Slip Covers: Alex Olson, Kristin Dickson-Okuda, Gillian Garcia and Shin Okuda
Alex Olson, Kristin Dickson-Okuda, Gillian Garcia and Shin Okuda
Slip Covers
June 26 - August 25, 2018
Blue Mountain School, London
Blue Projects is pleased to present Slip Covers, an exhibition bringing together the work of four Los Angeles based artists and designers. The works on show include paintings, coats, furniture and a film that explore the potential to create a concentrated experience. The intricacies of individual perception are at the core of the exhibition, offering meditations on the effects of colour and form, and how we take in information.
Alex Olson’s oil paintings created for this exhibition are small and intimate in scale. They are produced as tools for the viewer, each one made for a different outcome, such as “for focus” or “for energy”. Specific combinations of colour and elemental brushstrokes act as sites of contemplation that engage the eye and brain towards these specific ends. Kristin Dickson-Okuda’s coats are made from dyed silk organza using natural ingredients known for their medicinal properties. The visitor is invited to select a coat to wear while engaging with the exhibition. The palette and related plant spectrum for the coats were created in collaboration with Sasha Duerr, basing the selection on natural dyes with historical healing applications. Shin Okuda’s furniture offers interludes of physical contemplation while Gillian Garcia’s film, The Secret Sound, explores sensorial engagement, reflecting on the experiential propositions permeating the exhibition.
Kristin Dickson-Okuda
Root Chakra, Red, 2017
Madder root dyed silk organza with plexi hanger
Kristin Dickson-Okuda
Sacral Chakra, Orange, 2017
Tumeric dyed silk organza with plexi hanger
Kristin Dickson-Okuda
Solar Plexus Chakra, Yellow, 2017
Oxalis / sourgrass dyed silk organza with plexi hanger
Kristin Dickson-Okuda
Heart Chakra, Green, 2017
Rosemary with iron dyed silk organza with plexi hanger
Kristin Dickson-Okuda
Throat Chakra, Blue, 2017
Red cabbage with alum, salt dyed silk organza with plexi hanger
Kristin Dickson-Okuda
Third Eye Chakra, Indigo, 2017
Indigo dyed silk organza with plexi hanger
Kristin Dickson-Okuda
Crown Chakra, Violet, 2017
Violet Lavender flowers dyed silk organza with plexi hanger
Kristin Dickson-Okuda
White Silk Organza, 2017
White silk organza with plexi hanger
Alex Olson
For Confidence, 2018
Oil on canvas
27.94 x 21.59 cm, 11” x 8.5”
Alex Olson
For Progress, 2017
Oil on canvas
27.94 x 21.59 cm, 11” x 8.5”
Alex Olson
For Creativity, 2018
Oil on canvas
27.94 x 21.59 cm, 11” x 8.5”
Alex Olson
For Grounding, 2018
Oil on canvas
27.94 x 21.59 cm, 11” x 8.5”
Alex Olson
For Patience, 2018
Oil on canvas
27.94 x 21.59 cm, 11” x 8.5”
Alex Olson
For Levity, 2018
Oil on canvas
27.94 x 21.59 cm, 11” x 8.5”
Alex Olson
For Relaxation, 2018
Oil on canvas
27.94 x 21.59 cm, 11” x 8.5”
Shin Okuda
Straight back cylinder back chair, 2018
Baltic birch plywood
76 x 41 x 53 cm, 30” x 16” x 21”
Shin Okuda
Spool Stool, 2018
Red lacquered Baltic birch plywood
43 x 35.5 cm, 16.5” x 14”
Shin Okuda
Spool Stool, 2018
Grey lacquered Baltic birch plywood
43 x 35.5 cm, 16.5” x 14”
Shin Okuda
Cylinder back armchair, 2018
Black lacquered Baltic birch plywood
68.5 x 55 x 56 cm, 27” x 21.5” x 22”
Shin Okuda
Silhouette Bench, 2018
Baltic birch plywood
44 x 153 x 43cm, 17.3” x 60.2” x 16.9”
Gillian Garcia
The Secret Sound, 2017
S16mm, 8mm, colour and sound
6 min
Gillian Garcia
The Secret Sound, 2017
S16mm, 8mm, colour and sound
6 min
Gillian Garcia
The Secret Sound, 2017
S16mm, 8mm, colour and sound
6 min