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For Immediate Release
July 2008
LAAGAFBLA08
LA Art Girls Art Fair Biennale Los Angeles 2008
Organized by The LA Art Girls
http://www.laartgirls.com
LAAGAFBLA08 takes place July 10 – August 23, 2008.
Opening reception July 10th, 6pm -10pm for the July Downtown LA Art Walk.
Second reception August 14, 2008, 6pm-10pm for the
August Downtown LA Art Walk.
Location:
The PE Lofts www.PELofts.com
610 South Main Street, Downtown LA, CA 90013
601 Los Angeles Street, Downtown LA, CA 90013
Gallery hours:
Pedestrian Viewing 24/7 at the Main Street Location. Both spaces are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12-6pm or by appointment.
LAAGAFBLA08 is the LA Art Girl's world premiere international art show for contemporary works, and will be Los Angeles' cultural and social highlight for the summer. The exhibition recognizes the individual within this unique artist collective. Work by 27 artists, from our cutting edge generation of emerging stars, will be contained in two spectacular downtown spaces. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, and video.
This prestigious exhibition combines a selection of top artworks with an exciting program of special performances, parties and crossover events. Exhibition sites are located on 6th Street on the corners of Main and Los Angeles, in the city's beautiful downtown Historic Bank District. The exhibition is within easy walking distance of The Standard Hotel, and driving distance of the beach.
The show will be a vital source for art lovers, allowing them to discover new developments in contemporary art. A tour de force, LAAGAFBLA08 is the favorite summer meeting place for the international art world.
LAAGAFBLA08 Artists - Stephanie Allespach, Tricia Avant, Allison Danielle Behrstock, Carolyn Castano, Krista Chael, Sydney Croskery, Karen Dunbar, Catherine Daly, Amber Fox, Phyllis Green, Leila Hamidi, Micol Hebron, Parichard Holm, Ellina Kevorkian, Leigh McCarthy, Claudia Parducci, Nancy Popp, Sarah Riley, Ambika Samarthya, Kim Schoenstadt, Felis Stella, Ten Terrell, Kelly Thompson, Elizabeth Tremante, Shana Torok, Marjan Vayghan
Media Contact:
Stephanie Allespach allespach@earthlink.net
PRESS RELEASE- 4/18/08
PHANTOM GALLERIES LA INSTALLATION INAUGURATES
NEW DOWNTOWN LA PUBLIC ART SPACE
Phantom Galleries LA is proud to announce their invitation to curate and oversee exhibits showcasing the Art and Culture of Downtown Los Angeles at the new Title Guarantee Building Public Art Window Space. Exhibits are curated by Downtown LA Arts Organizations, Galleries, Independent Curators, and Artists and/or focus on topics about Downtown Los Angeles.
Inaugural exhibit:
RENEE PETROPOULOS
PERSHING SQUARE/TITLE
Curated by Susan Horowitz- Independent Curator for Phantom
Galleries LAPERSHING SQUARE/
TITLE GUARANTEE BUILDING LOFTS
1929-31 JOHN & DONALD PARKINSON ARCHITECTS
CITY OF LA HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT- DESIGNATED 1984
411 West 5th Street Los Angeles, 90013
car radio (106.9 fm) when traveling in the vicinity
Exhibit runs: April 22- June 30, 2008.
Pedestrian viewing 24/7
PERSHING SQUARE/TITLE is a site-specific
visual and sound installation by artist Renee Petropoulos.
This project continues Renee Petropoulos' exploration
of the relationship between the architectural and social
culture of LA. The starting point for this project is
the original function of the building which housed the
Title Guarantee and Trust Co., a business comprised of
holding the deeds to LA properties. The work consists
of a series of audio commentaries by various voices (people)
revealing their points of view on different LA locations.
Both amateur and authoritative voices are included and
the often poetic, emotional nature of the language of
these perceptions reveals unexpected passions for the
historic and the current elements of the city. Descriptions
of hospital rooms, immigration offices, cinema locations
and palatial pink factories serve to illuminate our cumulative
and collective response to LA. The fusion of the public
and private perceptions of the city furthers ideas about
architecture, ownership and individual interior reflection.
The project will be in constant evolution reflecting a
changing situation through both audio and visual encounters.
The audio component of the interviews will be broadcast
from the building being available at street level, and
through your car radio (106.9fm) when traveling in the
vicinity and via the PhantomGalleriesLA.com website, excerpts
made of vinyl lettering, culled from the interviews will
be added one sentence at a time on a weekly basis to the
Title Guarantee Building Art Space Windows.
PERSHING SQUARE/TITLE at the Art Deco/ Zigzag
Moderne LA Historic-Cultural Monument on Pershing Square,
presents a compelling urban street experience of encountering
diverse perspectives of LA. The Pershing Square area is
central to Downtown LA’s extraordinary urban transformation
as a vital place to work, live and visit. It is a resonant
place to consider the issues raised by this public art
work.
Media contact Phantom Galleries LA:
Liza Simone
213.626.2854
Liza@PhantomGalleriesLA.com
www.phantomGalleriesLA.com
LA artist Renee Petropoulos has produced permanent public
art here including her mural in the rotunda of the LA
Central Library, installations in Culver City and the
Metro Green Line in El Segundo. She has exhibited her
work extensively and produced temporary and permanent
installations internationally. Her recent 2007 exhibition,
Social Arrangements, featured five related ongoing projects
encompassing painting, sculpture and audio. She is represented
here by the Rosamund Felsen Gallery (rosamundfelsen.com/petropoulos/index.php).
and is currently a professor in the graduate division
of the Otis College of Art and Design.
Susan Horowitz is an independent curator and artist. She
is working with Phantom Galleries LA to curate exhibits
that illuminate contemporary urban issues. Her photo/text
art work focuses on an exploration of the complex relationship
between the individual, nature, and architecture of the
urban West. Her current exhibition LA CONTINUUM, a collaboration
with Carol Bishop, is a collection of glimpses of the
flux of urban land, development and architecture. Hennessey
and Ingalls Art and Architecture Books in Santa Monica
(hennesseyingalls.com).
WEBSITE - susanhorowitz-laprojects.com
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles
County based organization that transforms properties in
transition into 24/7 public art galleries. Each installation
is a unique relationship between the participating Artist,
Curator, and Property Owner. Exhibits are curated by local
Arts Organizations, Galleries, Independent Curators, and
Artists. The project gives local artists an opportunity
to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development
by drawing attention to available retail space. PGLA promotes
the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience
and encourages the appreciation and participation in the
arts among community members and organizations creating
a win/ win situation that benefits the entire community
as a whole. Art is a necessary part of everyday life.
Title Guarantee Building Lofts
While the exterior architecture has qualified the building
for inclusion on the Nation Historic Register, the completely
reconstructed interiors are perfect for today’s
modern living. Experience the excitement of the new Downtown
Los Angeles and live in a landmark. For further information
about The Title Guarantee Building Lofts contact 213.
627.3939 or http://titleguaranteebuilding.com
For further information about this exhibit contact - susanhorowitzproject@mac.com
For further information about Phantom Galleries LA contact
Liza@PhantomGalleriesLA.com www.PHANTOMGALLERIESLA.COM
INSTALLATION IMAGES + STREAMING AUDIO ON PHANTOMGALLERIESLA.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Downtown LA March 2008
Edgar Varela Fine Arts, 542 S. Alameda Street (at Palmetto
St.), Los Angeles, CA 90013
Press: Edgar Varela, 213-494-7608, edgar@edgarvarelafinearts.com,
www.EdgarVarelaFineArts.com
Public: info@edgarvarelafinearts.com,
www.EdgarVarelaFineArts.com
Edgar Varela Fine Arts presents the work of:
CLEMENS WOLF
The Great Mess in Los Angeles
@ THE CONTINENTAL GALLERY
Opening Reception Thursday, March 13th, 2008 from 6 –
10 pm during the Downtown Artwalk and then on display
until March 30th.
Continental Gallery
408 S. Spring Street., Los Angeles, CA 90013
(corner of Spring and 4th)
for more information please visit www.EdgarVarelaFineArts.com
Edgar Varela Fine Arts is pleased to present the opening
of this Solo show for Clemens Wolf, "The Great Mess"
in Los Angeles. The Exhibit is co-curated by Gemma Sonego
and hosted by Phantom Galleries L.A.
Clemens Wolf
Born in Vienna, Wolf has taken many of his influences
from his home city and from his travels to Berlin, Amsterdam,
Los Angeles and Tokyo. His latest body of work explores
the post-industrial surroundings of these cities and more
specifically the remains of industrial uses and the fences
that surround them. His work explores the modern landscapes
that make up the industrialized world as a testament of
the times. His work evokes a classic feel that gives certain
permanence to the work in his large-scale paintings.
Edgar Varela Fine Arts is dedicated to bringing new and
exiting emerging artist to the spotlight. EVFA has a showroom
space located on Alameda Street between 5th Street and
6th Street at the corner with Palmetto Street. Parking
is located in front of the building and on the surrounding
street. The gallery space is open by appointment only
other than the day of the opening. For more information
call Edgar Varela at 213-494-7608, e-mail at info@edgarvarelafinearts.com
or visit www.edgarvarelafinearts.com.
