Willian Catling, Navigating the Deep Pelagic
Courtesy of The Progress Gallery
The Progress Gallery, Pomona is pleased to present Navigating the Deep Pelagic, a solo exhibition of the Los Angeles County-based artist-sculptor William Catling. This is his first solo show at the gallery.
Opening reception: on Saturday, April 10- from 6-8pm. The artist will be present.
The body of work explores how the horizontal and vertical interact; as they relate to birth and death, the spiritual and the physical, water and vapor, matter and spirit. The boat forms hover in the horizontal liminal spacebetween the fluidity of liquid and the intangibility of air; functioning as a kind of container for the human spirit. These forms reflect the interior space humans occupy at the soul level, the deepest part of the self. The works exist as a way of seeing in association with the power of memory, suffering and hope. The boat forms and the nests are symbolic of an internal journey, of silent prayer, of transitional spaces; quietly impacting the area around them or the viewer who comes close. The usage of clay reinforces a connection to the earth and the way we are rooted to the land while the vessel forms create a way of navigating deep waters. As a whole, the work creates a type of mapping where there are no landmarks, no place to anchor, and no way to know the way, without an upward gaze into the heavens.
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INFORMATION
The Progress Gallery
300 S. Thomas Street Suite B Pomona, CA 91766 (Elevator Access Available)
April 8, 2021 to April 30, 2021
Artist Talk
April 17, 2021 7
7P - 8:30P
