Kent Merriman Jr.

Ignominious

Dec 1, 2017 - Jan 12, 2018

Press
Ignominious - Bel Ami

I like the idea of most people not knowing my painting is photographed here, also the fact that it looks so disregarded that the painting becomes humiliated.

Kent Merriman Jr. (b. 1985) lives and works in Calgary.
This is his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles.

opening Dec 1, 2017, 7 – 10 PM

 

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Box 3, 2017
oil and acrylic on canvas
56.5 x 42 in (143.5 x 106.5 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Box 2, 2017
oil and acrylic on canvas
73.5 x 53 in (187 x 135 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Box 1, 2017
oil and acrylic on canvas
56.5 x 42 in (143.5 x 106.5 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

INVADER, 2017
oil, acrylic, mannequin fragment, grommet on canvas
56.5 x 42 in (143.5 x 106.5 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Deplorable Armour, 2015
oil, acrylic, loose wire, metal brackets, burlap, chainlink on canvas
57 x 47 x 4 in (145 x 119.5 x 10 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Perhaps an abstract painting, 2017
oil and acrylic on canvas
56.5 x 42 in (143.5 x 106.5 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Attain, 2017
oil, acrylic, acrylic hand, metal ring, grommet on canvas
56.5 x 42 x 4 in (143.5 x 106.5 x 10 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Simulated Doubt, 2016
oil, acrylic, rebar on canvas
59 x 42 in (150 x 106.5 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Imaginatory Encounters, 2017
oil, acrylic, mannequin fragment, peephole, grommet on canvas
56.5 x 42 in (143.5 x 106.5 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Peepshow, 2015
oil, acrylic, neon, grommet on canvas, acrylic covering
57 x 42.5 x 4.75 in (145 x 108 x 12 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Untitled, 2017
metal box, oil on wood, concrete, pigments, riesling, found stick, fake ficus leaves, twine
36 x 15 x 16 in (91.5 x 38 x 40.5 cm)

Ignominious - Bel Ami
Ignominious - Bel Ami

Susbag, 2017
oil on acrylic paint
approx. 1 x 7 x 8 in (2.5 x 18 x 20.5 cm)