Rob Thom

LFL Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Los Angeles-based artist Rob Thom. For this show, Thom will present a series of new paintings and drawings. The exhibition will run from October 9 th to November 6 th , 2004.

Rob Thom's most recent paintings are over-populated theme park worlds inspired by Bruegel, as well as the luminous surfaces of stained glass church windows. For each new drawing or canvas, a fresh method and style is applied. Works range from combinations of clumsy abstractions in oil pen and graphite on salvaged pages from found books to tightly-rendered figures created in watercolor or acrylic.

Images are taken from outdated textbooks and held under the artist's own looking-glass to reveal the hyper-articulated actions and psychologies of the figures in question. Nothing is safe - astronauts, patriots, poodles, and even Mother Goose are all shown in a clear, but often bleak or disdainful light.

Rob Thom is a recent MFA graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles. Past work has been exhibited at Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, and Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. This is his first solo exhibition in New York and his first exhibition at LFL Gallery.

Rob Thom
LFL Gallery