PEYTON WRIGHT
Selections from the Exhibition: Color Walk Mokha Laget July 5 - July 31, 2013
Mokha Laget: Color Walk July 5 – 31, 2013
Mokha Laget Mokha Laget was born in Algeria and spent her early life in North Africa, France, and the United States. Of the kind of cultural integration acquired by those who spend time abroad, Laget has said “as I travel from country to country, I am gathering color, texture and design ideas. What eventually evolves into a piece of art has been influenced by this collage of life.” In the 1990s Laget moved to the Southwest and her painting style, accordingly, was impacted by the region’s striking color and dazzling light. Pure, resonant, and rich colors populate her latest paintings, which are balanced with angular elements that simultaneously divide and unite the compositions. Describing her work, Laget says it “pushes the boundaries of complex relations between color and composition.” Indeed, her use of vivid color, coupled with the often monumental scale of her canvases, generates a heightened kind of architectural drama, allowing her to convincingly advocate for a relationship between interior and exterior spaces—a convergence that sumptuously succeeds thanks to Laget’s ability to explore apparently opposing forces. Her educational background includes coursework in philosophy and anthropology, a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Corcoran School of Art, a postgraduate degree from the School of Linguistics at Georgetown University, and graduate work in Museum Studies from UC Hayward. She has exhibited widely in national settings as well as in Europe, worked as an independent curator, is a published translator and poet.
Unseen #1
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 66 x 42 inches; 67 x 43 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Skybox V
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 50 x 65 inches; 51 x 66 inches Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Grey Gap
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 54 x 32 inches Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Second Wind
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 30 x 49 inches; 31 x 50 inches Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Black Poppy
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 46 x 34 inches; 47 x 35 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Homage to the Wedge
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2012 47 x 73 inches; 48 x 74 inches framed
Homage to the Wedge IV
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 34 x 34 inches; 35 x 35 inches framed SOLD
Nutcracker
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2012 65 x 61 inches; 66 x 62 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Skybox VIII
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 74 x 30 inches; 75 x 31 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
SOLD
Study for Skybox VII
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2012 34 x 35.5 inches; 35 x 36.5 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Phase One
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 38 x 22 inches Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Skybox I
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 61 x 64 inches; 62 x 65 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Blue Diamond
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 66 x 19 inches; 67 x 20 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Double Diamond #2
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 83 x 30 inches; 84 x 31 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Green Gap
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 36.25 x 29.785 inches Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Five O’Clock
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 61 x 19 inches; 62 x 20 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Raspberry Bush
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2012 34 x 51 inches; 35 x 52 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Homage to the Wedge #7
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 90 x 50 inches; 91 x 51 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Etude #1 (Walking Stick Series)
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2012 34 x 35.5 inches; 35 x 36.5 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Homage to the Wedge #2
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2012 44.5 x 75 inches; 45.5 x 76 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Blackjack
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 60 x 82 inches; 61 x 83 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Djibouti
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 48 x 48 inches; 49 x 49 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Skybox #9
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 60 x 20 inches; 61 x 21 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Cornstalk Series #2
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 22.5 x 33 inches Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Unseen #3
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 36 x 44 inches; 37 x 45 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Skybox #4
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 50 x 65 inches; 51 x 66 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Ten O’Clock
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 60 x 20 inches; 61 x 21 inches framed Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
Unseen #4
Acrylic and Clay-Pigment Paint on Canvas 2013 42 x 64 inches Signed, Dated and Titled Verso
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