Tyler Park Presents is pleased to announce a solo presentation of new and recent work by Los Angeles-based artist Evan Whale at the first in-person edition of Future Fair.
Operating between painting and experimental photography, Whale cultivates a visual language both material and personal that reflects on the psychological and emotional landscape of domestic space. Whale treats his photographic prints as a material—a means of recording light, color, image, and chemical alteration, but also as a page ready to receive a physical mark with oil pastel, carving, or chemical alterations. His subtractive gestures bring out colors that are otherwise latent underneath the surface of the print, injecting a disturbance into a medium known for visual acuity. In Whale’s most recent series, In My Room, the artist documents from the fixed perspective of his bedroom window, exploring microcosms of activity while sheltering at home. A recurring motif throughout the work is the decorative and protective wrought iron grate common to many homes in Los Angeles, serving as a barrier from experiencing or protection from the outside world. Whale photographs through this grate in some images and uses it as a physical mask while chemically altering others. Each of these actions simultaneously imprints and builds, creating depth and surface tension while confronting the viewer with a remarkable take on the seeming mendacity of the everyday.
VIP Preview
Thursday, September 9, 2021. 12 - 8pm & Friday, September 10, 2021. 12 - 2pm
Public Days
Friday, September 10, 2021. 2pm - 8pm. Saturday, September 11, 2021, 12pm - 8pm. Sunday, September 12, 2021, 12pm - 5pm
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Evan Whale
In My Room (The Santa Anas), 2021
Carving on C-Print, Artist Frame
Framed: 38.625 x 30.625 x 2 inches (98.10 x 77.78 x 5.08 cm)
INV-WHAE-0043
Evan Whale
In My Room (Waiting For The Rain), 2020-2021
Carving & Chemigram on Photogram (C-Print), Artist Frame
Framed: 75.25 x 33.25 x 2 inches (191.13 x 84.45 x 5.08 cm)
INV-WHAE-0040
Evan Whale
In My Room (Dream Baby Dream), 2020
Oil pastel and carving on C-Print in artist frame
Framed: 36.625 x 26.625 x 2 inches (93.02 x 67.62 x 5.08 cm)
INV-WHAE-0001
Evan Whale
In My Room (Sun Shower), 2020-2021
Carving on C-Print, Artist Frame
36.625 x 26.625 x 2 inches (93.02 x 67.62 x 5.08 cm)
INV-WHAE-0045
Evan Whale
In My Room (Peacock Polkadot), 2020
Carving on C-Print in artist frame
Framed: 32.625 x 22.625 x 2 inches (82.86 x 57.46 x 5.08 cm)
INV-WHAE-0002
Evan Whale
In My Room (Young Marticus), 2020
Oil pastel and carving on C-Print in artist frame
Framed: 32.625 x 22.625 x 2 inches (82.86 x 57.46 x 5.08 cm)
INV-WHAE-0004
Evan Whale
In My Room (Sunset Silhouette), 2019
Oil pastel on C-Print in artist frame
Framed: 32.625 x 22.625 x 2 inches (82.86 x 57.46 x 5.08 cm)
INV-WHAE-0006
Evan Whale
In My Room (Blue Echoes) 2020-2021
Carving on C-Print, Artist Frame
Framed: 61 x 41 x 2 inches (154.94 x 104.14 x 5.08 cm)
INV-WHAE-0042
Evan Whale
In My Room (The Forgotten Edge), 2020-2021
Oil Pastel & Carving on C-Print, Artist Frame
Framed: 58.625 x 50 x 2 inches (147.32 x 127 x 5.08 cm)
INV-WHAE-0041
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