Ed Moses - Now & Then - 2015

NOW AND THEN William Turner Gallery is pleased to present Ed Moses: Now And Then, an exhibition of paintings and works on paper. Since the 1950s, Ed Moses has been at the heart of the LA art scene. One of the founding artists at the legendary Ferus Gallery, Moses was a compelling presence in the Post-War movement in Los Angeles.

Today, Moses’ work is included in the collections of the nation’s major museums and he is regarded by many as a cultural icon. Yet, Moses eschews the term artist, preferring instead more elemental descriptives -- painter, mark-maker, mutator. Stylistically, Moses has resisted allegiance to any one movement, preferring instead a practice that is immersed in the moment. Such commitment has led to a uniquely varied body of work that is energized by restless re-invention and a willingness to take risks.

In Now and Then, Moses has produced a series of paintings that are delightfully rugged, in some utilizing the backs of old stretcher bars, re-purposed materials and earlier paintings that have sat for years in his studio. Each piece is a layered visual record of the painter’s path-like strata in the earth’s surface, every mark Moses makes builds on prior works. These paintings can be read as allegories of time -- past, present and future. Mining his own oeuvre as he has, Moses presents us with paintings that nonetheless strike out in bold, new directions.

Moses also introduces several series of exquisite new works on games of chance and skill, Baccarat and Pai Gow, the titles perfectly illustrate Moses’ embrace of the balance between the mastery of the artist’s hand and the uncontrollable forces of nature.

In 1996, MOCA mounted a major retrospective for the artist. Last year, the University of California Irvine, held a comprehensive retrospective, entitled Cross-Section. Both were met with huge critical success.

Currently, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is exhibiting an exquisitely curated solo exhibition of Moses’ works on paper from the 1960s and 70s, on view through August 2, 2015.

In addition to MOCA and LACMA, Ed Moses’ work is in the permanent collections of such prominent museums as the Hammer Museum, San Francisco MoMA, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Frederick Weisman Foundation, the Menil Foundation and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Found Cross, 2015, wood, copper rails and paint, 102x66.5 inches

Š 2015 Ed Moses Studio

DRW-OUT, 2015, wood, copper rails, paint, 47x36 inches

Š 2015 Ed Moses Studio

Untitled, 2015, wood, copper rails, paint, 72x64 inches

Š 2015 Ed Moses Studio

Extrud, 2015, wood, copper rails, angle iron and paint, 69x59 inches

Š 2015 Ed Moses Studio

Aleff, 2015, wood, copper rails and paint, 72x52 inches

Š 2015 Ed Moses Studio

#26 Ver-red, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 60x60 inches

© 2015 Ed Moses Studio

Stares Dwn, 2015, wood, aluminum rails, angle iron and paint, 80 x70 inches

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Puzzel #1 & #2, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 72x60 inches (left panel) 66x54 inches (right panel)

Š 2015 Ed Moses Studio

Mazo Skunk, acrylic on wood, 2015, 52x43 inches

Found #2 & #1, 2015, wood, copper rails and paint, 78x70.5 (left panel) 72x63.5 (right panel)

Found dDrawing #2, 2014, wood, copper rails and paint, 66x58 inches

Š 2015 Ed Moses Studio

Rain, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 52x43 inches

© 2015 Ed Moses Studio

Pai Gow #9, watercolor on paper, 25x19 inches

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Baccarat #10, watercolor on paper, 25x19 inches

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Baccarat #15C, watercolor on paper, 25x19 inches

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Pai Gow #15D, watercolor on paper, 25x19 inches

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Baccarat #15E, watercolor on paper, 25x19 inches

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Pai Gow #26, watercolor on paper, 21x17 inches

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Pai Gow #29B, watercolor on paper, 21x17 inches

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Pai Gow #29C, watercolor on paper, 21x17 inches

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Pai Gow #30, watercolor on paper, 21x17 inches

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Baccarat #29, watercolor on paper, 21x17 inches

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Baccarat #32, watercolor on paper, 21x17 inches

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Baccarat #36, watercolor on paper, 21x15 inches

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Baccarat #42, watercolor on paper, 21x15 inches

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Baccarat #46, watercolor on paper, 17x13 inches

Š 2015 Ed Moses Studio

ED MOSES Born Long Beach, California Lives and works in Venice, California Biography 1955 - B.A., University of California, Los Angeles 1958 - M.A., University of California, Los Angelesx 1980 - Received Guggenheim Fellowship. Traveled in Japan 1981-82 - Lived in New York. Traveled in France and Canada 1983 - Taught at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME 1995 - Received Honorary Doctorate Degree, Otis College of Art and Design Public Collections Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY Akron Art Institute of Art, Akron, OH Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Dartmouth College Gallery, Hanover, NH Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO Gelco Collection, Minneapolis, MN Hereditary Disease Foundation, Los Angeles, CA Irvine Collection, Irvine, CA Janss Foundation, Thousand Oaks, CA Lannan Foundation, Chicago, IL Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Times Collection, Los Angeles, CA Menil Foundation, Rice Museum, Houston, TX Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA Pasadena Art Museum (Norton Simon Museum of Art), Pasadena, CA Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS University of Miami, Miami, FL Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Frederick Weisman Foundation Collection, Los Angeles, CA Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT All images Š 2015 Ed Moses Studio