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Pat Perry: Which World

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  • Pat Perry: Which World

    On view at Hashimoto Contemporary LA: 14 October - 4 November
    • Painting of a freight train. Puddles of water reflect the train in the water and trees in the background are bare from winter.
      Pat Perry, Ameliorator, 2023
    • Landscape painting of a frozen lake with an above ground pool that is has a small fire in it and two people in hazmat suites are standing near the ledge
      Pat Perry, Wells, 2023
    • Painting of two almost identical houses in the snow. In front of one of the houses is a girl in all black holding a sign and another person on their knees in the snow holding a cross bow.
      Pat Perry, Which World, 2023
    • Pat Perry painting of multiple washing machines outside next to building on left
      Pat Perry, Consoles, 2022
    • Painting of two old white houses on of a dirt road with grass and bushes in the front yard. On one of the porches, a man is cutting another mans hair.
      Pat Perry, Devotion Portal, 2023
    • Painting of an interstate highway along a fiend with a few trees and a large neon sign
      Pat Perry, Memorial Highway, 2023
    • Painting of a Family Dollar store parking lot with two white vans parked in the lot and person holding balloons in their hand approaching one of the white vans
      Pat Perry, Marie Byrd Land, 2023
      $ 7,000.00
    • Painting of three amish women with rollerblades on standing in front of a brick red church. There are party streamers in multicolor hanging from the roof of the church. In the background is a blue house and trees
      Pat Perry, Recreating, 2023
    • Painting of a 7/11 parking lot with three cars in the lot. There is a person going to the their car and another person dressed up as a ghost with a sheet over them
      Pat Perry, Together Garden, 2023
      $ 7,000.00
    • Painting of an above ground pool with the word "INTEX" in white on the side of the pool as well as a hose and a step ladder going into the pool. In the background is a chain fence and a few houses beyond the fence.
      Pat Perry, Spring Pool, 2023
    • Painting of an above ground pool on browning grass. You can see the shadow of the person taking the image reflected on the grass and on the side of the pool. In the background is a few bare trees and house
      Pat Perry, Autumn Pool, 2023
    • Painting of an above ground pool on grass surrounded by some low fences with bare trees in the background and a house beyond the fence
      Pat Perry, Winter Pool, 2023
    • Painting of a pink above ground pool with blue mosaic tiles on green grass with power lines in the distance
      Pat Perry, Summer Pool, 2023
      $ 3,500.00
    • Painting of a small white and red boat with "FREE" spray painted in red on the side. The boat is in the snow of the side of the road, a house and a few trees are in the distance
      Pat Perry, Craigslist Still Life 09, 2023
    • Painting of three igloo coolers on the sidewalk
      Pat Perry, Craigslist Still Life 07, 2023
    • Painting of a bunch of bright orange and yellow life vest on the ground leaning up against a garage door.
      Pat Perry, Craigslist Still Life 11, 2023
    • Painting of an iPhone photo with a flash of a folding table with a stack of white dishware including coffee cups, plates and bowls as well as a few vases and large bowl. There is a pink scoots leaning on a chair. In the background is a black SUV and a house with light coming from the window
      Pat Perry, Craigslist Still Life 12, 2023
    • Pat Perry and Rosemary Brown collaborative stainedglass work of an above ground pool
      Pat Perry & Rosemary Brown, Craigslist Still Life 16, 2023
    • Pat Perry and Rosemary Brown collaborative stainglass piece of a water ski
      Pat Perry & Rosemary Brown, Craigslist Still Life 17, 2023
    • Painting of a firework going off in the middle of a street with several houses surrounding it
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #1, 2023
    • Painting of a firework going off on the grass in front of a trailer with a man in a stripped tank top and blue shorts and his hands on his waist in the background
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #5, 2023
    • Painting of a fire work going off on the sidewalk in front of a house with the words "I used these ones" in big pink letters above
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #8, 2023
      $ 1,500.00
    • Painting of two photos showing the front and back of lawn decorations including Joseph and Mary, the Easter Bunny, two Easter Eggs and a cow
      Pat Perry, Craigslist Still Life 08 , 2023
    • Painting of a photo of a small boat on grass. The sun is setting and you can see the shadow of the person taking the photo reflected on the boat.
      Pat Perry, Craigslist Still Life 13, 2023
    • Painting of a white refrigerator on the side of the road on browning grass. In the distance are bare trees and a dimly lite full moon.
      Pat Perry, Craigslist Still Life 15, 2023
    • Painting of a cemetery with flowers on the ground on top of each plot. Two bright green squares are off center.
      Pat Perry, Craigslist Still Life 14 , 2023
    • Painting of a firework going off next to a river bed. In the water is a bare tree
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #2, 2023
    • Painting of a red, blue and white firework going off with the reflection of the fire work on the water below
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #10, 2023
    • Painting of a firework going off in the sky with smoke surrounding the pink light
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #7, 2023
    • Painting of a firework going off on the sidewalk in front of a house, you can see the street and another house across the street. There is a small SUV parking along the sidewalk.
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #4, 2023
    • Painting of a firework going off on the sidewalk in front of two houses with bright pink light
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #9, 2023
    • Painting of a person in the middle of a street lighting a firework
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #3, 2023
    • Painting of a firework going off in the middle of field with dark trees in the background
      Pat Perry, Brief Candle #6, 2023
    • Landscape painting of the side of a highway, a group of bare trees is in the distance surrounding by dying grass and a billboard is just out of frame
      Pat Perry, Going to the Ocean, 2023
  • Picture of artist Pat Perry's dog Toothbrush laying in front of several of Pat's works for Which World

    LOS ANGELES-Used objects for sale, at-home firework displays, and moments of midwestern American life form the scenes depicted by Detroit-based artist Pat Perry in Which World, his second solo show at Hashimoto Contemporary. Culling images from memory and crowd-sourced archives like Craigslist or YouTube, Perry's visual anthology prompts us to consider which world we choose to live in based on which images we acknowledge and which we ignore. Red and yellow life jackets stacked against a white garage door in the high afternoon sun; a pink explosion on suburban asphalt after sundown; a fast food gas station sign as the light at the end of the tunnel. These new paintings highlight understated quotidian moments, refracting ordinary details into uncanny or magical subjects. 

     

    Perry's Craiglist series features clusters of ritualistic objects made kitschy or eerie through their earnest portrayal: scenes of religious lawn ornaments in the yellowing grass; a cemetery with two grave plots for sale, marked by floating neon green squares. His renderings of amateur firework spectacles show warm-toned blazes on concrete sidewalks or in front of picturesque family houses. The images are imperfect: their subjects are cropped, and the angles are askew. But for Perry, their brevity and functionality offer moments of humanity. There is no posturing or grandstanding in these fleeting images; their originators' actions are honest, earnestly depicting how life actually is.

     

    Scenes from every day in middle America punctuate these digital images of life, imbuing conventions of "ordinary" with peculiar or otherworldly sights. Two identical houses with gable roofs sit sedentary in the snow, miniaturizing a teenage girl preparing to hang a blue banner and her younger brother kneeling towards her, a crossbow in hand from earlier activities. Or, outside a brick red church, three Amish women in blue dresses slip into their rollerblades. These small, precarious narratives throughout the exhibition open windows of sensitivity or empathy while making everyday moments into mythos. Together, the paintings in Which World offer space for reflection: to take stock of which worlds are personally familiar and which are unknown. 

New York City:

54 Ludlow St.

New York, NY 10002

San Francisco:

Minnesota Street Project

1275 Minnesota St. 

San Francisco, CA 94107

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