Go See – Los Angeles: James Franco/Gus Van Sant’s ‘Unfinished’ at Gagosian Gallery through April 9th, 2011
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Gus Van Sant, Untitled (2010) ©Gus Van Sant. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery
Crossreferencing film and painting, Gus Van Sant has never shied from an interdisciplinary approach to artmaking. The show “Unfinished” is no exception. Though the show bills both Van Sant and James Franco as the artists in charge, it is heavy with Van Sant’s signature, especially in terms of the bold two dimensional art. Van Sant uses watercolor and graphite to create striking images of the characters within his film, My Own Private Idaho. These paintings are intimate while at the same time graphic and mindful of the medium. Seven large-scale paintings adorn the front of the gallery, while a curious installation behind a curtain serves as its stablemate.
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