Position / Disposition: Inaugural Exhibiton

Chandler Gallery is delighted to present our inaugural exhibition, Position / Disposition, on view from March 1^st through April 18^th, 2025. Position / Disposition presents a selection of works by California-based artists, and finds focus in presenting works which embody a distinct sense of place. Whether through subject, medium or process, each artist is influenced, and often fueled, by their geographic and subsequent cultural positioning.

Many works included explore place through subject matter, ranging from ice melting in a muggy Los Angeles studio, to a lulling, hazy beach scene, to the rolling hills of wine country, or color studies of the forest floors of Northern California. Other artists contemplate place through medium, such as California White Oak or lichen and mica from the California mountains. Other works engage and animate space in their design, like the mobiles by East Bay artist Emily Payne, which gently turn at the slighted gust of air to paint the walls with cast shadows. These works are conceptualizations of the artists’ experience of place, and their desire to create works that engage their place. The resulting works capture the mood of our shared home.