CURRENT EXHIBITION

Courting Chaos EXHIBITION

COURTING CHAOS

Ponderosa Forest 01
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Ponderosa Forest 01
Koan Box Trace Yellow-Green Green
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Koan Box Trace Yellow-Green Green
Tree 01
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Tree 01
Koan Box Ivory Yellow-Orange Violet
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Koan Box Ivory Yellow-Orange Violet
Fusion Santa Fe Forest 04B
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Santa Fe Forest 04B
Koan Box Cairn Ultramarine-Blue Violet Blue-Green
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Koan Box Cairn Ultramarine-Blue Violet Blue-Green
Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 03A
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 03A
Koan Box Green Yellow-Green
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Koan Box Green Yellow-Green
Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 02D
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 02D
Koan Box Trace Permanent Green Sap-Green
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Koan Box Trace Permanent Green Sap-Green
Fusion LASHP Tree 01B
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion LASHP Tree 01B
Fusion LA Palms 01B
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion LA Palms 01B
Koan Box Cairn Violet Green Blue-Green
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Koan Box Cairn Violet Green Blue-Green
Fusion Pecos Ponderosas Sunflowers
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Pecos Ponderosas Sunflowers
Fusion Pecos Ponderosas+Sunflowers 02C
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Pecos Ponderosas+Sunflowers 02C
Fusion Pecos Ponderosas+Sunflowers 02B
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Pecos Ponderosas+Sunflowers 02B
Fusion NYC Central Park Trees 02C
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion NYC Central Park Trees 02C
Koan Box Trace Thalo-Blue-Green Ultramarine Blue
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Koan Box Trace Thalo-Blue-Green Ultramarine Blue
Fusion Nambe Cottonwood
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Nambe Cottonwood
Fusion LASHP Tree
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion LASHP Tree
Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 05B
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 05B
Fusion Elysian Park 02B
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Elysian Park 02B
Fusion Nambe Cottonwood 02B
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled
Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 01D
image of artwork by Lawrence Fodor titled Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 01D
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Ponderosa Forest 01
Koan Box Trace Yellow-Green Green
Tree 01
Koan Box Ivory Yellow-Orange Violet
Fusion Santa Fe Forest 04B
Koan Box Cairn Ultramarine-Blue Violet Blue-Green
Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 03A
Koan Box Green Yellow-Green
Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 02D
Koan Box Trace Permanent Green Sap-Green
Fusion LASHP Tree 01B
Fusion LA Palms 01B
Koan Box Cairn Violet Green Blue-Green
Fusion Pecos Ponderosas Sunflowers
Fusion Pecos Ponderosas+Sunflowers 02C
Fusion Pecos Ponderosas+Sunflowers 02B
Fusion NYC Central Park Trees 02C
Koan Box Trace Thalo-Blue-Green Ultramarine Blue
Fusion Nambe Cottonwood
Fusion LASHP Tree
Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 05B
Fusion Elysian Park 02B
Fusion Nambe Cottonwood 02B
Fusion Flagstaff Ponderosa 01D
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Lawrence Fodor
solo exhibition

 

opening reception
Saturday, January 17th 4 – 6pm

 

Exhibition opens January 17

ARTIST STATEMENT

COURTING CHAOS
These paintings and multiple-exposure photographs address chaos and complexity theories, specifically the fragile equilibrium existing between order and disorder which shapes and guides our lives as part of the natural world.

Chaos appears everywhere in nature. The most minute disruption of a single component within a system will affect its evolution, rendering that system and its complex networks unpredictable. Correspondingly, one gesture, mark, a passage of color, a shape, or line can alter the architecture and structure of a painting—and when multiple-exposure images are captured and layered within a camera, they record uniquely shifting moments of light, space, and time with completely random results.

My practice is intuitive, intentionally fluid, innately unpredictable, and consistently courtschaos. Infinite choices within the active elements of a picture create chain reactions which continue to transform endlessly until some form of resolution or integrity is achieved. Identically, strategic options persist in our lives as a result of designed or random circumstances. One decision, one action, or statement, a longing, desire, turn, change of mind, blink, or glance can transform what remains of our time, our relationships, or how we maneuver through and view the world.

There is a precarious balance at work in life and in making art, where systems are chaotic enough to disclose invention through their disorder, yet maintain sufficient structure not to splinter, nor lose identity. When I work, I am courting this chaos— chasing with intention,
knowing what I am after, but not knowing what I will find. I delve deeply into the personal in order to find the universal—and there is always the potential to push the image too far into an abyss. Without taking that risk, there is no way to discover the life and breath in a painting or photograph—which then breaths life back into me.

—Lawrence Fodor
2024-25