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About the artist from the Internet:
Chase
Langford born in Pontiac, MI, is a Los Angeles-based artist well
known for his geographically inspired paintings. He studied
cartography earning a BA from UC Santa Barbara in Geography before
working as a cartographer at UCLA. Starting with his Map Paintings he
reinterpreted geography by taking selected features from maps and
filled in the reconfigured shapes in a flurry of color and movement
creating a fresh take on familiar geographic forms. This
followed with series that moved even deeper into pure abstraction
with his Coldwater, Mulholland, and Scrape series, which all led to
his Morphic series, the core focus of his painting today.
Chase
Langford has invented a distinctive visual language that is grounded
in the natural and built environment while embarking into uncharted
territory. His impactful depictions recall maps and aerial
photography of sea coasts, mountains, farmland and cities through a
calculated execution and highly refined draftsmanship.
Just
as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found
California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as
he draws upon his geographic environs both near and far.
Through
his cartographic mastery, Langford contorts and synthesizes
geographic elements, bringing forth paintings that are mysteriously
familiar yet surprisingly unconventional. They challenge
conventions of geography and landscapes, offering invigorating
visions of space and place that transcend any specific locale,
leading us to an exhilarating emotional experience.
Biography:
Chase
Langford born in Pontiac, Michigan, is a Los Angeles-based artist
well known for his geographically inspired paintings. He studied
cartography earning a BA from UC Santa Barbara in Geography then
worked as a cartographer at UCLA.
Starting
with his Map Paintings he literally reinterpreted geography by taking
seleced features
from maps and filled in the reconfigured shapes in a flurry of color
and movement
creating a fresh take on familiar geographic forms. This followed
with series that
moved even deeper into pure abstraction with his Coldwater,
Mulholland, and Scrape
series which all lead to his Morphic series, now the core focus of
his painting today.
His
paintings have been widely shown at one-person and group exhibitions
in Los
Angeles,
New York City, Washington DC, Montreal, Palo Alto, Las Vegas, Long
Beach,
Napa
Valley, Seattle, and Palm Springs and included many corporate/public
collections
(often
site specific commissions) such as Long Beach Musuem of Art, Keck
School of
Medicine
at USC, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Star City in Sydney,
Australia,
Royal
Caribbean Cruises, Monique Lhuillier, Inc., Caesar’s Palace, Dykema
Grossett
LLP,
Sidley Austin LLP, Cohen & Lord, Meacham Oppenheimer, Inc.,
UBS, Nordstrom and Park Hyatt Aviara. He is in private collections in
North America, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia. Also in the
private collections of Magic Johnson and the Saudi Royal Family.
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