Phantom Galleries LA - To learn more about Phantom Galleries
LA, please contact Liza Simone at 213-626-2854 or visit
www.phantomgalleriesla.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pasadena March 2008
The Long Weekend
Installations and Performances by:
Jordan Biren and Corrina Peipon, Ashley McLean Emenegger,
MaryLinda Moss and Nikii Henry, Danial Nord, Cielo Pessione
& John O'Brien, Astra Price, Natasa Prosenc, Joseph
Santarromana & William Roper, Evelyn Serrano, Suzanne
Siegel, Kyungmi Shin & Todd Gray
Organized by: Nancy Buchanan & Joseph
Santarromana
Location: Phantom Galleries LA in Pasadena
680 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena 91101
Friday, March 28, Saturday March 29, Sunday March 30
7 to 10 pm
For information:
Liza Simone
Phantom Galleries LA Executive Director
PhantomGalleriesLA.com
213.626.2854
Examining themes of fashion and consumption, we will present
durational performances and installation works in this
former furniture store's windows. Questions regarding
the relationship of art and commerce today are myriad,
and while there are no simple answers, most observers
agree that there are many troubling implications of the
influences of speculation, branding and celebrity on the
current climate. Giving away the aesthetic experience
through such a temporary event is a return to earlier,
more idealistic times, yet placing the work within a shopping
district anchors it to the realistic present. We imagine
this to be an exciting event which will attract art audiences,
as well as provide an unusual experience to passers-by.
Jordan Biren and Corrina Peipon present a tableau/performance,
"The Exchange of the Avant-Garde" inspired by
quotes taken from a recent Norman Klein discussion of
the late Jean Baudrillard:
"...avant-garde strategies are now central to the
branding of all products..."
"...The simulacrum was simply the original itself.
It had emerged as the glowing center of all global branding...It
was simply the mood that sold anything. "
The tableau represents the "look" of a business
transaction, while an inner dialogue belies conflicted
psychological realities of personal negotiation through
a world of branded transactions. With the supporting text
contradicting the appearance of the action, only the image
of the event remains, an image meant to draw attention
to the presumptions, or "branded" recognition,
of what is taking place. A search for what defines in
what we see that which we are told we are seeing.
Nancy Buchanan's "3 Fates" sees myth reduced
to marketing; throughout cultural history, sacred and
mythic women have appeared in threes, sometimes also merging
into one mythic figure. In Greek mythology, the three
Fates personified destiny and controlled the thread of
life from birth to death (and beyond). The Greek word
moira (mo?ra) translates as a part or portion—and
so, one's fate is the part one is destined to play in
life. While their forerunners were draped in white, could
the gowns worn by these fashionable "Fates"
hint at what lies beyond fashion? Siren-red satin, prison-jumpsuit
orange, camouflage (with glitter).
In Ashley McLean Emenegger's "Judgment Day,"
colorful felt cut out dolls hang in the balance above
a miniature, faux mythological environment, the Garden
of Eden meets a metaphoric apocalyptic collapse, where
the yearning for sincere expression clashes with the expectation
and imposition of compliance to the contemporary notion
of aesthetics. Beckoned by the allure and idealization
of the Promised Land below, the dolls, both identical
and unique, are naturally confused by the conundrum of
self declaration versus the desire to fit in.
MaryLinda Moss collaborates with Nikii Henry to create
a Performative Installation. Through the evening figures
moving through space will leave an imprint, a record of
the presence of the body in the world. Using gauze and
plaster, 'clothing" will be formed on the body. As
the body moves on, it's image is left behind to create
a record of the journey through time and space
Danial Nord addresses the troubling relationships between
art and commerce, and the implications and influences
of speculation, branding and celebrity on the current
art-making climate. His inspiration comes from Hollywood's
historical misrepresentation of artists, and overheard
dialogues between dealers and potential clients at recent
Art Fairs. Nord's installation centers on a projected
clip from the film "On the Town" which shows
a ballerina as an artist, described in the film as "the
perfect urban woman", making a painting.
Cielo Pessione & John O'Brien create a tableau in
which two personages appear in the dark at the center
of the space, like a players in a theatre. The female
personage will have a pile of rags or fashion magazines
under her She could be a Queen, he a Poet. Each has a
different style of dress, which means different ways to
live and to consider the capitalism of attire.
Astra Price addresses what food we have and what food
we use. Inspired by constantly seeing fruit trees that
have gone unharvested and unused, this two-part work will
repurpose unused domestic fruit in two phases. On night
one, she will process this food; juice, simple salad,
etc… and serve it to the people on the streets.
Given the city of Pasadena's origin having strong ties
to citrus production, this work addresses some issues
of site specificity, but can just as easily be applied
to larger concepts of consumption and waste.
Natasa Prosenc's installation, "Innocence –
Dissolved" metaphorically performs the impasse of
fast lane consumerism wrapped into the ideology of progress;
the discarded toys suffocating in the thickened gooey
mass of the past embodied emotional investment, that has
nowhere else to go except release into obsession with
possession and consumption. As our environment is cluttered
with an unprecedented excess of material objects, our
culture witnesses a steadily dissolving ability to infuse
these objects with emotion. It is this emotional investment
that animates our relationship with objects and with materiality
as such. Now that this emotional link is loosening, our
world is changing. These old-fashioned toys, once brimming
with the energy from a child's power of imagination and
warmth of her touch are now discarded, as are the imaginative
and emotive habits that go along with them.
—Media and film theoretician Maja Manojlovic
Joseph Santarromana & William Roper reprise their
2007 "Malambing Thang in which the artists contemplated
the nature of desire and longing and how these emotional
states create and/or affect the perception of ones identity.
In the current 'Malambing Thang (Live),' these same issues
of longing, desire and identity attempt to play themselves
out as pure commodity. Viewers on the street will see
the backs of a group of people in the video projection
and will have to look around the projection to view the
live performers.
Evelyn Serrano invites viewers to a session of dysfunctional,
mid-air storytelling, where the "truth" is spinned,
Serrano has engaged a sign spinner to manipulate a short
poem exploring connections between the spectacle of corporate
identity, the branding of culture and the contemporary
choreography of meaning.
Suzanne Siegel once shopped for chairs at this very furniture
store – she recalls that they were expensive and
the salespeople had attitude. Siegel's "Shopping
Expedition" references memories of shopping trips
to the city (Boston) as a child and also nostalgia for
a gentler consumer experience.
Kyungmi Shin & Todd Gray will create a performance
and a video projection piece for "The Long Weekend"
during the performance night, Todd will be installed in
the window space and drum for the duration of the evening;
this drumming will trigger a random choice of short video
projection sequences created by Kyungmi of Kumasi market
in Ghana. The Kumasi market is the largest open-air market
in West Africa, and the video was shot walking around
the market.
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About the artists:
JORDAN BIREN has recently resumed his long dormant performance
practice to augment over two decades of work in single
channel video. In both video and perfomance, his work
considers permutations of meaning behind narrative articulation.
He teaches Video Art at Cal State University San Bernardino.
Nancy Buchanan addresses issues of power and money in
her work, taking the form of video, drawing, collage,
and installation. She is faculty of Film/Video at CalArts.
Todd Gray has exhibited his photo based work internationally
and is represented in the permanent collections of museums
and universities here and abroad. Gray maintains studios
in both Inglewood, California and Takoradi, Ghana.
Ashley McLean Emenegger is by tradition an assemblage
artist whose work questions established "absolutes",
reveres and summons the feminine, and speaks to the tender
parts of the soul. Her felt installation work also contends
with the issues of absolutes versus personal mythology
but in a more humorous manner with vibrant color, child-like
media, and less subdued irreverence.
MaryLinda Moss delves into the ephemeral, the transitional,
the transformative in ourselves, the vulnerable point
from which we come to a new awareness of self. Her sculpture
relates to the body and its processes, and has a unique
quality in its use of organic matter in conjunction with
other materials. Her sculptural and installation pieces
are an abstracted embodiment of our emotional and spiritual
experiences often relating to the cycles and elements
of the natural world.
Danial Nord's work critiques the influence of consumerism
and commercial media in our overstimulated environment.
He currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Nord studied
at the Tyler School of Art and the NYU Center for Digital
Multimedia. This past year he exhibited solo projects
at HAUS and Fringe in Los Angeles.
John O'Brien was born in Sagamihara, Japan; he currently
lives and works in Los Angeles, California and Umbria,
Italy. His work has shown itself to bear an effective
confluence of diverse attitudes and disciplines. Installation,
video, performance, sculpture, painting and drawing come
together in an artistic practice pointed at the investigation
of objects and their significance to us. His practice
encompasses studio art, public art, art writing and curatorial
work.
Cielo Pessione was born in Rome Italy, she currently lives
and works in Los Angeles, California and Umbria, Italy.
After finishing her art degree at the Liceo Artistico,
she completed her University studies with a doctorate
in Modern Literature at the Sapienza University of Rome.
