William Powhida, Some Criteria for Evaluation, 2013. Graphite and watercolour. Courtesy the artist and Charlie James Gallery, LA
William Powhida
Bill by Bill
20 April – 8 June 2013
at Charlie James Gallery,
Los Angeles, USA
Dismissed Acclaimed provincial New York-based artist William Powhida is pleased to announce Bill by Bill, a new collection of art works fabricated exclusively for Charlie James Gallery and the fast-growing Los Angeles art market. Conceptualized and designed by William each work of art has been crafted by better highly skilled artists, designers, friends, family and fabricators under the artist’s supervision in a studio he visited at least once. After years of going to art fairs intensive market research Bill by Bill represents a decisive breakthrough for the artist into the fields of sculpture and painting by creating unique variations on some of the dominant formulas trends in contemporary art.
Bill by Bill brings together classic Modernist forms with bleeding edge post-studio, conceptually based1 practices to create a mercenary stunning vision of contemporary art. Begun over a year ago while on residency at the Headlands in beautiful Marin County, William has designed a line of auction-ready commodities objects across stylistic boundaries for market-savvy executive producers collectors. These objects are primed and ready for purchase to move quickly at Phillips de Pury. With a focus on painting and sculpture Bill by Bill avoids problems of reproducibility inherent with photography, new media, multiples, and editions which have diminished the deep satisfaction of buying art. These one-of-kind objects are able to offer the ‘experience of art’ at a price that isn’t quite for everyone, which affirms William’s belief that art holds an elitist special place in culture. [read the full text here]
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969 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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William Powhida, Bill by Bill, installation view, 2013. Courtesy the artist and Charlie James Gallery, LA
William Powhida, Some Asset Calss (Digital) Paintings – Color Fields, 2013. Graphite and watercolour. Courtesy the artist and Charlie James Gallery, LA
William Powhida, Some Asset Calss (Digital) Paintings – Color Fields, 2013. Archival pigment prints, canvas & stretcher bars. Courtesy the artist and Charlie James Gallery, LA
William Powhida, A Taxidermied Animal, 2013. Graphite and watercolour. Courtesy the artist and Charlie James Gallery, LA
William Powhida, A Taxidermied Animal, 2013. Wood crate, coyote, pink packing peanuts. Courtesy the artist and Charlie James Gallery, LA
William Powhida, Press Release, 2013. Graphite and watercolour on paper. Courtesy the artist and Charlie James Gallery, LA