John Seal, a Los Angeles-based artist, has worked in a group show “Made in Space” at Gavin Brown Enterprise in the summer of 2013, artists including Jim Isermann, Patrick Jackson, David Korty, Liz Larner, and William Leavitt. Currently, his solo exhibition "I Upon My Frontiers Here Keep My Residence" is on view at the same gallery again.
Upon entry, there are a series of works where the outlines of a jacket are invaded by a bouquet of colorful shapes and flowery images that populate the surface of the outline, which reflects Seal’s memory of childhood when he was raised by television icons such as Gilligan and He-man. Moreover, the content of images reminds me of a19th-century art expression: impressionism. Many of Seals’s paintings depict
Upon entry, there are a series of works where the outlines of a jacket are invaded by a bouquet of colorful shapes and flowery images that populate the surface of the outline, which reflects Seal’s memory of childhood when he was raised by television icons such as Gilligan and He-man. Moreover, the content of images reminds me of a19th-century art expression: impressionism. Many of Seals’s paintings depict