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Michael Ajerman: Possessions: Project Room

Past exhibition
June 15 - August 17, 2019
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Michael Ajerman Two Women in Turin, 2018 Oil on board 12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in 30.5 x 22.9 cm
Michael Ajerman
Two Women in Turin, 2018
Oil on board
12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in
30.5 x 22.9 cm

Diane Rosenstein Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Possessions, a solo exhibition of figurative oil paintings by Michael Ajerman, marking his first presentation in Los Angeles.  Ajerman, an American artist based in London, will show recent paintings (2015-2019) in the gallery’s Project Room. 

 

Possessions glimpses private moments shared by real and fictional subjects: erotic vignettes and quiet moments of domesticity unfolding mostly after hours. Ajerman’s actors are often fictitious characters seen in off-stage encounters (Pinocchio and Tinkerbell making love in an arbor) or familiar adults alone at home with their pets. His style is tangible and gestural; the energy of the surface involves the oil paint as image.  Through his process of “aggressive surface control,” he will push, pull, and adjust the painting in a delicate or aggressive manner at any given time. This intuitive process, informed by experience with life drawing, is focused on color and brushwork, and moves between smooth and scratched surfaces, thick impasto and diluted drips. Ajerman’s paintings are stimulating and humorous, luscious and unexpected.

 

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Works
  • Michael Ajerman By the Sea Wall, 2018 Oil on linen
    Michael Ajerman
    By the Sea Wall, 2018
    Oil on linen
  • Michael Ajerman December's Painting, 2016 Oil on linen
    Michael Ajerman
    December's Painting, 2016
    Oil on linen
  • Michael Ajerman Lovers by the Apple Tree (Pinocchio & Tinker Bell), 2018 Oil on board
    Michael Ajerman
    Lovers by the Apple Tree (Pinocchio & Tinker Bell), 2018
    Oil on board
  • Michael Ajerman Mermaid and Vampire, ca. 2017-18 Oil on linen
    Michael Ajerman
    Mermaid and Vampire, ca. 2017-18
    Oil on linen
  • Michael Ajerman Picking Oranges, 2019 Oil on linen
    Michael Ajerman
    Picking Oranges, 2019
    Oil on linen
  • Michael Ajerman Possessions, 2017 Oil on board
    Michael Ajerman
    Possessions, 2017
    Oil on board
  • Michael Ajerman Two Women in Turin, 2018 Oil on board
    Michael Ajerman
    Two Women in Turin, 2018
    Oil on board
Installation Views
  • Ajerman Install View 03
  • Ajerman Install View 11
  • Ajerman Install View 02
  • Ajerman Install View 05
  • Ajerman Install View 09
Press
  • Riot Material: Michael Ajerman’s Possessions And Marty Schnapf’s Loves and Lovers

    Genie Davis, June 30, 2019
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