She works in the visual arts (fiber arts, installation
and printmaking) and works with performance in both traditional
and experimental settings.
Astra Price is a new media artist interested in exploring
the non-static
world in art and life. Currently she gives shape to her
explorations through
video in a variety of forms including improvisation, installations
and
single channel work and has been recently been focusing
on concerns of food
in her kitchen and in her art.
Natasa Prosenc is an internationally acclaimed visual
artist whose work challenges the conventions assigned
to video art and narrative film. By escaping the categories
her visual concepts tap into the preconscious sentient
self prior to all thought and theory.
William Roper is an artist working in the disciplines
of music, theater and the visual arts. He eagerly awaits
the return of The Great Waschbär.
Joseph Santarromana's work is biographical, addressing
the perception and construction of identities. His work
has been exhibited internationally and he is currently
teaching at California State University in Long Beach
and the University of California in Riverside, He also
runs a video art DVD Publishing company: www.system-yellow.com.
Evelyn Serrano is a Cuban artist, mother, and independent
curator currently living in Los Angeles County, California.
She is also the Assistant Director of Programs at the
CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP). She has exhibited
her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally and
internationally. Serrano feels honored to have worked
with talented groups of visual artists, writers and actors
for several exhibitions and art events she has curated
both nationally and internationally.
Kyungmi Shin is an installation artist whose work weaves
the language of photoraphy, sculpture, painting and video.
She studied at SF Art Institute & UC Berkeley, and
currents lives and works in Los Angeles and Ghana.
Suzanne Siegel is an assemblage artist whose work focuses
on social/feminist concerns. She has been exhibiting locally
and nationally for thirty years.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pasadena February 2008A TOUCH OF RED
at Phantom Galleries LA in Pasadena
Artist Reception: Saturday, March 8,
2008
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
On View 24/7: February 23, 2008 –
March 25, 2008 _
Cost: Free
Location: Homestead House Building 680
E. Colorado Blvd.
at El Molino Pasadena, CA 91101 Phone: 626-683-9922
Adam Bota, Sophia Louisa, Linda French, Helena Pasquarella
and Raleigh Souther, Toni Scott, Julie Snyder, Clemens
Wolf
Curated by Danilak Art, Edgar Varela Fine Art and Liza
Simone.
Curated by DaneilakArt
DanielakArt is pleased to announce A Touch of Red - a
new exhibition of paintings celebrating the color red
at Phantom Galleries LA - Homestead House on the corner
of Colorado Boulevard and El Molino in Pasadena.
An opening reception for the artists will be held on Saturday
evening,
March 8, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.
Featured artists include Pasadena-based abstract painter
Linda French, who created new work for the exhibition,
African-American artist Toni Scott, a former grand prize
winner in American Photo Magazine's annual competition,
and award-winning local figurative painter, Julie Snyder.
A native of Scotland, Ms. Snyder, who is new to DanielakArt,
studied
drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art. Her
artistic career
has spanned both sides of the Atlantic and included several
years of
study in Southern Spain. She forged her craft as an illustrator
in
advertising, publishing and the motion picture industry,
including
Warner Bros. Her distinctive work tells the stories of
everyday people
in their environment. For this exhibition, her work features
images of
boxers and dancers each sporting an outfit that has just
a touch of
red.
Curated by Edgar Varela Fine Arts
Clemens Wolf
Born in Vienna, Wolf has taken many of his influences
from his home
city and from his travels to Berlin, Amsterdam, Los Angeles
and Tokyo. His latest body of work explores the post-industrial
surroundings of these cities and more specifically the
remains of industrial uses and the fences that surround
them. His work explores the modern landscapes that make
up the industrialized world as a testament of the times.
His work evokes a classic feel that gives certain permanence
to the work in
his large-scale paintings.
Berlin Fence. Oil on Canvas 2007 by Clemens Wolf
East Berlin Post Office. Oil on Canvas 2007 by Clemens
Wolf
Larger scale works by contemporary artists Adam Bota and
Clemens Wolf are also included in the exhibition. Their
artwork is curated by Edgar Varela, Director of Edgar
Varela Fine Arts of Los Angeles.
Adam Bota
The paintings of Adam Bota seem, at least in their manner
of depiction,
to take up old traditions. Especially the realistic depiction
of people
at work, surrounded by industrial plants, dams or machinery
triggers
associations with the gigantic paintings of Stalinist
etatist art. But
in an instant the spectator realizes, that things can
not be quite
correct, that he is in fact confronted with a collage,
a realistically
painted collage of impressions, of optical impressions,
not unsimilar
to the works of Erró. But a closer scrutiny reveals,
that this can not
be a political or satirical collage either. The visual
material, which
Adam Bota combines into paintings, comes from papers and
journals, from catalogues and advertisements. Collected,
selected and arranged on overcrowded pinboards, optical
ideas and quotations await their
marching orders. ? From this quarry of mass-communication
Bota selects his material for his large compositions.
Once combined and united to one of his big paintings,
they seem like the perfect representation of a dream,
re-combined remains of pictures, which you can remember
clearly but about which, at waking up, you can no longer
remember what they mean and how they go together.
Contact:
Edgar Varela Fine Arts. 542 S. Alameda Street, 2nd Floor,
Los Angeles,
CA 90013
(213) 494.7608
curated by Liza Simone
Sophia Louisa Painting is something I've always enjoyed
and truly appreciate. From realism to abstraction, impressionism
to minimalism - there is something in art itself that
I simply enjoy.
With my own works, I lean more towards abstraction. Not
abstraction in the purest form, but rather more representational,
such as painting landscapes and seascapes. I like to attribute
a dreamlike quality to my works, with colors that are
earthy, and at times using textures that are complex,
and yet still simple. I love it when people to discover
something within my work and can relate to something they
recognize whether it is visual or evoked because of an
emotional element they didn't realize they were looking
for, but yet being quite content in discovering it.www.dessagallery.com
Helena Pasquarella & Raleigh Souther "Cuba Hoy"
Photographs of Cuba
To see the entire exhibit go to: kissoflight.com
Helena Pasquarella was a former L.A. Times photographer
and her husband, Raleigh Souther, was a former L.A. Times
photo editor. The couple presently run Get Flipped!™,
a successful event photography business, based in Orange
County. This is the first joint exhibit for the couple.
This Phantom Galleries L.A. installation is located at
the former
Homestead House Building in the historic Pasadena Playhouse
District.
Artworks will be displayed in storefront windows visible
from the
street 24 hours a day, seven days a week until March 25,
2008. The
artists' reception is taking place Saturday evening, March
8, 2008 from
6:00 to 9:00 pm. The reception is free and open to the
public.
www.PhantomGalleriesLA.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phantom Galleries LA
in partnership with the
Long Beach Redevelopment Agency presents:
Fiat Lux III
a solo show by artist Susan Chorpenning,
curated by Dangerous Curve
Media contact: Liza Simone
213.626.2854
Liza@PhantomGalleriesLA.com
www.phantomGalleriesLA.com
Light Artist Brightens Up the Darkest Season in Long Beach
Susan Chorpenning's art installation "Fiat Lux III"Los
Angeles, CA, January 12, 2008 -
Phantom Galleries LA has become known for transforming
unsightly empty storefronts into vibrant and culturally
exciting art experiences from Beverly Hills to Pasadena.
PGLA is proud to announce a partnership with the Long
Beach Redevelopment Agency in presenting their inaugural
Long Beach exhibit, Susan Chorpenning's window installation
"Fiat Lux III." Curated by Dangerous Curve.
Location: 248 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA
90802
Exhibit runs: January 12 to April 1,
2008.
Viewable 24/7 with optimal viewing hours between 5 pm
- 1 am.
Gallery Hours by appointment only.
Reception for the artist TBA.
"Fiat Lux" means "Let There be Light."
Chorpenning means to light up
the darkest days and longest nights of the year. If
you've not seen one of Susan Chorpenning's twinkling light
window displays, you've not had a true urban winter-wonderland
experience! Her last PGLA installation, "Fiat
Lux II," was like a holiday mega-display, with the
lights painstakingly intertwined and loaded on until they
filled the whole window. From afar, the window seemed
to hover in front of its pane of glass. Up close,
one's whole field of vision was engulfed.
The effect was invigorating exuberance.
"Fiat Lux III" is more subdued than was "Fiat
Lux 2," its lights restrained (if only slightly)
and elegant. It fills the two windows to the left
and right of the location's main doorway. The walls
are painted bright colors with added blocks of color behind
some light elements. These light elements come in
a variety of shapes and sizes, such as twinkling globes,
mini-lava lamps, colored compact fluorescents, and tiny,
twinkling, multicolored lights mounted on frames. Using
stretcher bars throughout - but instead of being the structure
for paintings, they are the structure for lights - eg.
strings of lights wrapped around the stretcher bars, and
variations on this theme. These "frames" are
the most recurrent image in the piece. More subtle it
is, but indeed still a beautiful sensory enterprise.
