Sidecar Gallery is delighted to present From Common Ground, a group exhibition featuring work by Los Angeles area artists Sarah Awad, Marwa Abdul-Rahman, Mira Dancy, Kenturah Davis, Brad Eberhard, Asher Hartman, Alice Könitz, Ruby Neri, Laura Howard Parker, Camilla Taylor, Patricia Valencia, Emmett Walsh, and Eric Zammitt. From Common Ground will be on view from July 12 - August 23, 2025 at Sidecar Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Mira Dancy, Live Oak Heart, 2025
oil and acrylic on canvas
64 x 54 in (162.6 x 137.2 cm)
Ruby Neri, Trinity, 2024
ceramic with glaze
30 1/2 x 21 x 11 in (77.5 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm)
Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Kenturah Davis, duration I (jada), 2024
archival pigment print mounted to lenticular lens, in walnut frame
19 1/4 x 26 3/4 x 4 in (48.9 x 67.9 x 10.2 cm)
Marwa Abdul-Rahman, Always Coming Home, 2025
oil paint, acrylic paint, resin, screen, wire, wood, twine, rope, string, metal and thread on canvas
92 x 48 x 40 in (233.7 x 121.9 x 101.6 cm)
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Brad Eberhard, Muscle Memory, 2025
oil on glazed stoneware
8 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 10 in (21.6 x 36.8 x 25.4 cm)
Brad Eberhard, The Colgate, 2025
oil on glazed stoneware
16 1/2 x 8 x 8 in (41.9 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
The works by artists in From Common Ground engage with a robust variety of themes ranging from tensions between figuration and abstraction in painting, to land use and water rights in the American Southwest, and ideas about the collective and individual human experiences in the natural world.
Laura Howard Parker, Labyrinth Red III, 2010
abraided type c print
23 x 23 in (58.4 x 58.4 cm)
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Laura Howard Parker, Window Diptych (neg/pos gothic), 2011
abraided type c print
each: 23 x 23 in (58.4 x 58.4 cm)
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Patricia Valencia & Emmett Walsh, There it is...Take it!, film still, 2018
single channel color video
13 minutes 24 seconds
Patricia Valencia & Emmett Walsh, There it is...Take it!, film still, 2018
single channel color video
13 minutes 24 seconds
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Alice Könitz, Museum of Pitch and Liquids, 2021
wood pulp, glass, water from Mono Lake, pine resin mixed with charcoal, plaster of Paris
24 x 24 x 24 in (61 x 61 x 61 cm)
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Sarah Awad, Soot, Char, and Sky, 2025
oil and vinyl on canvas
78 x 70 in (198.1 x 177.8 cm)
Sarah Awad, Soot, Char, and Sky, detail, 2025
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Eric Zammiitt, Yellowpink Pinkyellow Plank, 2025
laminated acrylic plastic
86 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4 in (218.4 x 16.5 x 4.4 cm)
Camilla Taylor, The Eye of God, 2023
ceramic with underglaze (281 unique objects)
120 x 120 x 8 in (304.8 x 304.8 x 20.3 cm)
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Asher Hartman, Test My Skills, 2024
pen, ink, and acrylic and Sculpey on paper
11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Asher Hartman, Landlord and Girls’ Spirit, 2024
pen, ink, and acrylic on paper
11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
From Common Ground, installation view, 2025
Asher Hartman, Extras for Kay Whale (Female Hallucinations), 2024
polymer clay
dimensions variable
This exhibition is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Fondation Valmont through its mission to promote contemporary art, foster intercultural dialogues, and support visual artists on a global scale.
From Common Ground is curated by Salim Moore, academic curator at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, and brings together a creative exchange of work by artists with roots in Altadena, California. The artists were assembled through a collaboration between the Fondation Valmont, Marcos Lutyens, and Night Gallery.
Fondation Valmont has a very precise mission: promoting art in all its forms, in accordance with the values offered by Valmont its parent company: quality, aesthetics, generosity and sustainability. Valmont Chairman Didier Guillon has always refused to remain trapped in the universe of cosmetics alone and has therefore built bridges with the artistic sector. Guillon's efforts were crowned in 2015, when the rich depth and scope of the projects led to the birth of Fondation Valmont. In 2019, this institution made Venice its permanent home, in a Renaissance palace built in the purest 16th century style with rococo interior decorations: Palazzo Bonvicini, also known as The Intimate Museum. Alongside the international art events that take place in Venice, Fondation Valmont offers a rich programme of travelling exhibitions presented worldwide, from Hydra to New York.
Ruby Neri
Trinity, 2024
ceramic with glaze
30 1/2 x 21 x 11 in (77.5 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm)
Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery
Kenturah Davis
duration I (jada), 2024
archival pigment print mounted to lenticular lens, in walnut frame
19 1/4 x 26 3/4 x 4 in (48.9 x 67.9 x 10.2 cm)
Ed. 1 of 10 + 2 A.P. (#1/10)
Marwa Abdul-Rahman
Always Coming Home, 2025
oil paint, acrylic paint, resin, screen, wire, wood, twine, rope, string, metal and thread on canvas
92 x 48 x 40 in (233.7 x 121.9 x 101.6 cm)
Brad Eberhard
Muscle Memory, 2025
oil on glazed stoneware
8 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 10 in (21.6 x 36.8 x 25.4 cm)
Brad Eberhard
The Colgate, 2025
glazed stoneware and oil
16 1/2 x 8 x 8 in (41.9 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Brad Eberhard
Mechatoad, 2025
oil on glazed stoneware
11 x 7 1/2 x 5 in (27.9 x 19.1 x 12.7 cm)
Brad Eberhard
Momvocado, 2025
oil on glazed stoneware
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in (21.6 x 14 x 10.2 cm)
Brad Eberhard
Storied Fable, 2025
oil on glazed stoneware
15 x 7 x 8 in (38.1 x 17.8 x 20.3 cm)
Brad Eberhard
Geranium Vase, 2025
oil on glazed stoneware
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in (21.6 x 14 x 10.2 cm)
Laura Howard Parker
Labyrinth Red III, 2010
abraided type c print
23 x 23 in (58.4 x 58.4 cm)
Laura Howard Parker
Window Diptych (neg/pos gothic), 2011
abraided type c print
each: 23 x 23 in (58.4 x 58.4 cm)
Patricia Valencia & Emmett Walsh
There it is...Take it!, 2018
single channel color video
13 minutes 24 seconds
Ed. of 1 + 3 (#1/3)
Alice Könitz
Museum of Pitch and Liquids, 2021
wood pulp, glass, water from Mono Lake, pine resin mixed with charcoal, plaster of Paris
24 x 24 x 24 in (61 x 61 x 61 cm)
Eric Zammiitt
Yellowpink Pinkyellow Plank, 2025
laminated acrylic plastic
86 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4 in (218.4 x 16.5 x 4.4 cm)
Camilla Taylor
The Eye of God, 2023
ceramic with underglaze (281 unique objects)
120 x 120 x 8 in (304.8 x 304.8 x 20.3 cm)
Asher Hartman
Test My Skills, 2024
pen, ink, and acrylic and Sculpey on paper
11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Asher Hartman
Landlord and Girls’ Spirit, 2024
pen, ink, and acrylic on paper
11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)