Colors

Becky Brown, Canyon Castator, Courtney Childress, Matt Dugan, Otis Jones, Alex Kisilevich, Andrea McGinty, Robert Melee, Adam Parker Smith, Fay Ray, Dan Rushton, Michelle Rosenberg & Howard Huang, Lauren Seiden, Aaron Skolnick, Bret Slater, B. Thom Stevenson, Raphael Taylor, Adrian Tone.

I’ve seen the bright get duller.

I’m not going to spend my life being a color

- Michael Jackson, Black or White

Louis B. James is pleased to present Colors, a group show focusing on the presence and absence of color and the emotional and mental impact that such groupings can deliver. Divided into two sections, each gallery will serve as a physical manifestation of the feelings and moods of summer.

The street-level floor of the gallery will highlight all black, white and gray work intending to create a respite from the chaos of the heat and humidity of the summer. The only theme is the lack of color attempting to create a unified presence of potentially disparate works, a cool environment in which to escape the harsh outside reality.

The basement-level gallery throws the viewer right into the chaos through a rainbow of colors: an overwhelming sense of carnival-like madness and fun recreating a day at the beach, a trip to the amusement park or the hangover haziness of a day spent in the sun. Both floors will be enhanced with a sound installation, each a unique experience highlighting the presence or absence of color.