More about the Artist
Chorpenning is
from Altadena, via New York and Europe. She has
had numerous solo shows and siteworks in galleries and
museums, nationally in New York, the San Francisco Bay
Area, Texas, and internationally in Paris, France, and
Germany. She has performed to rave reviews at Dixon
Place, The Knitting Factory, BACA, The Painted Bride,
and Claremont College. Among other things, Chorpenning
does so-called "dark rooms," chairs with flash
units and light-sensitive rocks. All these things
use afterimages (from phosphorescent paint or flash units
that leave traces on one's retina to mimic memory perceptions.
The "memories" can build up and overlap,
and sometimes interact and overwrite each other. Chorpenning's
solo show at Dangerous Curve in 2004 was one of her "light
room" installations. In these, she uses paint
on walls and floors to record "memories" of
constantly moving sunlight streaming in through doors,
windows, and skylights throughout a given day. All
Chorpenning's past light rooms have been records of sunlight
as it actually came into the rooms, but in "February
Thirtieth," the sunlight was completely fabricated
for a completely fabricated day. Chorpenning has noted
that light traces left from another part of a day can
have a surprising psychological effect, causing the viewer
to perceive enhanced brightness in a room without really
understanding why. Imagine the effect in a room that,
facing north, doesn't have any direct sunlight at all.
The space at Dangerous Curve is such a room, and
the effect of Chorpenning's multicolored trace records
was profound.
More about the Presenters
Phantom Galleries LA http://PhantomGalleriesLA.com
is a Los Angeles County based organization that transforms
properties in transition into 24/7 public art galleries.
Each installation is a unique relationship between the
participating Artist, Curator, and Property Owner.
Exhibits are curated by local Arts Organizations, Galleries,
Independent Curators, and Artists. The project gives local
artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering
economic development by drawing attention to available
retail space. PGLA promotes the creative communities of
Los Angeles to a broader audience and encourages the appreciation
and participation in the arts among community members
and organizations creating a win/ win situation that benefits
the entire community as a whole. Art is a necessary part
of everyday life.
Dangerous Curve http://dangerouscurve.org is
a leading contemporary art space in the Arts District
of Los Angeles that supports risky and intelligent work
that's ahead of the curve.
The Long Beach Redevelopment Agency works to build a better
Long Beach. For more information about Long Beach
contact: http://rda.longbeach.gov
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For Immediate Release
Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) is proud to partner with Phantom Galleries L.A. on the offsite installation component of our city-wide Go Native programming.
Go Native: Installed
Exhibition Runs: November 14, 2007– January 2008.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 14, 7p- 9p
Location: 680 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101
Participating Artists include: Meeson Pae Yang, Susan Bolles & Friðgeir Helgason, Dan Goldman, Mary Linda Moss, Marcie Kaufman, Dori Atlantis and Karen Frimkess Wolff, Neil Fenn, Laura Larson, Michele Jaquis and Jeremy Quinn, Rise Industries
Building on the successes of Los Angeles Art Association’s Go Native Film Screening in September and the Go Native exhibition at Gallery 825 in October, Go Native: Installed is the third event associated with our L.A.-themed Go Native programming. This off-site exhibition encourages the development of persistence, effort, and risk-taking – all crucial characteristics of non-traditional exhibition environments. LAAA Executive Director Peter Mays states, “Go Native: Installed will explicitly offer L.A.’s most non-traditional artists an opportunity to expand and realize their singular artistic visions - fulfilling the potential of the city-wide Go Native programming.”
Juror: Karen Constine
Most recently Karen Constine served as the Interim General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and as the Special Cultural Advisor to LA Mayor Villaraigosa. Ms. Constine's impressive credentials also include a 5 year stint as the Director of the California Film Commission.
ABOUT GO NATIVE: As one of the oldest surviving non-profit arts organizations in California, Los Angeles Art Association is ideally poised to initiate a community discussion about the emerging artists' view of our shared cultural and civic landscape. Toward that end, we are please to announce “Go Native,” a multi-media project focused on giving local emerging artists the opportunity to comment on LA's cultural and socio-economic landscape, while enhancing and advancing the important role that these artists play in our shared civic, economic and cultural development.
About Phantom Galleries L.A.
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County based organization that transforms vacant storefront windows into 24/7 public art galleries. Each installation is a unique relationship between the participating Artist, Curator, and Property Owner. Exhibits are curated by local Arts Organizations, Los Angeles based Galleries, Independent Curators, and Los Angeles based Artists. The project gives local artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development by drawing attention to available retail space. The project promotes the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience. By pooling our resources we can create goodwill and a sense that Los Angeles is a single community booming with culture. Phantom Galleries LA is inspired by and modeled after the successful Phantom Galleries in San Jose.
For more information Contact:
Sinead Finnerty-Pyne
825 N. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069
310.652.8272 ph. / 310.652.9251 fx.
sinead@laaa.org / www.laaa.org
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For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Liza Simone at Phantom Galleries LA: 213.626.2854
liza@phantomgalleriesla.com
REBECCA NIEDERLANDER
SLICES
Exhibition Dates: September 14 – October 31, 2007
Opening Reception:
FRIDAY, September 14th, 2007 6 – 10pm
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Phantom Galleries LA is pleased to present Slices, a solo exhibition of work by Rebecca Niederlander curated by Liza Simone. The exhibition will run from September 14-October 31, 2007. A reception will be held on Friday, September 14, 6-10 p.m. at 269 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA. This event will be free and open to the public. The exhibition will be open to the public on Saturdays from 11-6 and by appointment.
“Mobiles are sensitive symbols of Nature, of that profligate Nature which squanders pollen while unloosing a flight of a thousand butterflies; of that inscrutable Nature which refuses to reveal to us whether it is a blind succession of causes and effects, or the timid, hesitant, groping development of an idea." --Jean-Paul Sartre, writing about Alexander Calder’s Mobiles, 1946
Rebecca Niederlander’s sculptures have always reflected an interest in the processes of perception and interpretation, and in the discovery of particulars that often go unnoticed in the rush of events. Though early forms often sat solidly grounded, her later work regularly hovers, floats, or hangs suspended above a surface. The most recent Family Tree series originated in an installation featuring a room-sized vellum mobile that she describes as an attempt to reflect on individual's place in the continuum. All elements in A Family Tree are connected, each bit's activity modulated by the activity of the whole. The 6,000+ small, fluttering forms were created using a Japanese paper cutting technique called Kirigami, which westerners know as "making paper snowflakes." After creating that piece, Niederlander began to experiment with wire because of more complex and abstracted forms that medium makes possible. Also fascinating is the relationship between the lines of the wire forms and their alter-ego shadows.
Many suspended sculptures, and mobiles in particular, lack manageability. They start from a place of equilibrium, but from that point on it’s their nature to shift, to become, to reinvent. Their mutability also makes them a kind of dream space into which viewers can enter or onto which they can project their own discoveries and interpretations. The protean qualities mean that their creator can plan only so far in terms of how they will evolve. She must let go and allow them to find their own form. In this way, a mobile can be seen as a placeholder for the experience of living, perhaps in particular for the process of parenting (an identity Niederlander is still acclimating herself to). By the way, many of the pieces were designed to be effective pull-toys!
Rebecca Niederlander received her MFA from UCLA, and her BFA from California College of the Arts (formerly CCAC). She is represented by Carl Berg Gallery 6018 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036: 323 931 6060 http://www.carlberggallery.com/ carl@carlberggallery.com
Rebecca Niederlander would like to thank The Durfee Foundation for the financial assistance they have provided through an Artists’ Resource for Completion Grant for this exhibition.
MORE ABOUT PHANTOM GALLERIES LA
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County-based organization that transforms unoccupied storefronts and spaces into temporary art galleries. Exhibits are curated by local arts organizations, Los Angeles-based galleries, independent curators, and Los Angeles-based artists. The project promotes the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience. The spaces are lit and on view 24 hours a day.
Phantom Galleries offers a special thank you to the City of Beverly Hills Economic Development Office for their continued support and assistance in launching the Beverly Hills Phantom Galleries LA program. "In Beverly Hills we believe that a vital economy needs an active art and cultural core." – Alison Maxwell, Director of Economic Development and Marketing for the City. For more about the City of Beverly Hills's Public Art Program see www.beverlyhills.org.
For more information about Phantom Galleries LA, please contact: Liza Simone • 213.626.2854 • liza@phantomgalleriesla.com •www.phantomgalleriesla.com
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For immediate release
"Occupied"
Daniel Brodo and Bill Wheelock
September 13 – October 31, 2007
Phantom Galleries is proud to present Occupied: works by Daniel Brodo and Bill Wheelock, curated by Daniel Brodo. Located in Phantom Galleries’ Downtown Los Angeles space the show opens on September 13th, the evening of the Downtown Artwalk and remains on display throughout October.
The word “Occupied,” declares that a space has been claimed—a strategy that Phantom Galleries deploys to the benefit of both the empty storefronts that host artwork and the public who sees it. Occupations in terms of our jobs, have taken over our identities; while the term Occupation in reference to foreign lands is a euphemism for aggressive seizure. From a sign on a train seat, to the sign on the bathroom door, “Occupied” designates ownership like a flag: this space is currently being used, even in the tenant’s absence.
