David Kordansky Gallery is pleased to present Love Letters, a solo presentation of new paintings by Hilary Pecis.

Like counterarguments against nihilism, the artworks in Love Letters distill everyday sites of connection into a visual language that itself feels like sustenance. Throughout the exhibition, Pecis’s vivid odes of affinity refer to people, places, and activities of particular significance. Depictions of the quotidian hang beside representations of personal milestones: the window of a friend’s art studio; the idiosyncratic signage of a Bay Area yacht club; a display of medals commemorating the dozens of races run by the artist, who likens the endurance sport to painting. Pecis is best known for creating hyper-saturated still lifes, lived-in interiors, and unmistakably Californian landscapes that conjure the Los Angeles region as an intimate setting for dailiness. The works in Love Letters traffic fluidly in these typologies while also expanding their boundaries, presenting an array of subjects united by the mysterious élan of affection.