Gallery Exhibitions

MUST-SEE

3.11.2023 - 4.16.2023
Libbi Ponce Pamela Ramos Fraser Taylor Montgomery Smith

To mark the celebration of its 13th year of operation, LVL3 proudly announces “Must-See”, a four person group exhibition featuring Pamela Ramos, Libbi Ponce, Montgomery Smith, and Fraser Taylor. For “Must-See” we have invited several artists previously featured at LVL3 to respond to themes of coming of age and unluckiness.

Microwave the left-over gas station sushi and put on your favorite oversized, esoteric red bubble band t-shirt. It’s time for the story of a botched rite of passage. You gathered your belongings after being caught plagiarizing, and now you’re on your way to the principal’s office. Who cares that you didn’t finish Pinter’s “The Birthday Party”? That play will be of no use to you later on as an accountant. 

You are bored, you are boring, remember when you were 13? Life was so much better then! You had Claire’s…they fell off didn’t they? 

But that is not what this show is about. It is our birthday, this is our party and we are about to blow out the candles. Our father gives us a wrapped present complete with a shiny bow on top. Unwrapping it only to find a Michael Bublé CD. Our parents don’t know that we like listening to The Ramones and smoking cigarettes while we discuss Hunter S. Thompson in empty parking lots; it’s not because we don’t talk to them about it…it is because they are out of touch. The more that we share, the less we have opportunities to appear mysterious. A night on chat roulette would have sufficed.

Press Release Here

Opening Reception: March 11th, 6-9pm.

Gallery hours are Sundays 1-4 pm and can also be made by appointment. Email team@lvl3official.com or call/text 312-469-0333 to reserve a time outside of gallery hours.

Fraser Taylor | Dance Modern | 2022 |Cotton panama, screen-printed textile pigment, digital print | 87.4” x 59.8”
Libbi Ponce | Aloe crowbar | 2023 | Steel | 10” x 4” x 30”
Libbi Ponce | EMDR starburst | 2023 | Steel, silicone, handblown glass | 50” x 48” x 10”
Pamela Ramos | Dunkin + Blood | 2013 | Pigment print on fiber paper, wood frame | 15.5” x 10.5”
Fraser Taylor | Glitch | 2022 | Cotton, thread, screen-printed textile pigment, household paint | 80” x 51”
Montgomery Smith | Erté Tassel #3 | 2017 | Paper, pen, glow in the dark paint | 19” x 5” x 3”
Montgomery Smith | Short leash | 2017 | Paper, pen, glow in the dark paint | 22” x 3.5” x 2”
Pamela Ramos | Bart Simpson, | 2019 | Found toy, alkaline battery, magnetic motor, alligator clips, cement resistor, tape | 7” x 7” x 5”
Fraser Taylor | 1976 | 2022-2023 | Cotton poplin, mono printed textile pigment | 75” x 26” x 8”
Montgomery Smith | Leather Boa | 2023 | Hand cut leather, plastic chain | 49” x 13” x 5”
Pamela Ramos | Untitled (Facebook) | 2013 | Pigment print on fiber paper | 50” x 37.5”
Pamela Ramos | Mickey & Minnie Mouse |2019 | Found toy, alkaline battery, magnetic motor, alligator clips, cement resistor, tape | 7” x 7” x 5” (Each)
Montgomery Smith | Cut Series (Cream) | 2023 | Hand cut leather, wood | 37” x 7” x 4”
Libbi Ponce | twin shadow (after The Unicorn Rests in a Garden) | 2023 | Steel, polyurethane, silicone, grout, pink Himalayan salt, hand dipped beeswax candle by my friend Dez, satin scrunch, hand blown glass, mother-of -pearl fragment gifted from a friend, used violin bow hanks | 68” x 35.5” x 41”
Libbi Ponce | Untitled (friend) | 2023 | Fossilized lizard, pink himalayan salt | 2.5” x 3” x 1”
Montgomery Smith | Cut Series (Cyrax & Sektor) | 2023 | Hand cut leather, wood | 23.5” x 42” x 5.5”
Fraser Taylor | 1979 | 2022-2023 | Cotton Poplin, digital print | 47” x 27” x 8”