The works in this exhibition are by two artists who are preoccupied with the political, emotional, and psychological issues of presence, and the aesthetics and politics of its display. To what degree does squatting equal ownership or ownership equal power?
Brodo occupies his time producing labor-intensive site and time specific works, which, while they approach classicist themes of sculpture, drawing, and architecture with a child-like enthusiasm, lack a child’s naiveté. One Hundred loosely modeled terracotta figure studies perch on ramshackle stands cobbled together out of scrap wood. Upon closer inspection, the figures are revealed to be both heavily armed and naked.
Bill Wheelock's long-exposure photographs spell out words written in fire, created by waving a candle in the dark. Trails of flame cast an eerie glow back on the writer who appears as a ghost image behind each letter. The words depicted in a hellish fire font, reveal the fear of terror latent in the refrains of children’s stories.
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County-based organization that transforms unoccupied storefronts and spaces into temporary art galleries. Exhibits are curated by local arts organizations, Los Angeles-based galleries, independent curators, and Los Angeles-based artists. The project gives artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while promoting the creative community to a broader audience and keeping the area looking vital and culturally exciting.
For more information about Phantom Galleries LA, please contact:
Liza Simone • 213.626.2854 • liza@phantomgalleriesla.com www.phantomgalleriesla.com
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For Immediate Release
September 1, 2007
“EARTHSOUNDS” at Phantom Galleries LA in Pasadena (Homestead House Building)
Artist Reception: Saturday, September 1, 2007
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
On View 24/7: August 10, 2007 – September 15, 2007
Cost: Free
Location: Homestead House Building
680 E. Colorado Blvd. at El Molino
Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone: 626-354-0359
A unique, colorful exhibition is taking place this month at Phantom Galleries LA at the Homestead House building on the corner of Colorado Boulevard and El Molino in Pasadena. People attending the Pasadena Playhouse and visiting Vroman’s Bookstore will be in for a pleasant visual experience when they look across the street and see the exhibition entitled EARTH SOUNDS. The exhibition, which celebrates the colors, sounds, and textures of the Mother Earth will be on display until September 15, 2007. Visitors will be delighted to see that many of the works, which were created by local artists, are also available for acquisition.
Featured artists include Pasadena-based abstract painter Linda French, Los Angeles-based artist Kate Moriarty who paints pastels on suede, award-winning African-American artist Toni Scott, the late noted illustrator and landscape painter Robert G. Stevens, and locally known oil painters Lynne Fearman and Trice Tolle. The exhibition also includes the large botanical casein paintings of Mark Venaglia whose collectors include Robert De Niro and Celine Dion. Called “one of the most exciting artists in America today,” by The New York Times and L.A. Times, Mr. Venaglia is known locally for creating a mural diptych in support of The PerCent for Art Program in 2001 for The Cultural Affairs Department of Pasadena. These artists are curated by Margaret Danielak of Pasadena-based DanielakArt, an art sales and consulting company that specializes in exhibiting art in alternative venues.
The exhibition also includes the artwork of Ione Citrin, Pasadena-based painter Barbara Kaleta, artist Sophia Louisa and the Downtown Women's Center whose windows are curated by Liza Simone Artist Brigitte Moos’ contemporary paintings are also included in the exhibition. Her artwork is curated by Edgar Varela, Director of Edgar Varela Fine Arts of Los Angeles.
This Phantom Galleries L.A. installation is located at the former Homestead House Building in the historic Pasadena Playhouse District. Artworks will be displayed in storefront windows visible from the street 24 hours a day, seven days a week until September 15, 2007. The artists’ reception is taking place Saturday evening, September 1, 2007 from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. The reception is free and open to the public. For further information please contact Liza Simone at Phantom Galleries LA at 213- 626-2854 or visit www.phantomgalleriesla.com.
To learn more about Art Rep Margaret Danielak and the artists of Pasadena-based DanielakArt visit www.danielakart.com or call 626-683-9922.
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August 1, 2007
**Attn: Calendar Editors, Art Critics, Music & Art & General Features Writers**
“Opera Workshop” – Art Installation and Free Jazz Opera Workshop –
Opens To Public
Project Features Collaborative Interplay Between George Herms & Farmlab
Takes place in ephemeral Beverly Hills “Phantom Gallery;" Reception 8/11/07
WHAT:
“Opera Workshop” is the umbrella title of two blended, process-based installations that set out to develop ideas and create a zone of play, flexibility, and collaboration in the heart of a busy commerce district. “Opera Workshop” consists of two projects:
*”Amaze,” by Farmlab Team; and
*”The Artist’s Life: A Free Jazz Opera” workshop by George Herms
WHEN & WHERE:
Phantom Galleries LA; 269 N. Beverly Drive; Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Dates & Hours: August 11-August 31, 2007; Thurs-Sat, 12-5pm, and by appointment
*August 11 @7-10pm: Opening Reception
*August 18 @ 7-9pm: Free Jazz Opera workshop performance by George Herms & jazz musicians
*August 25 @ 10pm: Free Jazz Opera performance by George Herms & jazz musicians
WHO:
Farmlab is a collective dedicated to the preservation and perpetuity of living things. More info @ www.farmlab.org
George Herms is a Los Angeles-based artist.
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County-based organization that transforms unoccupied storefronts and spaces into temporary art galleries. More info @ www.phantomgalleriesla.com
MORE ABOUT "AMAZE"
Working inside the otherwise vacated "Phantom Gallery" space at 269 N. Beverly Drive, in Beverly Hills, Calif, members of the Farmlab team have set about creating, "AMAZE." This experimental labyrinth is a zone of play, flexibility, and collaboration located in the heart of a renowned commerce district where passers-by are offered constant opportunities to consume, but far fewer to build and make.
Utilizing a palette of salvaged materials (steel rods, telephone wire, kimonos, etc.), and inspired by the assemblage work and recycling ethos of George Herms – himself a recent Farmlab artist-in-residence – Farmlab team members have since mid-July been working to transform the large, ground-floor lobby area of this former bank building.
AMAZE aims to explore the idea of collaborative endeavors as the result of individual acts. Rather than decide every move together, Herms and Farmlab build separately, in different sections of the venue. The end result is a loose framework that likely – or not – will fit together.
Members of the public are invited to join in and add to the maze as they see fit, either by bringing in their own materials or using items already on-hand.
MORE ABOUT "JAZZ OPERA WORKSHOP"
George Herms’ Jazz Opera Workshop, set in the eye of the maze, mingles with the rollicking larger construction and is best viewed from a cocoon-like seating arrangement built within the maze's framework. Public workshops of two of the acts of this five-act opera, with accompaniment from leading jazz musicians, will take place on August 18 & August 25.
The opera's structure will ultimately consist of –
Act One, Scene One: A Sculptor's Studio; Act Two: Away; Act Three: Oops: Act Four; Evil (The taking down of the Serapeum); and Act Five: The Redemption Kiss.
MORE ABOUT WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 18, 2007 @ 7-9PM (invitation only: open to the public to be announced)
On this evening, Herms and musicians will workshop, "Act Two: Away." Jazz musicians joining Herms on 8/25 are: Roberto Miranda (bass), Bobbie Bradford (cornet), Vinnie Golia (reeds), Clayton Cameron (drums), Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (viola).
MORE ABOUT WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 25, 2007 @ 10PM (invitation only: open to the public to be announced)
On this evening, Herms and musicians will workshop, "Act One, Scene One: A Sculptor's Studio," a salute to john Coltrane. A spiral staircase will be elevated, and a large spherical buoy played. Jazz musicians joining Herms on 8/25 are: Theo Saunders (piano), Adar Lawrence (tenor sax); Henry "The Skipper" Franklin (bass); Ramon Banda (drums); David Dalston (trombone). Levitation of the spiral staircase is courtesy of Bill Gray.
MORE ABOUT FARMLAB:
Farmlab's short-term multi-disciplinary investigations of land use issues related to sustainability, livability, and health are conducted by members of the team behind the recent Not A Cornfield project in Downtown Los Angeles. NAC project artist Lauren Bon is Farmlab's founder and Creative Director.
MORE ABOUT GEORGE HERMS:
“Like a lean jazz quartet, Herms sets the mood as much with what is there as with what is not. In an era where assemblage artists fixate on the cute essentials of thrift store finds, Herms abstracts the detritus of society into an improvisational solo encouraging the things to become something else within his sculptures and collages.” – Mat Gleason, ArtScene, 2005
MORE ABOUT PHANTOM GALLERIES LA
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County-based organization that transforms unoccupied storefronts and spaces into temporary art galleries. Exhibits are curated by local arts organizations, Los Angeles-based galleries, independent curators, and Los Angeles-based artists. The project gives artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while promoting the creative community to a broader audience and keeping the area looking vital and culturally exciting. The spaces are lit and on view 24 hours a day.
Phantom Galleries offers a special thank you to the City of Beverly Hills Economic Development Office for their continued support and assistance in launching the Beverly Hills Phantom Galleries LA program. "In Beverly Hills we believe that a vital economy needs an active art and cultural core." – Alison Maxwell, Director of Economic Development and Marketing for the City.
