Sean Kelly presents Turn by Callum Innes. The gallery hosted an opening art party on March 16. However the exhibition runs through May 4, 2024.

Callum Innes

This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles in over thirty years. Turn features a group of his latest Tondo works, alongside his iconic Exposed Paintings, Split Paintings, and Shellac Paintings.

From the onset of his career, Innes has created lushly painted and subtly nuanced canvases in a rectilinear format. In 2022, the artist added a striking new format to his repertoire, the Tondo. The catalyst for this transformative shift occurred when Innes was asked to paint the end of a whisky cask for a charity event. With these works, the artist mastered an entirely new set of technical and aesthetic challenges. Thus confronting a format rich with art historical resonances.

Turn

The exhibition also includes rectangular Exposed and Split Paintings. The rectangle, with its rational four points and sides, symbolizes elements, seasons, and reason itself, while the oval, with its earthier, sensuous nature, signifies unity and balance. This exhibition makes evident the expansion of Innes’ language and his mastery of technique, materiality, and emotional resonance throughout his acclaimed body of work.

Callum Innes’s new publication, extensively illustrated with images from the Tondos series and installation views of key exhibitions, explores how the artist has challenged traditional perceptions of shape and form to create dynamic and immersive visual experiences. A pivotal essay by art historian Éric de Chassey, traces Innes’ encounter with the tondo and its progenitors in the history of art, firmly cementing his breakthrough in the pantheon of important works rendered in this distinctive style.

On view: March 16 – May 4, 2024

What: New Exhibitions
Where: Sean Kelly, Los Angeles 1357 N Highland Ave LA, 90028
When: Running through May 4, 2024
Website: https://www.skny.com