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KOTTIE PALOMA

Night Gallery is pleased to present Dante, an exhibition of new paintings by Kottie Paloma. This is the artist’s first exhibition at Night Gallery. It will be the first exhibition in the Triangle Gallery within our Downtown LA space, and will be accompanied by a virtual presentation in our online viewing room through October 10th. 

KOTTIE PALOMA - Dante - Viewing Room - Night Gallery Viewing Room

Kottie Paloma, Cityscape, 2020

Paloma’s paintings work within the confines of a single color to create compositions that move in and out of representation, alternating between suggestions of space, objects, symbols, and pure abstraction. These disparate elements come together in tight, puzzle-like constructions that offer multiple entry points for the viewer, finding coherence out of an assemblage of contradictory parts. The artist builds these works up from abstract experiments, finding legible forms through a process of drawing and scraping away, maintaining the looseness of his hand. The works straddle the line between graphic and expressionistic, employing sparing methods to create vividly psychological compositions that suggest landscapes of the unconscious.

KOTTIE PALOMA - Dante - Viewing Room - Night Gallery Viewing Room

Installation view of Dante, 2020

KOTTIE PALOMA - Dante - Viewing Room - Night Gallery Viewing Room

Installation view of Dante, 2020

"The idea of this series is based on a book I read by Brian Weiss called Many Lives, Many Masters. This is where I learned about the Bardo, the worlds between life and death. This is the idea I work with within my paintings, a place neither here nor there, an in between world, my personal Midlands or Bardo."
– Kottie Paloma

KOTTIE PALOMA - Dante - Viewing Room - Night Gallery Viewing Room

Kottie Paloma, The Basement, 2019

Paloma’s new series was inspired by the concept of the Bardo, an intermediary world between life and death. The exhibition is named after the famed poet of The Divine Comedy, whose journey into the afterlife reframed symbols across civilization. Paloma’s Dante offers the artist’s own journey into a purgatory of the dystopian imagination.

KOTTIE PALOMA - Dante - Viewing Room - Night Gallery Viewing Room

Installation view of Dante, 2020

Kottie Paloma (b. 1974) is a painter, sculptor, and bookmaker who has presented solo exhibitions at Ober Gallery, Kent, CT; Das Gift, Berlin, Germany; Ada Gallery, Richmond, Virginia; and MOHS Exhibit, Copenhagen, Denmark, among others, and is preparing a forthcoming solo exhibition at Saatchi Yates Gallery. Group exhibitions include 2019’s Terrain Biennial presented by OTT-HOPPS, Pasadena, CA; the Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany; No Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Alma Gallery, Riga, Latvia; and the Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany, among others. His works are included in the collections of Tate Modern Library, London, England; MOMA NY, U.S.A.; U.C. Berkeley Bancroft Library; Stanford University; Bavarian State Library, Germany; United States Library of Congress Special Collections; Yale University, U.S.A.; and Harvard University, U.S.A. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Photographs by Marten Elder.

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The Basement, 2019
acrylic on canvas
65 1/4 x 77 1/2 in
 

The Basement, 2019
acrylic on canvas
65 1/4 x 77 1/2 in
 

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The Forgotten Prophet of Death And Rebirth, 2020
acrylic on canvas
85 x 63 in
 

The Forgotten Prophet of Death And Rebirth, 2020
acrylic on canvas
85 x 63 in
 

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Shadow Lurkers, 2020
acrylic on canvas
89 x 67 in
 

Shadow Lurkers, 2020
acrylic on canvas
89 x 67 in
 

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Cityscape, 2020

Cityscape, 2020
acrylic on canvas
56 x 44 in
 

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On Bardo Terrace, 2019

On Bardo Terrace, 2019
acrylic on canvas
65 1/2 x 77 1/2 in
 

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Digging Up The Butchers Garden, 2020

Digging Up The Butcher's Garden, 2020
acrylic on canvas
78 1/2 x 61 in
 

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The Basement, 2019
acrylic on canvas
65 1/4 x 77 1/2 in
 

The Basement, 2019
acrylic on canvas
65 1/4 x 77 1/2 in
 

The Forgotten Prophet of Death And Rebirth, 2020
acrylic on canvas
85 x 63 in
 

The Forgotten Prophet of Death And Rebirth, 2020
acrylic on canvas
85 x 63 in
 

Shadow Lurkers, 2020
acrylic on canvas
89 x 67 in
 

Shadow Lurkers, 2020
acrylic on canvas
89 x 67 in
 

Cityscape, 2020

Cityscape, 2020
acrylic on canvas
56 x 44 in
 

On Bardo Terrace, 2019

On Bardo Terrace, 2019
acrylic on canvas
65 1/2 x 77 1/2 in
 

Digging Up The Butchers Garden, 2020

Digging Up The Butcher's Garden, 2020
acrylic on canvas
78 1/2 x 61 in