Michelle Lopez: Blue Angels

Christophe Gaillard Gallery is pleased to present Blue Angels, the first solo exhibition by New York-based artist Michelle Lopez in Paris.

The exhibition is composed of a new series of (4) ten-foot tall, mirrored, aluminum forms, that continue the artist’s investigation of sculptural history and its breakdown. In this instance, Lopez looks to the legacy of Minimalism in order to examine the fascist quality of the monolith. Specifically large-scale and wall-based, Lopez’ Blue Angels reference both Chamberlain and McCracken. They each lean against the wall, having been manipulated to sag and endowed with a feather-like paper quality that negates the finish fetish. This body of work continues the artist’s trajectory examining notions of gravity, the spectator’s activation of the piece, and finally failure. And with this pretext, Lopez examines the loaded repeat of forms, of Minimalism, and even of human experience as each sculpture seems to either be gaining strength to stand, or collapsing in on itself after great exertion.