SF VERSION TheSerif Plain 9/14 CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts Presents LéonieDecember Guyer 31, 2017: form in the realm of The first institutional solo exhibition of San Francisco-based artist Léonie GuyerErin Mills. 447 East Main Street Columbus, OH 43215 October 18–December 15, 2018 Dear Ms. Mills Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Quisque tincidunt. Fusce varius mattis ipsum. Nullam viverra, orci eget convallis egestas, eros turpis semper nibh, eu laoreet magna leo a ipsum. Nulla adipiscing rhoncus lorem. Curabitur malesuada dictum quam. Nullam vel velit sed metus malesuada volutpat. Duis nec erat. Nunc sit amet mi. Maecenas ultricies. Sed id metus. Donec lobortis leo. Pellentesque cursus, urna ut fringilla porta, ligula augue fermentum nisi, at molestie est eros eget massa. Sed luctus tincidunt diam. Phasellus mollis dapibus risus sed aliquam nulla in orci viverra ornare curabitur neque. Curabitur quam felis, ullamcorper in, volutpat eu, rutrum eu, urna. Nulla ultrices ligula nec purus. Vivamus dapibus justo in risus. Cras vitae turpis. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae cras sit amet turpis quis tellus faucibus suscipit. Morbi venenatis, erat nec semper luctus, quam ante sodales augue, et dignissim lacus nunc vel elit. Nam eu lacus adipiscing dui dignissim scelerisque. Aliquam justo urna, interdum non, pulvinar non, venenatis viverra, purus. Pellentesque placerat nisl gravida enim. Nunc ut ligula nec magna volutpat tempus. Léonie Guyer, Gift, 2006 (installation detail). Collection of the Shaker Museum | Suspendisse a massa mollis nunc congue lobortis. Donec lacus lectus, varius vitae, sollicitudin vel, Mount Lebanon, New Lebanon, New York. condimentum vulputate, ante. Donec orci. Proin viverra est eget turpis. Curabitur leo. Suspendisse ut tellus. Nam imperdiet fermentum sapien. Nulla rutrum lacus. Phasellus a quam. Suspendisse Sanlorem Francisco, sem, laoreet ac, CA faucibus—September a, faucibus venenatis, 13, 2018 tortor.—San Francisco-based artist Léonie Guyer (b. 1955, New York City) creates paintings, drawings, and booksSincerely, that are intimate in scale and minimalist in sensibility, yet are also expansive, idiosyncratic, and deeply nuanced. Consisting mostly of abstract shapes, some of her works are painted on wooden panels or marble fragments, others are drawn on paper, and others are painted directly onto walls in site-responsive installations. This exhibition, titled Shiraz Chavan [email protected] 800.447.1ART formAssociate in the Director realm of Undergraduate of, is the first Admissions monographic institutional showing of her work that will also feature newly commissioned work. It opens at CCA 1111 Eighth Street Wattis Institute on October 18 and remains on view until December 15, San Francisco CA 94107 2018. It is curated by CCA Wattis Director and Chief Curator Anthony Huberman as part of the institute’s 20th anniversary programming. cca.edu As an artist, Guyer rejects language. She is drawn to the moment that precedes it, and her paintings locate a space that we can’t yet recognize, SF VERSION TheSerif Plain 9/14 name, or describe. She is seeking an experience that is at the edge of visibility:December 31,pre 2017-language, pre-shape, pre-geometry. ScalErin Millse plays an important role in Guyer’s work. In her mind, an artwork is a447 place East Mainwhere Street countless decisions are condensed and compacted Columbus, OH 43215 together, and she works to intensify that concentration by keeping her paintings small and reduced down to their bare essentials: color, surface, andDear shape. Ms. Mills She tries to do the most with the least. “ALorem simple ipsum dot dolor or sit a amet,line,” consectetuer Guyer says, adipiscing “would elit. not Quisque be idiosyncratictincidunt. 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With her paintings and drawings serving as the common point of departure, each of these elements contributes a different trajectoryShiraz Chavan outward and connects Guyer’s abstract paintings to Shaker [email protected] 800.447.1ART design,Associate Greek Director archeology,of Undergraduate mysticism, Admissions poetry, and music. 1111 Eighth Street In addition to her studio work, Guyer is a dedicated college educator who San Francisco CA 94107 previously taught at CCA. The Wattis Institute is proud to welcome Guyer cca.edu back to campus for her first institutional solo exhibition and to continue its commitment to supporting the careers of local and regional artists. SF VERSION TheSerif Plain 9/14 About the Artist LéonieDecember Guyer’s 31, 2017 work has been exhibited in galleries such as Feature Inc. and Peter Blum Gallery in New York; Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle; 2nd FloorErin Mills Projects and Triple Base Gallery in San Francisco; among others. 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