powers uses painting as a form of documentation to find comfort amidst change. By revitalizing still-life artistic traditions, viewers confront the subject matter and are invited to peek into these environments that might not seem too distant from their own. 

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