Bergamot Station in Santa Monica (2525 Michigan Ave. Building Santa Monica, CA 90404), offers several openings.
TAG Gallery features an art talk with Christo Brock, Elizabeth Szymczak, and Kamil Vojnar.
See image: Kamil Vojnar,
From History of Aviation
mixed media on wood
16 x 16 in.
Kamil Vojnar utilizes many paradoxical elements in his work. His pieces have a gritty, yet delicate and elegant feel. They are ethereal, yet remarkably tangible.
In his latest work, Brock continues to explore unwonted (unusual, unexpected) imagery from everyday life. In all his imagery, printed exclusively on metal, Brock shows the unique vision that has characterized his work.
Elizabeth Szymczak captures the dynamism of motion, whilst maintaining an exemplary level of realism. She paints out of a love for dance and the expressing of emotion through movement. Szymczak’s paintings render what the figures are attempting to evoke.
On view: February 28 – March 21, 2015
What: Artist reception
Where: TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue D3, SM 90404
When: 3:00 pm
Phone: (310) 829-9556
Website: www.taggallery.net
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Then head to the Craig Krull Gallery (B-3) for an opening reception celebrating the art of Astrid Preston.
Astrid Preston’s work is a testament to the fact that landscapes do not exist in Nature but rather, only in the mind’s eye. While her images employ elements of place, they are also reconstructions that manifest personal perspectives or conceptual themes.
In this way, she is a kindred spirit to Edward Hicks and his Peaceable Kingdoms, Giorgio de Chirico and his vacant metaphysical piazzas, and René Magritte and his surreal scenarios. On Reflections, the title of Preston’s new group of paintings, refers to her subject matter, but it also suggests her cerebral processing and interpretation of nature.
On view: March 7 – April 11
What: Opening reception
Where: Craig Krull Gallery (B-3) Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, 90404
When: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm.
Phone: 310.828.6410
Website: http://www.craigkrullgallery.com
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ROBERT BERMAN GALLERY premieres “FAULTLINE”
an anamorphic installation by Gary Palmer.
Palmer’s drawings are large scale site-specific illusions in urban places, but in this case his street art is placed inside the gallery.
A visual illusion bending our perception of reality leaks beyond the confines of the gallery space like street art tamed and then liberated. Part drawn illusion, part physical form, the installation steps outside the gallery walls. The floor, as if fractured by the shift of tectonic plates, crumbles away into a deep chasm but closer inspection reveals a sensitively articulated line drawing.
On view: March 7 – March 21
What: Opening reception
Where: THE ROBERT BERMAN GALLERY, Bergamot Station, (B-7) 2525 Michigan Ave. When: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Phone: 310.586.9128
Website: http://www.robertbermangallery.com/
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On the other side of Bergamot, located in the T building, enjoy a closing reception for “PAST PRESENT, The Art of the Silver Gelatin Print” at Sulkin Secant Gallery.
The event will include a presentation by art consultant Francie Kelley.
“PAST PRESENT, The Art of the Silver Gelatin Print” features the works of 14 premier Black and White photographers.
What: Opening reception
Where: Sulkin/Secant Gallery, (T-6) Bergamot Station Arts Center, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404
When: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Phone: 310.453.1538
Website: http://www.sulkinsecantgallery.com/
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In Hollywood…SPOT Photo Works, 6679 Sunset Blvd., LA 90028) debuts a new exhibit from 6-9pm. http://spotphotogallery.com
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In Culver City….
Von Lintel Gallery premieres an exhibiti
on of new paintings by New York artist, Catherine Howe. “Supreme Fiction” is the artist’s third solo show with the gallery.
Catherine Howe
Mica Painting (Geisha)
2015
acrylic, interference mica pigment, molding paste, titanium and gesso on canvas
60 x 48 inches (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
Image courtesy of the artist and Von Lintel Gallery.
A self-proclaimed materials fiend, Howe also experiments with mica interference pigment suspended in acrylic resin to lend a refractive, iridescence to the canvas ground.
Also on view is “On the Edge,” featuring another New York artist, Carolyn Marks Blackwood.
