AUGUSTUS THOMPSON

OUR UNITY IS A BUSINESS
Los Angeles
18 May – 3 July, 2019


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Praz-Delavallade is pleased to announce Our Unity is a Business, Augustus Thompson’s first solo exhibition with the gallery in Los Angeles.

Thompson’s diverse practice includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, painting and sound. For this exhibition he returns to oil paintings and works on paper made over the course of the last three years, during which he travelled considerably, spending time in Budapest, Germany, Spain and Belgium.

Oscillating between representations of interior spaces and voyeuristic imagery, in Our Unity is a Business Thompson enters into ideas about death, cultural histories, commerce, language, matrimony, sleep, car rides and ultimately, time. Multiple points of view hover together in a single picture, while elements from one painting may appear in another. Seen together, with their reduced palette and depictions of visceral moments, his works appear cognizant of their temporal conditions.

Augustus Thompson (born 1985, Richlands, Virginia) lives and works in Los Angeles, California. His work has been exhibited internationally at the Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK and Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali, Polignano A Mare, IT. He has had solo exhibitions with Almine Rech, London UK; Night Gallery, Los Angeles, US; Lock Up International, Los Angeles, US; and White Cube, London, UK amongst others. In 2017 he was a resident at the House Van Wassenhove, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, BE.

Augustus Thompson: Our Unity is a Business is on view at 6150 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90048 from 18 May to 3 July 2019, Tuesday through Saturday, from 11:00AM to 6:00PM. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 18 from 4:00pm until 7:00pm. Complimentary parking is available in the lot adjacent to the gallery.

WORKS EXHIBITED
Augustus Thompson - Our Unity is a Business

Our Unity is a Business, 2018
Carbon transfer, watercolor, pencil on paper
5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in - 14,6 x 21 cm
Framed : 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in - 34,3 x 27,3 cm

Augustus Thompson - Untitled (Mazarrón)

Untitled (Mazarrón), 2018
Carbon transfer, ink, watercolor on paper
9 1/4 x 7 in - 23,5 x 17,8 cm
Framed : 15 1/4 x 12 in - 38,7 x 30,5 cm

Augustus Thompson - The Veil of Saint Veronica

The Veil of Saint Veronica, 2019
Carbon transfer, oil, pencil on paper
5 x 7 in - 12,7 x 17,8 cm
Framed : 12 1/4 x 10 in - 31,1 x 25,4 cm

Augustus Thompson - Color

Color, 2018
Carbon transfer, watercolor, pencil on paper
5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in - 14,6 x 21 cm
Framed : 10 3/4 x 14 in - 27,3 x 35,6 cm

Augustus Thompson - Will

Will, 2018
Carbon transfer, ink and pencil on paper
5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in - 14,6 x 21 cm
Framed : 10 3/4 x 14 in - 27,3 x 35,6 cm

Augustus Thompson - Untitled (Speakers, Ears)

Untitled (Speakers, Ears), 2016
Monotype in oil on paper
11 x 10 1/2 in - 27,9 x 26,7 cm
Framed : 16 3/4 x 15 1/2 in - 42,5 x 39,4 cm

Augustus Thompson - Unique

Unique, 2019
Carbon transfer, watercolor on paper
5 x 7 in - 12,7 x 17,8 cm
Framed : 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in - 32,4 x 24,8 cm

Augustus Thompson - Boots of Desire

Boots of Desire, 2018
Carbon transfer, watercolor, colored pencil, pencil on paper
5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in - 14,6 x 21 cm
Framed : 10 3/4 x 14 in - 27,3 x 35,6 cm

Augustus Thompson - Ritual

Ritual, 2018
Carbon transfer, pencil on paper
5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in - 14,6 x 21 cm
Framed : 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in - 34,3 x 27,3 cm

Augustus Thompson - Karl Ove

Karl Ove, 2018-19
Carbon transfer, watercolor, pencil, marker on paper
9 1/4 x 7 in - 23,5 x 17,8 cm
Framed : 14 3/4 x 12 in - 37,5 x 30,5 cm

Augustus Thompson - Sources (Hands in Pants, Tesla Interior)

Sources (Hands in Pants, Tesla Interior), 2018
Collage, packing tape on archival cardboard
20 x 16 in - 50,8 x 40,6 cm

Augustus Thompson - Civil Servant

Civil Servant, 2018-19
Oil and carbon transfer on linen
27 x 45 in - 68,6 x 114,3 cm

Augustus Thompson - In the garden dog scratches its neck licks plate cautiously backlit screens can be ignored but still hum nearby

In the garden dog scratches its neck licks plate cautiously backlit screens can be ignored but still hum nearby, 2019
Epson ultrachrome inkjet on paper
19 1/2 x 24 1/2 in - 49,5 x 62,2 cm
Framed : 22 1/2 x 27 1/2 in - 57,2 x 69,9 cm

Augustus Thompson - Trigger, Behavior, Reward

Trigger, Behavior, Reward, 2018-19
Oil on canvas
52 x 65 in - 132,1 x 165,1 cm

Augustus Thompson - The Bachelor

The Bachelor, 2018-19
Oil, enamel, casein and pencil on canvas
41 x 75 in - 104,1 x 190,5 cm

Augustus Thompson - Tesla

Tesla, 2017-19
Oil on linen
40 x 72 in - 101,6 x 182,9 cm

Augustus Thompson - M

M, 2019
Oil, charcoal and pencil on linen
27 3/4 x 45 1/2 in - 70,5 x 115,6 cm

Augustus Thompson - Passing of a Gardener Passing of a Politician Passing of Lou Reed Passing of a Model

Passing of a Gardener
Passing of a Politician
Passing of Lou Reed
Passing of a Model, 2017-19
Oil on canvas
65 x 52 in - 165,1 x 132,1 cm

Augustus Thompson - Musician

Musician, 2018
Carbon transfer, watercolor, pencil on paper
5 3/4 x 8 1/4 in - 14,6 x 21 cm
Framed : 10 3/4 x 14 in - 27,3 x 35,6 cm

Augustus Thompson - Ara Pacis

Ara Pacis, 2018-19
Oil and carbon transfer on linen
27 1/2 x 45 1/4 in - 69,9 x 114,9 cm

Augustus Thompson - Confusion Demise Play ME Some Cards

Confusion Demise Play ME Some Cards, 2018-19
Oil, enamel, and pencil on canvas
53 x 72 in - 134,6 x 182,9 cm

Augustus Thompson - To Julie Becker

To Julie Becker, 2019
Oil, carbon transfer, charcoal on linen
48 x 72 in - 121,9 x 182,9 cm

Augustus Thompson - The exposure of all things before me

The exposure of all things before me, 2018-19
Oil, colored pencil, and carbon transfer on linen
53 x 72 in - 134,6 x 182,9 cm

Augustus Thompson - C.N.S.

C.N.S., 2019
Epson ultrachrome inkjet on paper
19 1/2 x 19 in - 49,5 x 48,3 cm
Framed : 22 1/2 x 23 in - 57,2 x 58,4 cm

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