Kavi Gupta is pleased to present Roger Brown: La Conchita. Opening November, 10 at the Kavi Gupta Elizabeth St. location, the exhibition will feature the contents of Roger Brown’s southern California home. Brown, seeking a new place to work in a warmer climate, built his Temple of Painting at La Conchita, California, commissioning Stanley Tigerman to design the new home.
After the house was completed in 1993, Brown quickly applied his discipline of looking, finding and acquiring objects of interest by combing area thrift shops, yard sales, and swap meets. The home was filled with arrangements of all manner of objects, especially vernacular ceramics, many of which were incorporated into his Virtual Still Life series of object paintings. La Conchita combined Brown’s interests in architecture, collecting and gardening during the final chapter of his life.
This exhibition coincides with the Leslie Hindman, 1338 West Lake Street, auction of property from Brown’s La Conchita collection taking place Saturday, November 10 at 4pm CST. Auction proceeds will support the Roger Brown Study Collection of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Roger Brown: La Conchita is now open by appointment only, to see the exhibition please call 312-432-0708 or email info@kavigupta.com
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Roger BrownRosa Californica, 1994Oil on canvas72 x 48 x 2 in
182.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm -
Roger BrownCalifornia Cloud Surprise, 1993Oil on canvas
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Roger BrownVirtual Still Life #12: Modernistic Planter with 1/2 A Desert Painting, 1995Oil on canvas and mixed media38 1/2 x 26 x 12 in
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Roger BrownPronghorn Diorama, 1987Oil on canvas and mixed media with taxidermied antelope72 x 72 x 21
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Roger BrownCalifornia Gawkers: Being the Chief Cause and Primary Source of California Traffic Jams, 1997Oil on canvas48 x 72 x 2 in
121.9 x 182.9 cm -
Roger BrownBurned Hills May-October 1997, 1997Oil on canvas48 x 72 x 2 1/2 in
121.9 x 182.9 x 6.3 cm -
Roger BrownVirtual Still Life #6: Return To Russia, 1995Oil on canvas and mixed media37 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 8 in
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Roger BrownStudio Left: Unpainted Shelf, with Big Yellow Hands, c. 1995
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Roger BrownVirtual Still Lives : Studio Right: Blue Hutch, c. 1980
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Roger BrownVirtual Still Life #23: Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1996Oil on canvas and mixed media19 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 13 in Each
49.5 x 39.4 x 33 cm Each -
Roger BrownVirtual Still Lives:Bedroom Right: Blue Hutch, c.1980mixed mediavariable
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Roger BrownBedroom Altar
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Roger BrownVirtual Still Life #14: Pots and Piedmont at Piru, 1995Oil on canvas and mixed media49 1/2 x 62 x 11 in
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Roger BrownVirtual Still Life #11: Mugs and Mountains, 1995Oil on canvas and mixed media26 x 37 1/2 x 9 in
66 x 95.3 x 22.9 cm