On view: March 7 – April 18
What: Opening reception
Where: Von Lintel Gallery, 2685 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA 90034
When: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Phone: 310.559.5700
Website: www.vonlintel.com
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Head South on La Cienega….
Bustamante Gill Gallery presents a two person exhibition titled “Transition” featuring two local artists.
Louis DeChristopher who will be showing some of his signature bronze sculptures and his latest acrylic paintings along with Edgar “E.Flo” Flores who will be showing some pretty large scale wildlife/figurative pop-up canvas.
What: Opening Reception
Where: Bustamante Gill Gallery, 2675 S La Cienega Blvd.
When: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Website: http://www.bustamantegill.com/
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There are a couple more openings running from 6-8pm, at Kopeikin Gallery, 2766 South La Cienega Blvd., http://www.kopeikingallery.com as well as Blum & Poe, 2727 S. La Cienega Blvd. http://www.blumandpoe.com
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In Culver City…
FP Contemporary is pleased to announce the o
pening reception for “Where I Live,” a solo exhibition featuring new work by Los Angeles-based artist Lisa Bartleson.
“I am interested in revealing the traces of labor and history within the canvas. These artifacts become integral pieces of the work and invite the viewer to step into this vulnerable space of rawness, where looking beneath the surface asks the question, what is perfection?”, says Bartleson.
On view: March 7 – April 11
What: Opening reception
Where: FP Contemporary, 5835 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
When: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Website: http://fpcontemporary.com/
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Travel West on Washington Blvd…
Klowden Mann debuts “Serenade” a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Christine Frerichs.
Christine Frerichs
The light between us (Lake Tahoe)
2015
oil, acrylic, wax and Activated Carbon
Paint on two canvases
72 by 88 inches
The exhibition is Frerichs’ second with the gallery, and continues her focus on memory, relationships and the construction of personal identity, as expressed through abstract painting.
On view: March 7 – April 11
What: Opening reception
Where: Klowden Mann, 6023 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
When: 6-8pm
Phone: 310-280-0226
Website: http://klowdenmann.com
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Downtown…Groundspace Project, (1427 E. 4th St. #4, LA 90033) hosts a closing reception from 6-9pm. http://groundspaceproject.wordpress.com
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One more for you – Downtown…District Gallery (740 East Third St., LA 90013), throws an art party from 7-10pm. http://districtgallery.com/
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In Venice…(this one goes a bit later)
Head to Abbot Kinney for a artist reception at Rivaworks Pop-Up Gallery. This exhibit will only exist this weekend, so don’t miss it. Tonight is the official art party and will feature a DJ and beverages.
See image: Footie Faith 2012
30×50
Wembley Stadium, UK.
“Stoppage Time,” is a collection of photographs taken by John Michael Riva Jr. The exhibt is inspired by his love of football (soccer). For all of you NON sports fans (yeah that includeds me)….”Stoppage Time” is a term used for the extra time added at the end of each half in Football (Soccer).
This will be his first solo exhibition featuring sports related photographs. “I love sports in general and grew up playing many, including soccer.”
March 6th – March 7th
What: Pop-Up exhibition
Where: 1306 Abbot Kinney, Venice 90291
When: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Phone: 310-402-6100
Website: Mikeyriva.com
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Or in Santa Ana…
OCCCA is pleased to present “Cabinet of Ghosts” – a group exhibition, curated by Michael EB Detto and Sayon Syprasoeuth, which gathers new work from artists exploring the aftermath of the catastrophe, the genocide, or the war.
How should we treat memories we leave behind – in real life, as metaphor, as a tool?
Artists include: Amy Kaps & Brutal Blondes, Aragna Ker, Dengue Fever, Ichiro Irie together with Lucas Kazansky, Jayme Odgers, Ken Gonzales-Day, Marianne Magne, Melinda Smith Altshuler, Michael EB Detto, Paula Goldman, Prumsodun Ok, Richard Turner, Sayon Syprasoeuth.
On view: March 7 – April 11
What: Opening Reception
Where: Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 117 North Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA 92701
When: 6:00 pm -10:00 pm
Phone: 714.667.1517
Website: http://www.occca.org/
