Glendale Arts is pleased to present A Collision in Color: Photography by Robert Fitzgerald, a solo photography exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Robert Fitzgerald. The show will be on view from August 2-August 30, 2025 at ace/121 Gallery. The public is invited to the Opening Reception on Saturday, August 2 from 6:00-8:00pm to meet the artist and celebrate the debut of Fitzgerald’s never-before-seen work.

Using a blend of analog and digital techniques, Fitzgerald transforms fleeting, everyday sights into visually striking abstractions that draw the viewer into a heightened sensory experience. In A Collision in Color, the resulting works are photographs that come alive with movement, saturated in bold hues that capture the intensity, texture, and beauty of the urban and natural environments that surround us.

A long-standing fascination with surfaces, particularly walls, anchors much of his work. “A photograph is a two-dimensional object, but even in an image of a flat surface like a wall, there’s a third dimension represented by texture,” says Fitzgerald.

His passion for vivid color is deeply rooted in his admiration for Fauvism, the early 20th-century movement known for its expressive use of hue and form. “I would say I’m a fauvist – maybe even an absurd fauvist,” he says.

The collision of form, tone, and energy that lies at the heart of the exhibition was inspired in part by the artist’s travels to Mexico, where the combination of colors and architecture were “a revelation” for Fitzgerald. In Back Alley, taken in Guanajuato, Mexico, “the colors were latent in the stones, and didn’t emerge until I pushed the color saturation. I’ve always been drawn to colors colliding in ways no one expects,” he shares.

“Color is not just seen; it is felt,” says Fitzgerald. “After decades of shaping emotion through sound in film and television, I began exploring photography as another way to express what can’t always be said. A Collision in Color is my first exhibition, and I’m grateful and excited to share this chapter of my creative evolution in a space like ace/121 Gallery that champions artistic exploration in all its forms.”

About Robert Fitzgerald
Robert Fitzgerald is a Los Angeles-based artist known for his vivid, color-saturated photographic images and dynamic compositions. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Fitzgerald began his creative journey studying at Boston University before transferring to the University of Southern California. He spent four decades working as a sound editor in film and television, contributing to acclaimed projects such as Dances with Wolves and Pretty Woman, and was a longtime member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. In retirement, Fitzgerald turned his creative focus to photography, initially working in black and white before developing a practice defined by bold color, movement, and abstraction.