SOLO EXHIBITION

The Third Measure

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b. 1983, United States
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Night Gallery is proud to present The Third Measure, Sean Townley’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. It will be on view October 24—November 21, 2015, with an opening reception to be held on Saturday, October 24th.

The Third Measure is anchored by three cast aluminum lions which the artist sculpted from a three dimensional scan of an ancient Greek funerary lion. Central to Townley’s work is the interrogation of artistic authorship and the systems of value inherent to notions of origin and autonomy. Many of his pieces are the result of appropriating content directly from institutions as they restore and even de-restore works of art, with Townley’s versions finding their resting point somewhere along this timeline of alteration.

Townley’s objects exist at the perceived perimeter between original and reenacted, swimming around a hidden, idealized source. Centered on the inextricability of surface effect from interior core, his work reveals a profound fragility in...More expand_more

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2276 E 16th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021, USA
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Installation View of "The Third Measure"
SOLO EXHIBITION

The Third Measure

Press Release
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Night Gallery is proud to present The Third Measure, Sean Townley’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. It will be on view October 24—November 21, 2015, with an opening reception to be held on Saturday, October 24th.

The Third Measure is anchored by three cast aluminum lions which the artist sculpted from a three dimensional scan of an ancient Greek funerary lion. Central to Townley’s work is the interrogation of artistic authorship and the systems of value inherent to notions of origin and autonomy. Many of his pieces are the result of appropriating content directly from institutions as they restore and even de-restore works of art, with Townley’s versions finding their resting point somewhere along this timeline of alteration.

Townley’s objects exist at the perceived perimeter between original and reenacted, swimming around a hidden, idealized source. Centered on the inextricability of surface effect from interior core, his work reveals a profound fragility in...More expand_more

Exhibition Space
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2276 E 16th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021, USA
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Artist
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b. 1983, United States
Press Coverage
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Artforum
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Through Jun 21, 2025
Webber GalleryLos Angeles, CA, US
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Through Jun 28, 2025
Chris Sharp GalleryLos Angeles, CA, US
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Sebastian GladstoneLos Angeles, CA, US
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Apr 12, 2025 — May 18, 2025
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Apr 04, 2025 — May 17, 2025
Michael BeneventoLos Angeles, CA, US
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Edited by icebergenf on Feb 03, 2025 at 22:08
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