LOS ANGELES, CA.- Blum & Poe presents our
fifth solo exhibition of work by Mark Grotjahn. The exhibition is entitled,
“Seven Faces” and will include up to twelve new paintings from Grotjahn’s “face”
series. Visually reminiscent of Picasso, Grotjahn’s “face” paintings
intermingle abstract and figurative renderings while dismantling and building on
the conventions of modern and contemporary painting. Using sheets of cardboard
that are primed and mounted on linen as the ground, Grotjahn employs brush and
palette knife to extensively build layer upon layer of oil paint to almost
sculptural ends. On View 29 February through 3 April,
2010.