ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
OPENING RECEPTION : SUNDAY, FEBUARY 15 2015, 5 – 8 PM
FEBUARY 15 – MARCH 12, 2015 SADE LA / 204 SOUTH AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
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ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
SADE is pleased to present, After Gruen, a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Alex Ito and Greg Ito. The exhibition’s title is derived from Victor Gruen- the architectural pioneer behind the 21st century shopping mall in America. Gruen imagined a utopian community that seamlessly integrated residential communities, financial centers and cultural institutions. He hoped for a fluid exchange of culture and commerce that would raise the quality of life in the urban environment. In an article titled “The Sad Story of Shopping Malls” (1978), Gruen expressed his discontent for American shopping centers and the “bastardization” of his ideas, saying that they no longer took into account the proliferation of public well-being but, instead, were more focused towards the accumulation of corporate capital. After Gruen investigates aesthetics of intimacy in the era of the “collapse of the graybox”. With large shopping facilities increasingly closing throughout America, empty concrete monuments are abandoned with the ghosts of their hayday. What was once Gruen’s frankenstein monster of modern urbanization now sits vacant awaiting demolition. Do we grow nostalgic towards these cultural vacancies? Both artists’ work engages to explore levels of intimacy and presence, both subjective or corporately induced, within the consumerist architecture taken from Victor Gruen’s dream for the modern experience.
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Greg Ito (b.1987 Los Angeles) currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Forthcoming exhibitions include group exhibition at VACANCY, Los Angeles, 2015 and two person exhibition at Et al., San Francisco. Recent solo and two person exhibitions include Children (w/ Chris Lux) at Mission Comics, San Francisco (2014), Heavy Withdrawals at City Limits, Oakland (2014), and Something Other Than (w/ Jonah Susskind) at The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago (2014). Recent group exhibitions include PRTY PPL (curated by Josh Reames) at Circuit 12, Dallas (2015), Effeminaries (curated by Matt Morris) at Western Exhibitions, Chicago (2014), and BAN7 at the YBCA, San Francisco (2014). Ito is a co-founder of SFAQ magazine (2010-14), and Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco (2009-13). Ito received his BFA from SFAI - San Francisco Art Institute. Alex Ito is an American artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Ito received his BFA from Pratt Institute with a double minor in Art History and Cultural Studies. Solo and two-person projects include Jardin N° 19 (with Erika Ceruzzi), Springsteen Gallery, Baltimore, MD (2014);Tales from a Sardine Run, Rod Barton Gallery, London, UK (2014), The Home Tao Tsiao, Art in General, NY (2014); Think of Me Fondly, Water McBeer Gallery (2014); Single Image (with Brendan Lynch), Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (2014) and Victory, The Still House Group, Redhook, NY (2013).
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Alex Ito + Greg Ito
NO TITLE (COLLABORATION)
Untitled (Base) (AI), Touch and Go (Everyone is doing it!) (AI), Left Out To Dry (GI), 2015
Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Resin, Digital Print on Fabric, Rocks, Wood, Socks, Enamel, Hanger.
80”h x 36”w x 40”d (203.2h x 91.44w x 101.6d cm)
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Alex Ito
Touch and Go (Everyone is doing it!), 2015
Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Resin, Digital Print on Fabric, Rocks, Wood
30”h x 19”w x 8”d (76.2h x 48.26w x 20.32d cm)
ItAle107
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Greg Ito
Left Out To Dry, 2015
Socks, Resin, Enamel, Hanger.
19”w x 14.5”h x 2”d (48.26w x 36.83h x 5.08d cm)
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Alex Ito
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (+1), 2015
Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Resin, Digital Print on Fabric, Rocks, Wood
22”h x 60”w x 12”d (55.88h x 152.4w x 30.48d cm)
ItAle108
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Alex Ito
Too Much Light Blinds The Baby, 2015
Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Resin, Digital Print on Fabric, Rocks, Wood
26”h x 28”w x 12”d (66.04h x 71.12w x 30.48d cm)
ItAle109
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Alex Ito
Perfect Snow (koi-koi), 2015
UV Inkjet Print, Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Resin, Digital Print on Fabric, Stones, Glass
24”h x 42”w x 12”d (60.96h x 106.68w x 30.48d cm)
ItAle110
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Greg Ito
Rare Angel, 2015
Acrylic on panel, Muslin, Crushed velvet, Assorted jewelry
71”h x 102.25”w (180.34h x 259.71w cm)
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Alex Ito
Stool (for Tao Hsiao), 2015
Inkjet Print, Aluminum, Glass
16”h x 12”w x 12”d (40.64h x 30.48w x 30.48d cm)
ItAle111
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Greg Ito
One Without The Other, 2015
Socks, Resin, Enamel
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Greg Ito
Just Another Battered Man, 2015
Tie, Fiberglass resin, Enamel
26”w x 8”h x 2”d (66.04w x 20.32h x 5.08d cm)
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Greg Ito
Hold Me Forever, 2015
Skirt, Fiberglass resin, Enamel
27.25”w x 26”h x 2.5”d (69.21w x 66.04h x 6.35d cm)
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
ALEX ITO & GREG ITO / AFTER GRUEN
Greg Ito
Stone Cold, 2015
Pants, Fiberglass resin, Enamel
45”w x 24”h x 4”d (114.3w x 60.96h x 10.16d cm)
SADE / 204 S AVENUE 19 / LA / CA / 90031 / WWW.S-A-D-E.LA
