Overgrown

by Mtendere Mandowa

Mtendere Mandowa (pronounced “ten-de-ra”, Chichewa for “Peace”) or Teebs, a producer, a painter, and contributing member of the noted LA based Brainfeeder record label comes to New Image Art for the first time, bringing to view his most captivating solo exhibition to date.

Born in the Bronx, New York with Malawi and Barbados origins, Mandowa bounced around the East Coast before finally landing in the affable LA suburb of Chino Hills. There he began to attune his sonic and visual languages in the solitary of his mother’s two car garage. His painting practice bares much relation to his music production: collaging, overlapping, and mixing imagery with painted gesture to create meditative and minimalist visual soundscapes.

Utilizing a combination of work including large-scale mixed media paintings, over 100 smaller abstract studies on wood, delicate mixed media works on paper, and countless re-purposed vintage vinyl albums, “Overgrown” proves to be indeed a lush environment of creativity.

 

New Image Art
14 Mar 2014 to 04 Apr 2015
7920 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046