FROHAWK TWO FEATHERS: All Gold Everything. An Elegy

August 24th, 2012

Frohawk Two Feathers
All Gold Everything. An Elegy
September 8 – October 27, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 8, 6-8PM

Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present All Gold Everything. An Elegy, a new series of paintings on paper by Los Angeles artist, Frohawk Two Feathers. The exhibition will run from September 8 – October 27, 2012 with an opening reception on Saturday, September 8th from 6 – 8PM.

All gold. All gold anything. (x4) I want. I want everything.
All gold. All gold anything. (x2) All gold. All gold everything.

So begins Soulja Boy and Young L’s 2011 hip-hop hit “All Gold Everything.”  And so ends the final chapter of Frohawk’s trilogy detailing the battles for and the eventual conquest of Hispaniola. Beginning in LA in 2011 and looping across the country to NY, Denver, and back to LA again, the story follows Andre Lafayette (a character loosely based on Toussaint L’Ouverture and Jean Jacques Dessalines) and his confederates as they eliminate (and co-opt) their former colonial masters, the Company Crocodile, and anyone who would stand in their way.

In his typical complex fashion, Frohawk weaves layered and at times clashing stories of falsified, glorified, and rectified histories that draw upon various traditions and religions, forming connections across time and geographical space.

Although still painted in his recognizable and signature style, the works in All Gold Everything. An Elegy highlight a brighter, more vivid, and tropical color palette of vibrant blues, yellows and lush greens.  Stylistically, Frohawk creates his own iconographic language, mixing Egyptian, Carib/Arawak, African, Pre-Columbian, and Abrahamic symbolism. This convergence of both domestic and imported religions and
cultural traditions results in a syncretism typical of Frohawk’s graphic interwoven tales.

Works include “Let Me Upgrade Ya,” and “Most Young Kings (The Death of Andre I)” demonstrating the artist’s continuous vocal narrative and visual mix of all things current and past.

Frohawk Two Feathers has exhibited internationally with shows in Miami, Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C. and Cape Town. His work is currently on view at the MCA Denver for his solo exhibition We Buy Gold, We Buy Everything, We Sell Souls. The artist has been featured in myriad publications including Art in America, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Flaunt, New American Paintings and The Huffington Post, among others. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

EATING OUR WORDS: Reza Aslan & Earl’s Gourmet Grub

January 31st, 2011

EATING OUR WORDS: Elisa Albert and Jen Smith

December 6th, 2010

EATING OUR WORDS: Dana Goodyear and Patricia Tsai

October 15th, 2010

DANIELLE NELSON MOURNING: Artist Talk

June 24th, 2010

LA FASHION BLOOM

July 7th, 2009


L.A. FASHION BLOOM

Public Dates: Friday, July 10 – Saturday, August 8

Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present L.A. FASHION BLOOM, a temporary fashion boutique installed in a contemporary art gallery setting. In lieu of a traditional “summer group show,” gallery co-owner Heather Taylor has curated a selection of artfully installed pieces by five Los Angeles-based fashion designers:

Melissa Coker of Wren – clothing designer
Annie Costello Brown – jewelry designer
Jesse Kamm – clothing designer
Gregory Parkinson – clothing designer
Clare Vivier – handbag and accessory designer

All items will be available for purchase and a portion of proceeds will be donated to P.S. Arts, a local organization dedicated to restoring arts education in public schools. The designers will be featuring pieces from previous seasons in addition to debuting new fall items.

Some of L.A.’s most sought after design talent will transform the space from gallery into boutique. Local artist and Reorganica designer, Tony Brown, has created reclaimed wood store fixtures. Vintage lighting and accessories are courtesy Empric with floral landscaping designed by Holly Flora. L.A. FASHION BLOOM will exist for one month.

Artwalk Culver City 2009

May 29th, 2009

Tomorrow, Saturday May 30, is the Culver City’s annual artwalk. We’ll be open from noon to 8PM. Please stop by, say hello and see Jeana Sohn’s new work.

Culver City Gallery Walk

April 2nd, 2009

This weekend is Los Angeles Art Weekend and a great event they have organized is a Culver City Gallery Walk, tomorrow evening from 6-8PM. Partipcating galleries include: Los Angeles Art Weekend. Participants include Blum & Poe, David Kordansky, Honor Fraser, Kim Light, LAXART, Susanne Vielmetter, Taylor De Cordoba and Western Project

6:30pm: Exhibition walkthrough with Dave Muller at Blum & Poe
7:30pm: Exhibition walkthrough with Walead Beshty at LAXART

Food trucks include Green Truck, Kogi BBQ and Tacos Bevida

Clare VIVIER at Taylor De Cordoba for P.S. Arts

March 19th, 2009

The gallery is delighted to be hosting a fashion week event for Echo-Park based designer Clare Vivier. Ms. Vivier will be presenting her Spring/Summer ’09 collection of handbags for her line VIVIER. A percentage of the proceeds from all handbag sales and art sales will be donated to P.S. Arts, a local non-profit dedicated to restoring the arts in public schools in and around Los Angeles. To get YOUR invitation for tonight’s event click HERE.