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PEOPLE Make Architecture
An exhibition of paintings by Kerry Landon-Lane
19 Man and His City 5’x4’. 3500
“The presence and behavior of people actually create the architecture, and that the structures and buildings are simply the response. Floors, walls, doors and windows house the architecture that is already there”
— Kerry Landon-Lane
THE PAINTINGS are about people and the spaces they create by their behaviors and social interactions. Landon-Lane takes the New York High Line as the setting to offer a different perspective of ourselves and our world.
12 Photo Shoot 4’x3’. 2100
The characters play their parts and create a stage, a space — and architecture
EVEN INDIVIDUAL BODIES CREATE THEIR OWN ARCHITECTURE, by how they move, stand and sit. A back becomes a wall, outstretched arms a room, and a pointed finger perhaps a door or a window. These identifiable spaces, each with their own characters of openness, closure, direction, scale and intensity, are the phases that become sentences, brush strokes that become paintings, sounds that become music, foot steps that become dance, words that become poetry, and spaces that become architecture.
By understanding and grasping the basic spacial parts, the artist (and critic) in all of us, may begin to play with space — to play with architecture. Architecture is an ever changing event that moves with us — our presence and actions. Like a wave to a surfer, it may be felt, handled, experienced and enjoyed — not just observed.
22 Talking Couple 4’x3’. 2100
The adjacent buildings pay homage to the architecture created by the conversation
21 Man and Building 5’x4’. 3500
The man has captured the building’s attention and a tension of space is created between the two. A side event creates a subset of space
20 Flower Garden 4’x3’. 2100
The new plants are tendered and the buildings cradle the scene
18 The Family 5’x4’. 3500
The members create their quality of space and the chair back grows to embrace. The building becomes inquisitive.
17 Two Boys 5’x4’. 3500
Their space is bounded by their backs and the heavens. The trees soften and filter.
16 The Runner 4’x3’. 2400
Their paths (and spaces) intersect and the vegetation shoulder for alliances
15 People Below 5’x4’. 3500
The building is the authority of the space and cowers the people. The plant resists.
14 The Lunch Party 5’x4’. 3500
They dine in a space the size of Manhattan
Three drawings that explore the behavior of people and the architecture they create
13 BODY STRETCH 5’x4’. 2900
Caught by gravity, the couple face the sky and the world beyond
11 Above the City 5’x4’. 2900
Cradled above streets, people welcome the sky and buildings celebrate
10 Street Theater 5’x4’. 2900
Private territories are established by the relationships
9 My Grandson 5’x4’. 2900
The relationship of grandmother and grandson define the nature of their space — private in public
8 Boys 5’x4’. 3500
Their bubble opens to the sky and sunshine
7 Family and Friends 4’x3’. 2100
Conversation and relationships determine two subset spaces
6 Man in Yellow Shirt 4’x3’. 2400
Transition of space from slow to fast
5 Walk Around 5’x4’. 2900
The field and path push the space created by the walkers
4 Man in City 4’x3’. 2100
His space swirls about him out to the building facades
3 Man with Phone 4’x3’. 2400
Although the three share common space, they have shaped their person spaces
2 Determined Woman 40”x30”. 1600
A passing of interests and directions
1 Snapshot 40”x30”. 1600
The I-Phone camera creates the behavior and the space
Drawing Upon Architecture
Kerry Landon-Lane shows architecture not as in buildings but as it exists out there in our landscape. In the ridges, ravines and rivers. The rocks and earth provide the hard stuff and define the brash nature of spaces created!
(continues in Blog and YouTube Kerry Landon-Lane)
Landon-Lane is available for commission artwork describing the architecture in other people’s estates. He has completed commissions in both Fairfield and Westchester Counties.
Drawings are for sale as originals and as prints.
