Artist: Tom Forkin
Exhibition title: The Thoroughfare
Venue: LY, Los Angeles, US
Date: June 1 – August 24, 2019
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and LY, Los Angeles
LY is pleased to present The Thoroughfare, an exhibition of new works by Tom Forkin. For Forkin’s first exhibition in Los Angeles, the artist presents sculptures comprising cast metal reliefs and watercolors displayed in painted cardboard boxes.
The arrangement of boxes on the floor throughout the gallery resemble the gridded composition of a city. Housed within are depictions of dimly lit corridors, 19th century wooden structures and the frontier towns they could be found in.
Tom Forkin (b. 1986) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Recent exhibitions include Soul Is A Four-Letter Word, curated by Cody Goebl at Museum Gallery, New York; Manhattan at Shoot the Lobster, New York; Brooklyn at Motel, Brooklyn; Will You curated by Jenni Crain and Nick Fusaro at Pratt Institute Brooklyn; and Charmed organized by Tamara Gonzales and Maggie Lee at Shoot the Lobster, New York.
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, The Thoroughfare, 2019, exhibition view, LY, Los Angeles
Tom Forkin, Thirty-five Thirty-six, 2019, Bismuth, cardboard, tempera, 9 x 19 x 15 ½ inches (22.9 x 48.3 x 39.4 cm)
Tom Forkin, Fifteen O One, 2019, Bismuth, cardboard, tempera, 13 x 12 x 23 ¾ inches (33 x 30.5 x 60.3 cm)
Tom Forkin, Nine Forty-Five, 2019, Bismuth, cardboard, tempera, 9 ¼ x 19 ¼ x 15 ½ inches (23.5 x 48.9 x 39.4 cm)
Tom Forkin, Gates of Paradise, 2019, Bismuth, cardboard, tempera, 6 ¼ x 15 ¾ x 19 ¾ inches (15.9 x 40 x 50.2 cm)
Tom Forkin, Three Two One, 2019, Bismuth, cardboard, tempera, 8 ¾ x 11 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches (22.2 x 29.8 x 19.7 cm)
Tom Forkin, Forty-six, 2019, Bismuth, cardboard, tempera, 9 ½ x 16 ½ x 20 inches (24.1 x 41.9 x 50.8 cm)
Tom Forkin, 54-19 I, 2019, Watercolor on paper, cardboard, tempera, 3 ½ x 16 x 19 ¾ inches (8.9 x 40.6 x 50.2 cm)
Tom Forkin, 54-19 II, 2019, Watercolor on paper, cardboard, tempera, 9 x 13 x 19 ½ inches (22.9 x 33 x 49.5 cm)
Tom Forkin, 54-19 III, 2019, Watercolor on paper, cardboard, tempera, 11 x 13 ¼ x 19 7/8 inches (27.9 x 33.6 x 50.5 cm)
Tom Forkin, One One Two, 2019, Watercolor on paper, cardboard, tempera, 6 ½ x 12 ¾ x 17 inches (16.5 x 32.4 x 43.2 cm)
Tom Forkin, Thirty-nine, 2019, Watercolor on paper, cardboard, tempera, 9 ½ x 15 ½ x 19 ½ (24.1 x 39.4 x 49.5 cm)