TAYLOR PRENDERGAST + JESS VALICE

Without Telos

Artist Reception: June 21st, 6-9 PM

June 21st - June 23rd, 2024

If “Labas” means hello in Lithuanian, then why does the painting of a young man clutching a red rose bud feel like he’s saying goodbye? Elsewhere, we see a painting of “Taylor” presented in the manner of Goldie Hawn’s “Private Benjamin.” The exhibition “Without Telos” is a two-person presentation with LA-based painters Jess Valice and Taylor Prendergast. Telos is an idea closely associated with Aristotle, who used the term to describe the open-endedness inherent in all objects and beings. Something without Telos is always in motion, always in process. To create something without Telos (a-telic) is to not have an end goal in mind, ultimately letting the creation guide itself rather than being directed by the creator. The title track here is a bouquet of flowers with a bleached-out centerpiece leaving the viewer to wonder about that liminal space between process and subject matter.