Join us from 6:00 - 8:00pm on Saturday, February 1st for an opening reception of Alison Croney Moses's solo exhibition, Brown Out at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery.
Location: 1923 S Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Nearby street parking available.
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to present Brown Out, a solo exhibition of new and ambitious walnut sculptures by Boston-based woodworker Alison Croney Moses.
There are times when we all need to be comforted. We yearn to be surrounded by stability and strength. We want to be held and protected. This moment is one of those times. As in any brown out, temporary restriction to focus on the essentials is needed to endure. Brown is all around us–it's the color of the soil beneath our feet, tree trunks in the forest, and birds in the sky, and the color of our skin for the majority of people in the world. Symbolizing simplicity, reliability, and tradition, while conveying feelings of warmth and security.
In a time of profound upheaval, divisiveness, and hate stemming from the inability of our society to deal with its past, Croney Moses notes: “I want to be protected. I want to be surrounded by warmth and familiarity. I want what Brown represents.”
Although Walnut wood has always been a favorite of Alison Croney Moses’, this is the first time she exclusively uses this species to bring these notions of what comes to define and associate with the color brown into reality. In focusing on walnut wood, she is curating a space for visitors to relax into the feelings of warmth, safety and comfort, gifting them some of what she experiences when working with the material.
