Robert Ginder: Primary Residence
Current exhibition
Installation Views
Overview
Quint Gallery is proud to work with Robert Ginder on a continuation of his exhibition of Miniatures at the gallery earlier this year. The exhibition series titled Primary Residence will rotate periodically in the window at 7722 Girard Avenue and is viewable from the street 24 hours a day.
Much of Ginder's work over the last forty years has been a tribute to the architecture of Spanish-style and craftsman homes of the 1900s that make up many neighborhoods in Southern California, and especially San Diego. Painting with historical techniques of the Quattrocento, his hallmark gilded skies reach towards arched panels that recall Italian Renaissance altar paintings, retrofitting religious iconography with portraits of tidy granny flats and manicured front lawns.
The work is placed in a way that echoes the neighboring Mary, Star of The Sea Catholic Church, which was built in 1937 in an early Mission style that is also predominant throughout San Diego. It is also unique for its golden mosaic of the Virgin Mary as a guide and protector of the ocean. Depending on the outdoor light and weather conditions, its reflection enters and intersects directly with the painting in the window.
Robert Ginder grew up in East Compton, California, in the 1950s. After graduating from Orange Coast College, Ginder moved to North County, San Diego, for several years. Ginder was included in an emerging artist group show at the contemporary art museum in La Jolla in 1984. Soon after that, he started showing in San Diego, Los Angeles, and New York. After living and working in New York and exhibiting bi-coastally for 30 years, he has recently returned to his Western roots and splits his time between Las Vegas and Southern California.
Selected Works
