Robert Ginder: Phenomenon
December 7, 2024 - January 25, 2025
Opening Reception: December 7, 4-6pm
Forging his own brand of photorealism, Robert Ginder engages the techniques of the Old Masters to reinterpret the architecture and environments of Southern California, and in Phenomenon, the mundane becomes spiritual and significant through recontextualization and juxtaposition. Using gold leaf and gilding, Ginder glorifies the modest bungalows of Los Angeles, creating contemporary secular icons. He transforms traditional nature and still life paintings into curious scenes: jets of cosmic detritus shoot across frames of delicate flowers and ripe grapes, evoking otherworldly encounters, while flames lick at the edges of other paintings, threatening the perfect florals and fruits. These slightly uncanny combinations invite us to pause and consider what we’re seeing—what we believe.