kozyndan @ sixspace

KOZYNDAN :: PILGRIMAGE
May 7 - June 4, 2005 Reception: Saturday, May 7 from 7-10pm
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 12-6pm
Six Space Gallery in LA

This May, sixspace is proud to present a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based team of artist/illustrators kozydan (Dan and Kozue Kitchens). Known for their digitally painted pencil drawings of contemporary urban cityscapes and surreal interior spaces, Pilgrimage will be the first exhibition by kozyndan to feature only original one-of-a-kind paintings and drawings. These works will depict characters in a state of movement, either on their journey or the interruptions that befall them during this journey.

Since the late 1990s, the collaboration between the kozyndan has resulted in a series of personal works that often reflect their affection – and repulsion – for the rampant urban sprawl and technological overload that characterize everyday city life. Their detailed drawings portray realistic urban panoramas, which on closer inspection often reveal absurd scenarios. In one, for example, elderly Chinese women, armed only with dim-sum, stave off an aerial attack on San Francisco’s Chinatown, while in another, marauding day-glo bunnies take on Manhattan. According to Dan, the pair’s work portrays their “unease with and love of the modern world.”

Koznydan’s other work includes album covers for Weezer, John Mayer, Daedelus, Lyrics Born, and the Postal Service, as well as magazine illustrations for Colors, Tokion, Giant Robot, XLR8R, among others. They’ve also completed commercial projects for RES Fest, Electronic Arts, Nike, Wie