With so much action going on in LA this week and weekiend, there is a solo exhibition of new paintings by Canyon Castator called Cannon Fodder, openings as an off-site installation presented during Frieze Week Los Angeles, in collaboration with Diane Rosenstein Gallery.
This exhibition coincides with Mohilef Studios Second Annual open studios event in DTLA with 30+ Los Angeles-based artists. Castator's solo show features five large-scale paintings that use satire to address our social reality, bringing together an exuberant blend of figures culled from the internet, modern media, politics and personal experience.
Canyon Castator (USA, b. 1989) balances digital and traditional painting techniques on the canvas. He makes preparatory drawings on an iPad, where he articulates the composition, meticulously arranging the figures. Some of the characters are then printed on the canvas with a distinctive Claymation aesthetic, while others are realistically rendered in oil.