For more about the City's Public Art Program, log onto www.beverlyhills.org. For more about Phantom Galleries LA, contact Liza Simone, 213.626.2854; liza@phantomgalleriesla.com
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"Opera Workshop" Photos Available Upon Request
Farmlab team members are available for interviews about this, and other, topics.
More information, contact Farmlab Project Manager Jeremy Rosenberg at (323) 226-1158 or info@farmlab.org
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June 7th, 2007
"High and Dry, Smoke and Fog"
A group show curated by Price Latimer
June 15 – July 6, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, June 15, 2007 • 6 – 9 pm
Open to the public on Fathers Day, June 17, 2007 11am - 5pm in for "Concours on Rodeo."
featuring work by:
Jason Adams, Mattia Biagi, Jennifer Celio, Deborah Fisher, Whitey Flagg, Adam Harteau, Cheryl Kelley, Michael Markowsky, Doug Martin, Blue McRight, Joel Morrison, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Reynolds,
Ed Ruscha, Eddie Ruscha, Salvatore Scarpitta, Lola Scarpitta, Kim Schoenstadt, Christoph Schmidberger, Chloe Sells, Shelter Serra, Nikki Van Pelt and Jeremy Wagner
Free cocktails
Music by DJ Mike B.
269 N. Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
High and Dry, Smoke and Fog is inspired by cars… the joy, the freedom, the mechanics, the dependence, the status symbol, the technology, the social responsibility, the sex appeal, the pollution, the speed, the danger, the commute, the traffic, the exhilarating road trip, the urban sprawl and the transportation conundrum. The artwork in this exhibition addresses the paradox of these topics; some works evoke it directly, some abstrusely. The work also illustrates the general human desire for movement and exploration, and how mankind’s pioneering, adventurous spirit has come to manifest itself today in our motor transportation. Particularly in Los Angeles – the American metropolis supreme – whose complicated relationship with cars, traffic and transportation is both fascinating and poignant. L.A. is the only major city that was entirely shaped by the automobile. In 1964, Marshall McLuhan said, “The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete.” Currently, Los Angeles County is in the top ten dirtiest counties in the U.S. for air pollution.
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County-based organization that transforms unoccupied storefronts and spaces into temporary art galleries. Exhibits are curated by local arts organizations, Los Angeles-based galleries, independent curators, and Los Angeles-based artists. The project gives artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while promoting the creative community to a broader audience and keeping the area looking vital and culturally exciting. The spaces are lit and on view 24 hours a day.
High and Dry, Smoke and Fog is open by appointment, as well as the following Saturdays – June 16, June 23 and June 30 – from 11 am to 6 pm, and Sunday, June 17, 2007 in conjunction with the Rodeo Drive Concours D’Elegance, celebrating the art of California car culture.
For artist information and sales inquiries, please contact:
Price Latimer • 310.497.3667 • price@pricelatimer.com • www.pricelatimer.com
Artwork by Eddie Rusha, Ed Rusha, Robert Rauchenberg, Salvatore Scarpitta on loan from Private Collections.
Deborah Fisher courtesy of Dangerous Curve • DangerousCurve.org
Cheryl Kelley courtesy of Art murmur Gallery • ArtMurmur.com
Blue McRight courtesy of Patrica Faure Gallery • PatriciaFaureGallery.com
Phantom Galleries offers a special thank you to the City of Beverly Hills Economic Development Office for their continued support and assistance in launching the Beverly Hills Phantom Galleries LA program. “In Beverly Hills we believe that a vital economy needs an active art and cultural core.” – Alison Maxwell, Director of Economic Development and Marketing for the City. For more about the City’s Public Art Program log onto www.beverlyhills.org.
For more information about Phantom Galleries LA, please contact:
Liza Simone • 213.626.2854 • liza@phantomgalleriesla.com • www.phantomgalleriesla.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May18th, 2007
“Liminal”
Homestead Building
680 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
June 16th – August 5th, 2007 on view 24/7
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 16, 2007, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Online now at www.PhantomGalleriesLA.com
Phantom Galleries LA is pleased to present “ Liminal,” a group show including Sophia Allison, usan Bolles, Daniel Brodo, Yaya Chou, Erika Lizee, Ryan Logan, Thomas Müller, William Ransom and Christian Tedeschi
Liminal is organized by Brian Mallman & Mary Jean Mallman. This Phantom Galleries L.A. installation is located at the former Homestead Building in the Historic Pasadena Playhouse District. Artworks will be displayed in storefront windows visible from the street 24 hours a day, seven days a week until August 5th 2007.
Phantom Galleries LA is dedicated to providing cultural opportunities to the Los Angeles community.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May18th, 2007
Media Contact:
Shadi Harouni Gita Khashabi Meh
310.869.4964 310.598.5088
shadiharouni@gmail.com artiwrti@yahoo.com
MIGRATION STUDY
Studies of moving art, moving lands, moving bodies, moving voices, moving minds.
Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles is pleased to present Migration Study, a group exhibition organized by Gita Khashabi Meh. The exhibition will run from May 10 to June 14, 2007 and an opening reception for the artists will be held at Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles on Thursday, May 10, 6-10 p.m. This event, affiliated with the Los Angeles Art Walk, will be free and open to the public.
Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles:
Santa Fe Lofts Pacific Electric Lofts
131 East 6th Street 601 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013 Los Angeles, CA 90013
Gallery Hours: Friday-Sunday 12-5 p.m.
or by appointment
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Migration Study examines ways in which identity is shaped by differences in language, gender, culture, desire, exile, solitude and freedom. A study in cross-cultural mapping, the exhibit works to add a new substance to multiculturalism in Los Angeles, exploring the human form, human word and human home. The featured works, ranging from video to photography, painting, performance and installation, take the initiative of using cross-cultural resources to realize a broader form of integration.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Karen Atkinson, Amitis Motevalli, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Shadi Harouni, Doris Bittar, Marjan K. Vayghan, Zack Johnson, Colleen Murakami, Luis Ernesto Zavala, Evelyn Serrano, Joyce Dallal, Richard Masland, Farzad Kohan, Alexis Demetriades, Mark Chamness, Mariah Johnson, Lisa Tao, Simone Gad, Theresa Masangkay, Simone Gad, Chris Diaz, Amanda Alfieri, Jeremy Hight and Diego J Garza,
Opening night musical performance by Sara Esmaili and Gary Miraz,
CURATED BY: Gita Khashabi Meh, Shadi Harouni
ABOUT THE GALLERIES
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County-based organization that transforms vacant storefront windows into 24/7 public art galleries. Exhibits are curated by local Arts Organizations, Los Angeles-based Galleries, Independent Curators, and Los Angeles-based Artists. The project gives local artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development by drawing attention to available retail space. The project promotes the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience. For more information on Phantom Galleries, please visit www.PhantomGalleriesLA.com.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -
May 10, 2007
MIGRATION STUDY
Studies of moving art, moving lands, moving bodies, moving voices, moving minds.
Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles is pleased to present Migration Study, a group exhibition organized by Gita Khashabi Meh. The exhibition will run from May 10 to June 14, 2007 and an opening reception for the artists will be held at Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles on Thursday, May 10, 6-10 p.m. This event, affiliated with the Los Angeles Art Walk, will be free and open to the public.
Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles:
Santa Fe Lofts Pacific Electric Lofts
131 East 6th Street 601 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013 Los Angeles, CA 90013
Gallery Hours: Friday-Sunday 12-5 p.m.
or by appointment
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Migration Study examines ways in which identity is shaped by differences in language, gender, culture, desire, exile, solitude and freedom. A study in cross-cultural mapping, the exhibit works to add a new substance to multiculturalism in Los Angeles, exploring the human form, human word and human home. The featured works, ranging from video to photography, painting, performance and installation, take the initiative of using cross-cultural resources to realize a broader form of integration.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Karen Atkinson, Amitis Motevalli, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Shadi Harouni, Doris Bittar, Marjan K. Vayghan, Zack Johnson, Colleen Murakami, Luis Ernesto Zavala, Evelyn Serrano, Joyce Dallal, Richard Masland, Farzad Kohan, Alexis Demetriades, Mark Chamness, Mariah Johnson, Lisa Tao, Simone Gad, Theresa Masangkay, Simone Gad, Chris Diaz, Amanda Alfieri, Jeremy Hight and Diego J Garza,
Opening night musical performance by Sara Esmaili and Gary Miraz,
CURATED BY: Gita Khashabi Meh, Shadi Harouni
Media Contact:
Shadi Harouni Gita Khashabi Meh
310.869.4964 310.598.5088
shadiharouni@gmail.com artiwrti@yahoo.com
ABOUT THE GALLERIES
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County-based organization that transforms vacant storefront windows into 24/7 public art galleries. Exhibits are curated by local Arts Organizations, Los Angeles-based Galleries, Independent Curators, and Los Angeles-based Artists. The project gives local artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development by drawing attention to available retail space. The project promotes the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience. For more information on Phantom Galleries, please visit www.PhantomGalleriesLA.com.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2007
Unified Field (A)
Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles is pleased to present Unified Field (A), a group exhibition organized by the USC Roski School of Fine Arts’ Senior Class of 2007. The exhibition will run from April 12-28, 2007 and an opening reception for the artists will be held at Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles on Thursday, April 12, 6-9 p.m. This event, affiliated with the Los Angeles Art walk, will be free and open to the public.
Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles
Santa Fe Lofts
131 East 6th Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
Gallery Hours: 11am -6 p.m. on Sat, Sun;
or by appointment
Contact: 832.722.5283
Pacific Electric Lofts
601 South Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
Gallery Hours: Mon.-Thu., 9-7:30 p.m.; Fri. 9-4:30 p.m.
Contact: 832.722.5283
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The Unified Field Theory is a century old attempt at integrating the fundamental forces of physics into a single theoretical framework. Some of history’s most daring theorists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, dedicated their energy to this end. The title of the exhibition emphasizes the effort to bring together the distinct creative forces and creations of the featured artists. In alluding to ideas of energy, motion, fields, and forces, the show echoes the current state of the artists as graduating students and a need to establish personal and fundamental relationships with the universe.
Unified Field (A), at Phantom Galleries of Los Angeles, will feature works in various media including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, communication arts and digital media. A conceptual extension of the exhibition at Phantom Galleries, Unified Field (B), in the Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery on the USC campus, will more directly address the artists as a community. The work will be created under predetermined physical parameters, providing tangible evidence of the forces that bind the artists. Each installation will be short-lived and replaced by another. For more information on these exhibitions please visit: http://roski.usc.edu/events.
Media Contact:
Shadi Harouni: 310-869-4964
shadiharouni@gmail.com
ABOUT THE GALLERIES
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County-based organization that transforms vacant storefront windows into 24/7 public art galleries. Exhibits are curated by local Arts Organizations, Los Angeles-based Galleries, Independent Curators, and Los Angeles-based Artists. The project gives local artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development by drawing attention to available retail space. The project promotes the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience. For more information on Phantom Galleries, please visit www.PhantomGalleriesLA.com.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –
March 3, 2007
“DRIVE BY”680 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
March 3 - April 30, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 3, 2007, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Bruce Gray, Richard Godfrey, Barbara Kaleta, Karen Kauffman, Farzad Kohan, Anelia Lazaroff, Matt MacFarland, Stuart Rapeport, Michael Salerno, and Rachel Welch.
Phantom Galleries LA is pleased to present “Drive By,” a group show located at the former Homestead Building in the Historic Pasadena Playhouse District. This exhibition showcases ten artists whose works are diverse and engaging. Each artist will have their work displayed in a storefront window visible from the street 24 hours a day, every day and night until April 30, 2007.
Phantom Galleries LA is dedicated to providing cultural opportunities to the Los Angeles community. This exhibition will also host a special showing from Special Angels USA.
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February 8, 2007
Downtown LA Art Walk
One night only:
Gronk's BrainFlame: screening of the 14-minute computer animated piece originally created for the LodeStar Theater Dome. 7pm-9pm Film will play every 20 min. Curated by Bumdog in association with Phantom Galleries LA Art Walk. 125 E. 6th St 90013
Film will play every 20 min. from 7pm-9pm.
Special thank you to Grant Davies for providing the projection equipment.
The film describes the flashpoint in a creative thought, Developed by the Digital Pueblo Project and the Artist in Residence program.
Gronk's BrainFlame is collaboration with composer Steven LaPonsie, animator Hue Walker, and a number of students who worked on the animation through the Digital Pueblo Project.
Bumdog Curator of the highly praised "Barflies, Bodyparts, Bedlam and Bumdogs: A Photographic Journey Through Downtown LA", "Book Illustrations AND Books as Illustration" and "Flowers In The Dust: The Photography of Raymond Y. Newton". He is the Author of the book "Sketches Of Nothing By A Complete Nobody" and is also working shooting a movie of the same title.
Interview excerpt:
Gronk's Brain Flame. Welcome to the inside of an artist's mind. This is an animated depiction of what happens during an epiphany. Designed to be projected on the 5,000 square-foot dome at the LodeStar Astronomy Center, and the ARTS Lab of the University of New Mexico. The world premiere was in July 2005. LS: What is the narrative of that piece? G: My first idea was to create a Sistine Chapel—like Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel—inside of a planetarium, but with all these shapes and forms floating around. The screen size is 4,750 square feet, so it is a huge projection. It is an animated piece that is 14 minutes in length. It is about a seed: the seed blows up and creates this world. The world it creates starts to germinate. Things start to happen in it. These creatures appear and they are post-human. They are primordial; they are undefined. Out of deep space, comes this brain with this tail on it. It sucks up one of these creatures. The creature goes inside of it and blows up. Wherever one of its body parts lands, a spark of imagination goes off inside of it, inside the brain. It is kind of a localizing of the Big Bang theory. Every time we come up with an idea, it is like The Big Bang. When these shapes and forms start to float around inside the brain, they're trying to coalesce, to come together to formulate an idea. When they finally coalesce and the fog is lifted, they only show a fragment, a piece of a larger puzzle—but they have coalesced together. So, we only get this one idea. Then, all of a sudden, these black lines start to criss-cross over that idea. The last image is of a seed again. It starts to move and we wonder, "Is it going to explode again?" Well, no. That seed has just been planted in the viewer. He can explode it in his own head. LS: It is a glass brain. Why glass? G: Because I had been working in glass before, and I thought that, for me, there was a mystery to it—even though there is transparency. It is like a seed, a seed with this tail attached to it. LS: Like sperm? G: I did not say that, you did. [Laughter] That is fine. It is up to the viewer to interpret it that way, but I did not say that. It has that aspect of seed and tail to it and it creates. [More laughter] It's within the circular universe. LS: It's a creation piece. G: Yes. It is like a genesis in many ways. That is kind of the notion I was trying for. The glass brain came in a little bit after my original storyboard to the piece. I had the landscape. I had the creatures. I had them making things, mimicking nature, in a way, by changing and altering the world that they inhabit. That, in many ways, is much like the nature of human beings: to alter, to change the environment that they exist in, to create, to build, to move rocks and stack them up, or to make things grow out of the land. I had all of that_in the original piece, but I wanted a finale to it. One creature accepts destiny and, no matter what the outcome, he accepts it willingly: to find out what is on the other side.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –
February 8, 2007
New Voices: Urban, Street, and Outsider Art
New Voices group show curated by Seth Carmichael in association with Phantom Galleries LA at the Downtown LA Art Walk
February 8, 6pm -10pm @ Santa Fe Lofts SantaFeLofts.com 6th and Main St Downtown Los Angeles on the Downtown Art Walk on Gallery Row.
LA based curator Seth Carmichael continues his effort to showcase the work of emerging artists from around the world. This latest show includes work by some of the strongest voices from France, Brazil, Canada, Greece, Romania and of course the USA.
Featuring a special installation by Oddzoo (USA) and the work of Codel (France), Flip (Brazil), Labrona (Canada), Sinboy (Romania), Jonathan Edelhuber (USA), Klone (Israel), Mutha (France), WK Interact (France/USA), Zdenek55 (USA), Blinky (USA), Other (Canada), Paul8 (Brazil) Andreas Ragnar Kasapis (Greece) and more and of course the USA.
New Voices group show curated by Seth Carmichael in association with Phantom Galleries LA at the Downtown LA Art Walk
February 8, 6pm -10pm @ Santa Fe Lofts SantaFeLofts.com 6th and Main St Downtown Los Angeles on the Downtown Art Walk on Gallery Row.
LA based curator Seth Carmichael continues his effort to showcase the work of emerging artists from around the world. This latest show includes work by some of the strongest voices from France, Brazil, Canada, Greece, Romania and of course the USA.
Featuring a special installation by Oddzoo (USA) and the work of Codel (France), Flip (Brazil), Labrona (Canada), Sinboy (Romania), Jonathan Edelhuber (USA), Klone (Israel), Mutha (France), WK Interact (France/USA), Zdenek55 (USA), Blinky (USA), Other (Canada), Paul8 (Brazil) Andreas Ragnar Kasapis (Greece) and more and of course the USA.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –
February 8, 2007
“Grease meets Gronk: Downtown Artists Go To The Movies”
Live Painting emmeric: curated by Bumdog.
131 E. 6th St 90013. 6-10 pm for the Downtown LA Art Walk.
Our own downtown troubadours of the visual arts go to the movies. And give us their artistic renditions of their favorite works of cinema. Emmeric Konrad will be doing the title piece with a performance installation of "Grease" the movie, while the music of “Grease” plays in the background. The artist Gronk's animation work “Brainflame” will be projected. Robert Reynolds new work entitled "LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA”. Gustavo Albero chips in with his "Star Wars" portraits of R2-D2 and the almighty Yoda. Michael Frost has homage to Brian De Palma's "Femme Fatale". The all too lovable Taz has taken on the all too lovable movie "The Cider House Rules" as his contribution. A Matt Aston Portrait of Marilyn Monroe and we are also looking forward to some glass sculptures of "Fantasia" from Downtown Master glass artist Adam Mostow. A Mixed Media work by Treiops Treyfid of “THX-1138”. Mark Bava strikes it rich on WallStreet, and Kim Dane revisits one of her childhood favorites with “The Music Man”.
