Good Mother Gallery Los Angeles is pleased to present Bidet Duvet, a two-person exhibition featuring New York-based artists Henry Swanson and Sam Branden. The exhibition brings their distinct yet conceptually aligned practices to the West Coast, creating a collision of humor, abstraction, and cultural nostalgia.
Though differing in medium, Swanson’s oil paintings brimming with wit and Branden’s sewn, semi-sculptural abstractions, the artists share a raw, unfiltered approach to art-making. Their work plays with boundaries between figuration and abstraction, existing in a space that feels both bombastic and deliberate, polished and unapologetically unrefined.
Coming from the middle of the country, Swanson from Texas and Branden from Ohio, the duo shares a cultural shorthand shaped by early 2000s Americana, contrasted with the contemporary street culture of New York City, where they’ve lived and worked for years. Bidet Duvet, a playful yet pointed title, reflects their irreverent attitude toward traditional structures in art, much like the rejection of academic salons in historical painting movements.
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 5th from 5pm-7pm
Location: 5103 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90016
On View: April 5th - April 26th, 2025
For more information or to request a digital catalog of available works, please email info@goodmothergallery.com
