Here Now, Now Here - Adele Renault and Chad Hasegawa at Good Mother Gallery Los Angeles

Wandering into the "Here Now Now Here" show at Good Mother Gallery, one feels as though they've stumbled into an Alice-in-Wonderland-esque rabbit hole where emotions are color, and perception is a playful game of hide-and-seek. Adele Renault and Chad Hasegawa, our intrepid artistic guides from Los Angeles and San Francisco respectively, have transformed the space into a vibrant dialogue between the ebullient and the understated, the complex and the straightforward.

Adele Renault's offerings are a veritable feast for the senses; a carnival of hues that dance across the canvas in a symphony of light and shadow. Her "dying agave series" stands as a testament not only to her technical prowess but to her philosophical musings on the cyclicality of life and death. Here, death is not to be mourned but celebrated with the same vibrancy and reverence as life itself. Renault masterfully plays with scale, turning the mundane into the magnificent, and invites us into a world where the ordinary is anything but. Each piece is a portal to a technicolor dreamscape, where the lushness of the Californian outdoors melds with urban vegetation in a dazzling display of chromatic harmony and discord.

Enter Chad Hasegawa, the minimalist maestro, whose work sings in quiet counterpoint to Renault's riotous palette. Hasegawa's canvases are a meditation on the essence of emotion, a stripping away of the extraneous to reveal the raw, unadulterated heart of feeling. With a restrained hand, he invites us to ponder not what is seen but what is felt, challenging us to find beauty in the simplicity of form and color. His pieces act as zen gardens within the exhibition space, offering a serene respite from Renault's emotional tempest. Together, they engage in a dialogue that is as much about contrast as it is about the intersection of their respective visions.

"Here Now Now Here" is a celebration of the myriad ways in which art can touch the soul. Renault and Hasegawa, through their divergent yet complementary approaches, craft a narrative that is both a visual feast and an emotional odyssey. This exhibition is a reminder that art, at its core, is a conversation between the creator and the viewer, a dialogue that transcends the physical and ventures into the realm of the ethereal. It's a must-see for anyone willing to lose themselves in the beauty of the now, the here, and the heartfelt.

On view February 3rd - March 3rd, 2024

Good Mother Gallery

1212 S. Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021