VOLUMINOSITY

CO S IM O C AVA L L A R O & D EB O R A H SA LT

Nye + Brown is pleased to present Volumi-

nosity, a two person exhibition with sculpture

by Cosimo Cavallaro and paintings by Debo-

rah Salt opening Tuesday, April 9th, 2013.

Cosimo Cavallaro’s brilliantly hued sculp-

tures take the recognizable shape of beans,

seamlessly merging color and form with

sensuous ferocity. Working alongside master

fabricator Jack Brogan, Cavallaro has over

the course of a year tested a wide range of

materials and methods to refine the impec-

cable surface and intense colors. While the

artist certainly pays homage to work from

1960’s Los Angeles (a la school of Finish

Fetish—much of which “Cowboy Jack” Bro-

gan had a hand in making), Cavallaro’s Jelly

Beans resonate with an unbridled sense of

humor and joie de vivre entirely his own.

In a similar, albeit divergent vein, Debo-

rah Salt uses her predecessor’s concerns

via Los Angeles “Light and Space” artists

as a departure point for her paintings. She

paints twelve to twenty layers of colored

paint around the edge of her otherwise

white canvases, making an eighth of an

inch to one-quarter inch band around each

structure. Together, these bands generate

a “glow” that infuse and subsume the sur-

rounding space. These ever-changing lines

of color reference where the painting is and

where we are in counterpoint. The paintings

are hung vertically to the floor from the

upper left corner to the lower right corner,

what Salt has deemed “tip-to-tip.” This di-

agonal placement counters the surrounding

architecture and further supports the ten-

sion between the structure and the paintings

perceptual effect.

Cosimo Cavallaro was born in Montreal in

1961. The son of Italian Immigrants, Cavalla-

ro was raised both in Canada and Italy and

attended art schools in each country respec-

tively, as well as the United States. During

the 80s and 90s, Cavallaro worked as a

television commercial film director winning

numerous prestigious awards. Since 1995, he

has created a unique body of work from per-

ishables that have been exhibited through-

out the United States and abroad, such as

Chocolate Jesus and Twiggy in Cheese. He

currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Deborah Salt was born in Los Angeles, Cali-

fornia and attended The School of Visual Arts

in New York in the seventies alongside such

artists as Jonathon Borofsky, Chuck Close,

and Brice Marden. Salt has exhibited exten-

sively throughout the United States, lives in

Topanga and works in Inglewood, CA.

COSIMO CAVALLARO

COSIMO CAVALLARO

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (DARK GREY ), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (EGGPLANT ), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (GREY ), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (GREEN), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (BROWN), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (LIGHT GOLD), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN ( YELLOW), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (CANDY APPLE), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (NEON ORANGE), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (RED ORANGE), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (CANDY APPLE RED), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (CANDY PINK), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (PINK), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (VIOLET ), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (PURPLE) 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEAN (BLUE), 2012-2013, ACRYLIC, 11 X 19 INCHES

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COSIMO CAVALLARO, JELLY BEANS, 2013, ACRYLIC AND FIBERGLASS RESIN, 5 X 9 FEET EACH.

DEBORAH SALT

DEBORAH SALT

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED (BLUE AND WHITE), 2009, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 24 X 24 X 2 INCHES

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED ( YELLOW AND WHITE), 2013, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 48 X 48 X 4 INCHES

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED (BLUE AND WHITE), 2012, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 84 X 12 X 2 INCHES

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED (PINK AND WHITE), 2012, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 84 X 12 X 2 INCHES

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED ( YELLOW AND WHITE), 2012, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 84 X 12 X 2 INCHES

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED (BLUE AND WHITE), 2013, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 96 X 17 X 3 INCHES

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED (PINK AND WHITE), 2013, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 120 X 24 X 2 INCHES

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED (RED AND WHITE), 2013, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 96 X 17 X 3 INCHES

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED (PINK AND WHITE), 2013, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 48 X 12 X 3 INCHES

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DEBORAH SALT, UNT ITLED (RED AND WHITE), 2010, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 120 X 40 X 4 INCHES

INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION

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2685 SOUTH LA CIENEGA BLVD.

LOS ANGELES, CA 90034

GALLERY@NYEPLUSBROWN.COM

310 559 5215

NYEPLUSBROWN.COM

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IN CONJUNCT ION WITH

VOLUMINOSIT Y:

COSIMO CAVALLARO & DEBORAH SALT

APRIL 9, 2013

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DESIGN BY KYLE LAMAR