The purveyor of a new kind of Post-Vandalism art, Christopher Aaron will be opening his new unconventional art gallery soon in La Jolla.<\/p>\n
Located on the second floor at 7542 Fay Ave. next to Bernini\u2019s Restaurant, his new gallery will have a grand opening Saturday, Oct. 22 from 6-11 p.m.<\/p>\n
Aaron said it\u00a0will be the first high-end contemporary urban art gallery in San Diego. \u201cAt first I will be only showing my work,\u201d he said. \u201cBut after a few months, I will be showing established artists from Los Angeles and New York, as well as up-and-coming artists from all over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aaron is an American contemporary artist and designer raised in L.A. and now living in Ocean Beach. He is best known for his large cement pieces. His painting style, he noted \u201ctransforms the language of the street into a hybrid form of abstraction and urban realism.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through the use of \u201caging\u201d and \u201cbuffing\u201d (removal of graffiti), Aaron uses paint to cover and\/or acids or sandblasting to remove previous graffiti. He then creates physical changes to the texture of the material being worked to \u201cevoke growth and wisdom,\u201d interjecting that into the painting being created, highlighting the beauty created by time and nature on \u201cthe various surfaces of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
The philosophical underpinning of this series of Aaron\u2019s paintings employs \u201cendless knot\u201d iconography, a symbol he also has tattooed on his chest. The endless knot symbol appears on clay tablets as far back as the Bronze Age (2500 B.C.). The endless knot has\u00a0no beginning and no end. It has many symbolic meanings, but popularly represents the endless wisdom and compassion of the Buddha.<\/p>\n
Of his art and background, Aaron said, \u201cI\u2019m obviously very into the graffiti scene and that was my form of artwork. It\u2019s our own little art movement. Then, later on, a lot of us started doing artwork on canvas and a big scale and it (art form) changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 48-year-old artist noted the street art he and his friends introduced has since evolved. Aaron said he has also done other forms of art, such as logos, album covers, and graphic design. Then, 10 years ago, he shifted to working on canvas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t want to do what I was doing on the street, because it is not the same thing,\u201d Aaron said. \u201cBut I wanted the same feeling of what I was doing there (street), and be able to still have the same textures and colors, but with creating your own form of art.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Aaron\u2019s art gallery you will see unorthodox things like an old pay phone with graffiti scribbled on it, and a piece of a light fixture forming a part of one of his paintings in the entryway of his gallery.<\/p>\n
Why is graffiti important as an art form? \u201cBecause it\u2019s fleeting,\u201d answered Aaron. \u201cWe didn\u2019t start doing this because we wanted to sell a painting. We grew up and we became successful and had a home and asked ourselves, \u2018What do want on our walls?\u2019 We want artwork.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aaron\u2019s studio is in the midst of his gallery. He said his art pieces have layers, and how many layers are applied determines how long it takes to do a particular Post-Vandalism painting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe (post-vandalists) all did illegal graffiti along the way,\u201d said Aaron of what he and others in the art genre share. A Zen Buddhist, Aaron noted he is also something of a \u201csuper minimalist.\u201d He noted the job of the artist is to create something that \u201cnot only looks nice\u201d but answers the question, \u201cDid it serve its purpose of actually being in a space and making you feel the energy of it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Concerning the meaning of art, Aaron said: \u201cI truly believe anything you surround yourself with will affect your energy. Artwork is more than just, \u2018I like this image so I\u2019m going to put it on my wall.\u2019 For me, the artwork is, \u2018What is that going to fill this space with? How is that going to make us feel every day when we see it?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
CHRISTOPHER AARON GALLERY<\/p>\n
Where: 7542 Fay Ave., second floor.<\/p>\n
Contact: 818-731-9136.<\/p>\n
Grand opening: Saturday, Oct. 22, from 6-11 p.m.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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