Mapping the Dragons
F E B R U A R Y 1 6 – 2 5
Gayle Friedman, Hikaru Hayakawa and Armando Lopez come together in an intimate group show featuring painting, printmaking, sculpture, and installation.
Gayle Friedman
Gayle Friedman lost both her parents in a short period of time. From her father she inherited his beloved tool collection. From her mother, she received a large and equally treasured collection of Delft pottery. This group of works is a very personal exploration of the artist’s grief, memory and turmoil upon the passing of her mom and dad. She brought their “leftovers” home to explore what happens when one’s childhood home is shattered. Why do we keep the things we do and what do they tell us? Is it possible to hold on to our loved ones through the items they leave behind?
By interrogating this deeply intimate loss, Friedman combined the imagery, casting tools in porcelain and putting rusty nails up against the pottery. The resulting assemblages are surreal and dreamlike, yet they resonate with both the pain and the beauty of a cherished but ambivalent memory.
Coupled, 2018 15 x 15 x 3.25 in. Delft, wrench, steel wire, plywood, paint, mud
Fragmented, 2018 15 x 15 x 3.25 in. Delft, porcelain, acrylic, steel wire, nails, plywood, paint, mud
Mended, 2018 15 x 15 x 3.25 in. Delft, hammer, nails, porcelain, acrylic paint, plywood, paint, mud
The Dig, 2018 15 x 15 x 3.25 in. Delft, porcelain, acrylic, old house nails, plaster, rust, plywood, paint, mud
At Your Own Peril, 2018 15 x 15 x 3.25 in. Delft, saw blades, porcelain, acrylic paint, copper, sterling silver, wood, nails, plywood, mud
Blue Fire Chicken, 2018 15 x 15 x 3.25 in. Delft, plaster, steel wool, paper, charcoal, acrylic, chalk, watercolors, plywood, paint, mud
Multiples, 2018 15 x 15 x 3.25 in. Delft, hammer, porcelain, acrylic, steel wire, nails, plywood, paint, mud
Mom’s Gift, 1998 14 x 8 x 5 in. Glazed porcelain with plaster shelf
Measuring the Weight of Longing, 2018 60 x 5 x 3 in. Old meat scale, vintage jet, sterling silver, brass, porcelain, nail
Suppertime, 2018 55 x 14 x 15 in. Table, Mom’s tablecloth, Delft, old house nails, saw blades, black clay, porcelain, acrylic, bolts, brass wire, rust, porcelain slip, silver dust
Who Knew It Was Goodbye, 2018 15 x 15 x 3.25 in. Plaster, porcelain with photo transfer, paper, charcoal, acrylic, chalk, watercolors, rust, plywood, paint, mud
Hikaru Hayakawa
Hikaru Hayakawa is a sculptor, painter and photographer whose work focuses on scale, time, human and geological history, paradox and juxtaposition. He is captivated by maps and globes, and often incorporates them into his art, using them to communicate in intuitive and nonverbal ways. Born in Osaka, Japan, Hikaru received a BFA from Kyoto Seika University. He moved to Los Angeles in 1987 and later earned his MFA at Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, (now Otis College of Art and Design). He has participated in many solo and group shows in Los Angeles, New York City, Japan, Seoul, and other locales. He currently lives and works in Topanga Canyon, in Los Angeles County.
Panta Rhei (4000 Years of Human History), 2008-2014 161 x 48 x 62 in. Oil paint, copper, brass and stainless steel
Letter from Titan, 2021-2022 42 x 32 in. Oil, acrylic, paper, wood, plexiglass
Study 2021/Whirlpool, 2010 – 2021 67 x 84 inches Digital print on canvas, based on site-specific wall drawing at Queen Museum, NY
Armando Adrian-López
Armando Adrian-López is a self-taught painter and mixed-media assemblage sculptor. He was born and raised in a small village in southwest Mexico, immigrating to the US in 1988. He is a Purepecha native (also called Tarasco), an indigenous pre-Columbian people with a distinct language and culture dating from at least the 10th century. Armando’s work stems from Mexican folk art traditions often combined with modern and surreal elements and themes. His grandfather was a master basket weaver and craftsman who had a strong influence on the young artist as a child. A tradition of fashioning dolls from corn husks and twigs to occupy children while their parents worked in the fields inspired Armando to make his first doll at 4 years old. He currently resides with his partner in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Many of the materials used in his 3D Mixed-Media sculptures are collected from their land in rural northern New Mexico. Adrian-López’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Latin American Art, (MOLAA) Long Beach, CA, The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM, and in private collections worldwide.
According to Armando, the art he is showing in Mapping the Dragons is some of his most personal work. Many pieces have never been exhibited or offered for sale previously.
Somos Novios (We Are Lovers), 2015 24 x 30 in. Oil on Canvas
Row Row Row Your Boat, 2014 40 x 40 in. Oil on canvas
Embrujo (Bewitched), 2009 20 x 24 in. Oil on canvas
Bañando en el Bosque (Bathing in the forest), 2010 29x 20 inches Oil on canvas
Somos Novios (We Are Lovers), 2015 24 x 30 in. Oil on Canvas
Club De Soñadores Cachondos (Horny Dreamers Club), 2016 24x30 in. Oil on canvas
Dualidad #2 (Duality #2), 2021 22 x 37 x 12 inches 3D mixed Media: Natural and Found Materials
El Hallazgo (The Discovery), 2011 20 x 20 in. Oil on canvas
El Protector (The Protector), 2019 40 x 30 in. Oil on canvas
El Transeunte Cosmico (The Cosmic Transient), 2019 22 x 15 x 6 inches 3D mixed Media: Natural and Found Materials
El Martir, 2006 20 x 16 in. Oil on canvas
El Toro, 2022 3D mixed Media: Natural and Found Materials
![El Monstruo y Yo (The Monster and Me) [Temp photo], 2021)
12 x 7 x 8 inches
3D mixed Media: Natural and Found Materials](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61798cd54a15891978e4ccd0/39b60c7d-6c6a-43c5-ba86-a9bb9986fd06/Screen+Shot+2022-01-20+at+1.10.01+PM.png)
El Monstruo y Yo (The Monster and Me) [Temp photo], 2021) 12 x 7 x 8 inches 3D mixed Media: Natural and Found Materials