Gallery Talk with Jennifer Carty - New to the Cantor: Dashiell Manley

Jennifer Carty, Curatorial Assistant, leads a gallery talk through New to the Cantor: Dashiell Manley.

For over a century, artists have employed the newspaper as a source of inspiration, communication, and even as an artistic medium. Los Angeles-based artist Dashiell Manley upholds this tradition by deftly translating the news into large-scaled, visually stunning art objects that slip enticingly between text and abstract painting. This solo exhibition calls into question the ways in which we experience current events and the value of print journalism in an age increasingly mediated through digital media.

IMAGE: Dashiell Manley (U.S.A., b. 1983), The New York Times, Monday October 6 2014, national edition Southern California (front page), 2014. Watercolor pencil on canvas. Courtesy of Private Collection, San Francisco. Photograph courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery.

Gallery Talk meets at Freidenrich Family Gallery.