New Work

Alessandro Pessoli

New Work

Alessandro Pessoli, Crodino e Aperol, 2012; spray paint and oil pastel on paper; courtesy greengrassi, London; and Anton Kern Gallery, New York; © Alessandro Pessoli; photo: Robert Wedemeyer

New Work

Alessandro Pessoli, The son of P, 2012; spray paint and oil pastel on paper; courtesy greengrassi, London; and Anton Kern Gallery, New York; © Alessandro Pessoli; photo: Robert Wedemeyer

New Work

Alessandro Pessoli, Jupiter, 2012; spray paint and oil pastel on paper; courtesy greengrassi, London; and Anton Kern Gallery, New York; © Alessandro Pessoli; photo: Robert Wedemeyer

New Work

Alessandro Pessoli, Did you fell? I'm good, I'm so good, 2010; graphite and spray paint on paper; courtesy the artist and Xavier Hufkens, Brussels; © Alessandro Pessoli; photo: Fredrik Nilsen

New Work

Alessandro Pessoli, Io, 2012; spray paint and oil pastel on paper; courtesy greengrassi, London; and Anton Kern Gallery, New York; © Alessandro Pessoli; photo: Robert Wedemeyer

New Work

Alessandro Pessoli, Fighter and Sandrino 63, 2012; painted majolica and cast bronze; courtesy greengrassi, London; and Anton Kern Gallery, New York; © Alessandro Pessoli; photo: Robert Wedemeyer

September 28, 2012 - February 18, 2013

Alessandro Pessoli's evocative drawings, paintings, and sculptures place expressive, often melancholy figures in indeterminate spaces and dreamlike narratives. Fluidly moving across media and shifting between two- and three-dimensional forms, Pessoli renders his seemingly restless and exaggerated characters in a manner that is rich in historical references to art, cinema, and theater. This exhibition, the artist's first solo museum presentation on the West Coast, debuts a new series of works on paper and painted majolica ceramics paired with recent graphite drawings and sculpture. Together, these works reveal an imaginative, organic meditation on Modernism, mythology, and the artistic persona.