Menu
The New Contemporary Art Magazine

Kukula, Andrew Brandou, and More Exhibit Colored Pencil Art in “Your Pencilled Masses”

Colored pencils haven't quite received the recognition of their counterparts as a fine art material- and yet over the years, we've featured artists from all over the world who have surprised us with what can be achieved by these utensils from our elementary school sets. CHG Circa in Los Angeles sent a group of international artists a set of their own and invited them to refer back to their child imagination.


Korin Faught

Colored pencils haven’t quite received the recognition of their counterparts as a fine art material- and yet over the years, we’ve featured artists from all over the world who have surprised us with what can be achieved by these utensils from our elementary school sets. CHG Circa in Los Angeles sent a group of international artists a set of their own and invited them to refer back to their child imagination: Andrew Brandou, Alex Rodriguez, Aven Helford, Beau Stanton, Brandi Milne, Caia Koopman, Carlos Ramos, Cathie Bleck, Greg Gossel, J. Otto Seibold, Joey Remmers, Kelsey Beckett, Ken Garduno, Korin Faught, Kukula, Liz McGrath, Lola, Luke Chueh, Maddie Carr, Michael Page, Mike Stilkey, Natalia Fabia, Nicomi Nix Turner, Richard J. Oliver, Sarah Folkman, Sylvia Ji, and Van Arno.


Kukula

Opening this Saturday, “Your Pencilled Masses, Yearning To Be Free” notably marks the gallery’s final exhibition before moving into their new, much larger, space. Though the exhibit is defined as a “gentler” presentation of well known artists, most apply the medium seamlessly to the look and feel of their existing works. Kukula (HF Vol. 7), for example, uses pencils to elaborate on the delicacy of her figurine-like subjects, while adding a certain dreaminess to their pastoral surroundings. Andrew Brandou (HF Vol. 14) also adds depth and contrast to his colorful portraits of buddahs, recalling the bold linework of his animation influences. Take a look at more works from “Your Pencilled Masses, Yearning to be Free” below, on view at CHG Circa from October 3rd through November 7th, 2015.


Michael Page


Ken Garduno


Greg Gossel


Caia Koopman


Caia Koopman (detail)


Andrew Brandou (progress)


Brandi Milne

Meta
Share
Facebook
Reddit
Pinterest
Email
Related Articles
Last Saturday, CHG Circa offered pint sized works by their favorite artists in "Art Collector Starter Kit" 2. If you're like most collectors, you know how to buy art on a piece-by-piece basis, but may not be all that well versed in the art that is collecting. This show offers a solution. In the gallery's own words, "The motivation behind an exhibition of all 12”x12” paintings stems from the fact that newer collectors, or enthusiasts, who have never bought an original piece from one of their favorite artists, may now do so."
Eric Green's meticulously detailed drawings replicate life beautifully- but there is something off about them. "When you really begin to understand life, everything changes completely all the time. Nothing is ever the same again," he says. Working primarily in colored pencil, Green draws images that are meant to change our perceptions by illustrating the subtleties between moments as light changes and objects are mysteriously moved by unseen occupants.
On December 13th at 80Forty gallery, Lola will debut her first major exhibition in two years, and perhaps her most personal, "The Younger". Her new series of twenty oil paintings also includes some of her largest to date. When we visited her studio in Los Angeles this week, she described it as "something to really get lost in". Her childish characters embark from their storybook lands into unfamiliar territory- Lola's childhood reality. The spirit of a 'younger' Lola is present in images of freckled young girls playing with reimaginatings of toys like Pacman and Pez. In this new world drawn from memory, Lola tells us the story of her creative upbringing. We took a moment to discuss her exhibition while she worked.
Luxury plays a big role in Kukula's art and life, who once said of her subjects, "Who really knows who they are, anyway? Clothes help me decide." We first featured her elaborate paintings of fashion obsessed pale-skinned beauties in Hi-Fructose Vol. 7, and many times on our blog, where over the years she has committed her art to capturing the beauty of Rococo and modern grandeur.

Subscribe to the Hi-Fructose Mailing List