Good Mother Gallery Los Angeles is currently showcasing Manual Override, a groundbreaking group exhibition featuring innovative works by Jason Revok, Noah Malone, Chris Velez, Zoe Alameda, and Liz Lee. This exhibition transforms industrial and mechanical elements into sculptural and kinetic artworks, redefining the traditional gallery space and inviting viewers to explore the evolving relationship between technology, objecthood, and contemporary art.
Manual Override challenges conventional artistic boundaries by incorporating machinery as more than just tools—here, they become integral components of the art itself. From interactive sculptures to dynamic kinetic installations, the exhibition blurs the line between creator, medium, and viewer. The result is an immersive experience that pushes forward conversations about industrial aesthetics and the role of mechanical elements in the modern art landscape.
The show emphasizes how art coexists with evolving technology, offering a fresh perspective on mechanical intervention in contemporary art making processes. Each piece presented invites visitors to reconsider their own interactions with everyday industrial objects, elevating machinery beyond its utilitarian purpose into the realm of high-concept visual exploration.
Each artist featured in Manual Override brings a distinct approach to integrating machinery and industrial elements into their work:
- Jason Revok – Entirely self-taught, Revok’s journey from graffiti culture to contemporary abstraction has redefined mechanical mark-making. His bold geometric compositions reflect an intricate balance between automation and human touch, using custom-built tools that introduce controlled spontaneity. Revok's work has been exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the Pasadena Museum of California Art, and internationally in New York, Detroit, and Dubai. His practice invites a reevaluation of authorship in art, engaging in a structured yet unpredictable process where industrial tools become an extension of the artist's hand.
- Noah Malone – Malone’s work is a compelling exploration of time, decay, and chance. Using rotisserie motors to animate canvases that have been exposed to bird interactions—through pecking, fighting, and natural wear—his pieces become records of fleeting, organic gestures. This unique process mirrors the unpredictability of thought and memory, translating ephemeral natural occurrences into permanent artistic expressions.
- Chris Velez – Velez’s interdisciplinary practice fuses digital, spiritual, and material elements to examine the intersection of human consciousness, technology, and myth. His work employs kinetic elements, sculpture, and digital art to question reality and perception. Ideal Landscape No.2, a central piece in this exhibition, critiques humanity’s desire to control and idealize nature while simultaneously revealing the artificiality of such constructs. His use of objects like laser-engraved tree branches and meathook-pierced iPhones underscores the uneasy dialogue between technological mediation and natural existence.
- Zoe Alameda – Alameda’s practice delves into material identity and image culture, using a combination of painting, collage, and sculpture to investigate the fragmented nature of self-representation. Her works challenge distinctions between digital and physical space, authenticity and manipulation, creating a visual language that reflects contemporary struggles with identity.
- Liz Lee – A sculptor with a keen focus on gender dynamics, Lee crafts towering metal sculptures that embody both empowerment and restraint. Drawing from institutional critique, her work deconstructs the performative aspects of gender roles, using industrial materials to highlight the intersections of femininity and constraint. Currently completing her MFA at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Lee continues to push the discourse on power and representation through her thought-provoking practice.
With Manual Override, Good Mother Gallery has transformed its space into a living dialogue between art and industry. Visitors are invited to navigate through a landscape of kinetic and sculptural works that invite contemplation, interaction, and a re-examination of our evolving technological world.
Visit the Exhibition
📍 Location: Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles - 5103 W. Adams Blvd
Exhibition Dates: January 18th - February 15th, 2025
For more information or to request a digital catalog of available works, please email info@goodmothergallery.com
