Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to announce our participation in VOLTA New York art fair with a solo booth presentation by Lavaughan Jenkins. The booth with feature Jenkins' new large scale figures and works on paper that will be publicly exhibited for the first time.
LOCATION: Metropolitan West, 639 West 46th Street @12th Avenue, New York, NY
Wednesday, March 4 - Sunday, March 8, 2020
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to announce our second year of participation in VOLTA New York art fair with a solo booth presentation by Lavaughan Jenkins. The booth will feature Jenkins' new large scale figures and works on paper that will be publicly exhibited for the first time. His paintings push the boundaries of medium by using oil paint to make 3-dimensional work-what he refers to as 3D Paintings, which imitate sculpture. The works are thick, multi-colored brush strokes smeared and built up to form an army of men that vaguely resemble the artist. The figures prod and extract memories of moments Jenkins has forgotten, bringing them to the forefront of his mind to be discovered and recovered. Intrigued by the novel 'Man Walks into a Room' by award-winning author Nicole Krauss, Jenkins investigates the "memory doctor" characters who observe others' memories and retell them as not to be forgotten. He is drawn to the idea of wanting to recover things lost, the paintings are narrators, storytellers, "memory doctors" observing and reacting to his recollections as people from his life play parts in his work. As Jenkins works, the paintings tell their story back to him.
