Artist Talks: Brittany Mojo and Ned Evans

February 22, 11am | RSVP

Join us at the gallery for talks with exhibiting artists Brittany Mojo and Ned Evans, who will discuss their work on view. Coffee and donuts will be served. Please RSVP to info@craigkrullgallery.com

Brittany Mojo: Strong Spell

Strong Spell marks a shift in color and subject for Mojo, who spent the past several years exploring labor and grief in black and white. Carefully considering the idea of recess—a pause for play—, Strong Spell lingers in the intensity and enchantment of making objects, in the curious place where the mental and material meet. 

Drawing on traditions of quilting, vernacular design, and her own interest in the beginner’s hand, Mojo combines colors and patterns through spontaneous mark-making, repeating processes until they inhabit her body and materialize as a range of forms, from a series of tiny pots to large conch-like sculptures. The artist’s hand is evident in the pieces, whichincorporate vivid colors and joyfully familiar motifs like daisies, tennis balls, spoons, and seashells—references to the California coastal environment, leisure activities, and the hobbification of the domestic space. In the gallery, the objects become like words in a sentence, each serving a singular purpose; moving among these objects, the viewers become a crucial part of the experience. 

Ned Evans: Close Relatives

The functional and formal honesty of Ned Evans’ latest paintings reflects his enduring attention to the edge, as both a physical place and an idea—a site of tension, and a source of energy. An avid surfer and student of art and architecture, Evans has spent years contemplating the line between land and sea, between this part and that one. He spent years building artist studios and galleries around Los Angeles; while working on these construction sites, he recorded the process through photographs of the edges and joins, documenting those overlooked points of intersection and intervention essential to these structures.

These experiences of the edge are evident in Close Relatives, whose works are animated by the interactions between shape and color and defined by the relationships between individual components. Luminous swatches are stacked and joined to form architectonic images that resist the two-dimensionality of the canvas, and offer lessons in close observation.