Closing Reception - Saturday, September 12, 2-4 pm
August 20 to September 12, 2026
Gallery Hours: Thursday to Saturday, 1-4 pm
L.L. Contemporary (95 East Beaver Creek Road, Unit 2) is pleased to present TRAMPOLINE TRAMPOLEEN TRAMPOLIN, a solo exhibition by Jeffrey Halstead bringing together seventeen works produced between 2019 and 2026.
Spanning acrylic and UV print on aluminum, screenprint on paper, and large scale video projection, the exhibition examines what happens to images as they are repeatedly copied, cropped, tagged, printed, scanned, projected, and circulated.
The exhibition title begins with an object associated with recoil. A trampoline absorbs force and returns it, sending the body upward only for it to fall and rebound again. In TRAMPOLINE TRAMPOLEEN TRAMPOLIN, the word undergoes a similar movement, appearing correctly, phonetically, and incompletely. Its alternate spellings resemble the variations and errors embedded in online search terms and digital metadata.
The title moves between play and system: between the physical instability of bouncing and the repetitive structures through which images are found, categorized, and returned to us. Throughout the exhibition, familiar cartoon figures, architectural interiors, digital fragments, grids, and printing artifacts appear in states of collision and partial recognition. Across aluminum panels, works on artboard, and screenprints, bodies are stretched, layered, interrupted, or reduced to recognizable features: eyes, ears, bows, gloves, and silhouettes.
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Image above - Jeffrey Halstead, HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE, Single-channel video, 4K, color, 212 x 114 in projected image, Duration: 7 min 30 sec, 2025
