Solo show- February 14- March 14, 2009
Of Course and Never, Jail Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Jail Gallery is pleased to present “Of Course and Never”, a solo exhibition of paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Wendy Heldmann. Library aisles appear in Heldmann’s paintings as they are never seen. Tomes slump in their shelves, books lie in unintelligible piles on the floor, and periodicals are strewn across aisles, defying the organizing principles that make their contents accessible. The entropic state of these compositions is amplified through a use of paint that further enacts such a state. Whether alluding to the obsolescence of tactile information systems such as libraries, allegorizing the innavigable results of an obtuse google search, or simply documenting the varying degrees of disarray left after a thorough ransacking, “Of Course and Never” oscillates between affirmation and negation of each perspective.

Accompanying 32 page catalog

with text by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer,
design by Brian Roettinger,
photos by Joshua White

7.25 × 9.5 inches