NO, NOT

no, i will not.

who is a hack.

do 2 wrongs make a right.

what can color do anyways. hands in the mix, gestures explain what is in front of me.

swans intertwined in sentimental sweeps, both landscape and object and field slipping on the banana peel. curtains, anyways.

“And I, too, said nothing, showed nothing; I didn’t open my mouth, I didn’t repaint my half of the world. I was ashamed. I was afraid, and I swallowed my shame and my fear. I said to myself: You are mad! What’s the meaning of these waves, these floods, these outbursts?” – Héléne Cixous

 

Aline Cautis (b. 1975) is based in Los Angeles. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Rice University, Houston, TX. Recent solo exhibitions include Sabot (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Saturday Cinema (Chicago, IL), and Devening Projects (Chicago). Recent group exhibitions include Duckrabbit, Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles; Estate, a project by Lucie Fontaine, Marianne Boesky, New York; Fridge organized by Erin Foley, Control Room, Los Angeles; New Nomenclature, Galeria Pies, Pozen, Poland; Modern Talking, Museum of Art Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Four Rooms, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland; and Prague Biennale, Czech Republic. She is a recipient of a Fulbright Grant (2011) and a residency at the Vermont Studio Center (2008).

full biography

 

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Lies, 2014, oil on canvas, 18 x 14 inches

 

 

 

 

Untitled_720

Untitled, 2014, inkjet print and oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches

 

Untitled2_720

Untitled, 2014, inkjet print on rag paper in artist’s frame, 51 1⁄2 x 39 1⁄4 inches (Edition of 3)

 

Pitt_720

Pitt, 2014, oil, urethane and direct jet on panel, 39 x 30 inches

 

NoShame_720

No Shame, 2014, oil, urethane, pigment and direct jet on panel, 39 x 30 inches

 

TheSameTwice_720

The Same Twice, 2014, oil on linen, 39 x 30 inches

 

 

 

Carl_720

Carl, 2014, found bent wood, dimensions vary

 

 

ViewTaken_720

View Taken, 2014, oil on linen, 19 1⁄4 x 14 1⁄4 inches

 

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Untitled/cuts, 2014, inkjet print on rag paper in artist’s frame, 51 1⁄2 x 39 1⁄4 inches (Edition of 3)

 

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Untitled/cuts, 2014, inkjet print on rag paper in artist’s frame, 51 1⁄2 x 39 1⁄4 inches (Edition of 3)

 

 

 

FancyFalseIandII_720

Fancy False I and II, 2014, oil on canvas, 33 x 26 inches each

 

AsMelancholy_720

As Melancholy, 2014, oil on canvas, 18 x 14 inches

 

 

 

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cansfoodregards, 2014, direct jet print on textured vinyl flooring, 62 1⁄2 x 48 1⁄2 inches

 

 

 

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cansfoodregards (detail)