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December 16, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 16 – thru the New Year - Public viewing available all day, everyday 680 Colorado Boulevard @ El Molino in Pasadena - Near the Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre, across from Vromans and Laemmle Theatres
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 16, 2006 6p – 10p,
Media contact: Liza Simone, Liza@PhantomGalleriesLA.com 213.626.2854
Phantom Galleries Los Angeles presents a group exhibition of
site-specific installations that will transform the storefront windows
of the former Homestead Furniture shop in Pasadena into 24/7 Public Art
Galleries. The Phantom Galleries LA Holiday show will feature the
artwork of the following artists: Joshua Callaghan, Sue Chorpenning,
Richard Godfrey, Paris Patton, Michael Rosenfeld, Alex Couwenberg,
Rebecca Silva with ongoing exhibits by Barbara Kaleta, Anelia Lazaroff,
Paris Patton, Ben Shaffer, and Sasha Vom Dorp
Light Installations
Richard Godfrey:
"Luckyboy” a light installation. For the past three decades Godfrey has
established himself as a pioneer in the use of light as a means of
exploring how space is perceived. In this work, he conflates light and
image as a transformative element that describes the time/space
relationship.
Susan Chorpenning:
"Fiat Lux 2" "Let There Be Light 2". December 23, the shortest day
of the year, is a good time to bring light to the world. The artist
hopes that it will help us all remember to allow a little light into
our lives and the lives of others during these darkest days of the year.
Parris Patton: a jagged yet delicate forest of glass, mirror, feathers
and light. Art4miles.com
Art installations:
Joshua Callaghan: Drawing, www.JoshuaCallaghan.com
Michael Rosenfeld: Paintings, antiquesart.com/mars.55
Rebecca Silva: Sculpture
Alex Couwenberg: Paintings, Couwenbergfineart.com
Ongoing exhibits from
Barbara Kaleta: paintings, Anelia Lazaroff: sculpture Additional exhibit TBA Phantom Galleries Los Angeles www.PhantomGalleriesLA.com, transforms
vacant storefronts into 24/7 temporary art galleries though out Los
Angeles County.
Liza Simone
Phantom Galleries LA
213.626.2854
www.PhantomGalleriesLA.com
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December 14, 2006
Opening for the Downtown LA Art Walk
6pm-10pm
Raymond Y Newton Photographs
http://laedge.com/
curated by Bumdog
myspace.com/bumdog
Santa Fe Lofts
131 E 6th street
LA, CA 90013
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December 14, 2006
Slow Burn reception for the Downtown LA Art Walk
Sinèad Finnerty-Pyne and Jessica Devereaux present
In association with Phantom Galleries…
slow burn
a rather dark collection of prints, paintings, and sculpture by:
janice scull, jed ochmanek,ryan garton
Thursday, December 14, 6 - 9 pm
during the Downtown Artwalk
601 Los Angeles St, Los Angeles 90013
in the Pacific Electric Lofts
at the corner of 6th & Los Angeles
contact: Jessica Devereaux at 323.219.4427 or jldevereaux@msn.com
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December 14, 2006
Gronk Site specific Installation is open to the Public during the
Downtown LA Art Walk. Santa Fe Lofts
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December 1, 2006
Pasadena, CA site-specific installations in the former Homestead furniture shop December 10 – thru the New Year - Public viewing available all day,
everyday
680 Colorado Boulevard @ El Molino in Pasadena.
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 16, 2006 6p – 10p,
Media contact: Liza Simone, Liza@PhantomGalleriesLA.com 213.626.2854
Phantom Galleries LA presents a group exhibition of site-specific
installations that will transform the storefront windows of the former
Homestead Furniture shop in Pasadena into 24/7 Public Art Galleries.
The Phantom Galleries LA Holiday show will feature the artwork of the
following artists: Joshua Callaghan, Susan Chorpenning, Richard
Godfrey, Paris Patton, Michael A. Rosenfeld, Alex Couwenberg, Rebecca
Silva with ongoing exhibits by Barbara Kaleta, Anelia Lazaroff, Paris
Patton, Ben Shaffer, and Sasha Vom Dorp.
Light Installations
Richard Godfrey:
"Luckyboy” a light installation. For the past three decades Godfrey has
established himself as a pioneer in the use of light as a means of
exploring how space is perceived. In this work, he conflates light and
image as a transformative element that describes the time/space
relationship.
Susan Chorpenning:
"Fiat Lux 2" "Let There Be Light 2". December 23, the shortest day
of the year, is a good time to bring light to the world. The artist
hopes that it will help us all remember to allow a little light into
our lives and the lives of others during these darkest days of the year.
Parris Patton: a jagged yet delicate forest of glass, mirror, feathers
and light. Art4miles.com
Art installations:
Joshua Callaghan: www.JoshuaCallaghan.com
Michael A. Rosenfeld: Painting, antiquesart.com/mars.55
Rebecca Silva: Sculpture
Alex Couwenberg: Painting, Couwenbergfineart.com
Ongoing exhibits from
Barbara Kaleta: paintings, Anelia Lazaroff: sculpture Additional exhibit TBA Phantom Galleries LA transforms vacant storefronts into 24/7 temporary
art galleries throughout Los Angeles County. www.PhantomGalleriesLA.com
November 9, 2006
Sinèad Finnerty-Pyne and Jessica Devereaux presents
slow burn-a rather dark collection of prints, paintings, and sculpture by: janice scull, jed ochmanek, ryan garton
Opening Reception Nov. 9, 2006 5:00pm to 9:00pm
contact: Jessica Devereaux at 323.219.4427 or jldevereaux@msn.com
Press Release
Ana Maria Quintana presents
Under Fidel- Art from Cuba
Salvador Gonzalez, Eduardo Exposito, Alfredo Manzo, and Luis Lamothe Duribe.
Preview Thursday, November 9th, 5 to 10 p.m for the Dowtown Art Walk
Opening Receptions:.Saturday, November 11th, 5 to 10 p.m.
PhantomGalleriesLA.com , contact Ana Maria Quintana (323) 313-6596
info@underfidel.com ,underfidel.com
at the Santa Fe Lofts 121 E. 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90014
Press Release
McLean Fine Art Presents…
“Look In”
Dan Van Clapp
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 9th, 5 to 10 p.m for the Dowtown Art Walk
PhantomGalleriesLA.com , contact Ashley McLean Emenegger, 626.799.1369
mcleanfineart.com
located at 131 E 6th Street, Downtown 90016 Santa Fe Lofts
at the PE Lofts - 601 Los Angeles St, Los Angeles 90013
Press Release
November 11, 2006
Under Fidel- Art from Cuba
Salvador Gonzalez, Eduardo Exposito, Alfredo Manzo, and Luis Lamothe Duribe.
Preview Thursday, November 9th, 5 to 10 p.m for the Dowtown Art Walk
Opening Receptions:.Saturday, November 11th, 5 to 10 p.m.
PhantomGalleriesLA.com , contact Ana Maria Quintana (323) 313-6596
info@underfidel.com ,underfidel.com
at the Santa Fe Lofts 121 E. 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90014
Press Release
October 12, 2006
Jesse Benson and Becky Koblick in collaboration with Phantom Galleries Los Angeles are pleased to present:
Building Up From The Left Over
Steven Bankhead, Daniel Mendel-Black, Colin Roberts, Sergio Torres-Torres
Organized by Jesse Benson and Becky Koblick
RECEPTION DURING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES ART WALK
THURSDAY 12 October
ART WALK 11:00am—9:00pm OPENING RECEPTION 6:00pm—9:00pm
Corner of 6th Street and Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles CA, 90014
Press Release
McLean Fine Art presents
“Look In” – Four site-specific installations in two locations – Pasadena & Downtown Los Angeles
Public viewing for both spaces available all day, everyday through November 2006.
Pasadena- The former Homestead furniture shop - 680 E Colorado Boulevard @ El Molino in Pasadena
October 14 – November 30, 2006
Featuring: Michiko Yao, Miller Updegraff & Rise Industries (Michele Jaquis & Jeremy Quinn)
Reception: Saturday, October 14, 7p – 9p, in conjunction with the Pasadena Art Weekend
Downtown Los Angeles - 131 E. 6th Street at the Santa Fe Lofts @ the corner of 6th and Los Angeles (near Art Murmur Gallery)
Featuring: Dan Van Clapp (through October)
Reception: Thursday, October 12, 7p -10p, in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk
Look for Van Clapps’ Magic Militia Bus parked along the Downtown Art Walk route
Media contacts: Ashley Mclean Emenegger, Mclean Fine Art, 626.798.3136 / Liza Simone, Phantom Galleries, 213. 626.2854
September 14, 2006
LOOKING GLASS #10 an interactive video installation by Steve Shoffner
OPENING RECEPTION DURING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES ART WALK 6:00pm—9:00pm
Corner of 6th Street and Los Angeles CA, 90014 at The Pacific Electric Lofts
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