Studio Visit with Pam Jorden and John Pearson

I recently visited Pamela Jorden and John Pearson 

in their fantastic new studio in downtown LA. 

Alex de Cordoba and I went to scope out their new 

work for Summer Sun, the show I'm curating for

Taylor de Cordoba opening July 14. 

 Pam showed us a variety of work from the last few years.

I really love how the different shapes and sizes play off each other.

Her mark-making is so interesting - contrasting 

soft and hard, fluid and solid.

On studio visits I like seeing the artists' process, tools and 

what reference images they have up around the studio.

I currently have the same Ellsworth Kelly exhibition guide

 on my studio bulletin board.

It seems like every artist I know has some succulents around their studio.

The next show I'd like to curate has to do with the flora an fauna of LA.

John showed us some new cyanotypes on silk.  

The process is a direct translation of sunlight into image.

John has been working at the caves of Griffith Park

gathering natural materials and exposing the cyanotypes to sunlight

for up to an hour. Similar to his videos and other photo work,

the cyanotypes are meditations on light and shadow, 

explorations of process and place.

John also showed us prints made using a variety of photo processes

such as photograms and solarization. I especially loved the image above, 

a photogram made using coins that he laid on the train tracks in 

Knoxville, Tennessee where they recently lived for a year while 

Pam was a visiting artist at UT.

 Thanks Pam and John!

I'm really excited about how the show is coming together.

Stay tuned for a studio visit with Tyler Vlahovich and 

an interview with Emily Newman who will also be 

included in Summer Sun, July 14 - August 25

at Taylor de Cordoba Gallery.