Bergamot is a facility housing many art galleries in Santa Monica. It was previously a railroad station from 1875 to 1953. The galleries opened at the site in September, 1994. Soon a new railroad station will drop off passengers from the Metro Expo light rail line from downtown L.A. to the beach. They will be able to enjoy this community of art galleries and leave their driving to the Metro driver.
Here are some of them gems I discovered in my roamings at Bergamot today:
William Turner Gallery
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Rex Yuasa's exhibition in the Turner Gallery is called "Diochrome" through May 18th.
The artist was born in Tokyo and completed his fine arts studies at San Diego State and Cal. Arts. He lives in San Diego at teaches at U.C. San Diego. |
Below are works by Koji Takei also born in Tokyo in 1955 and lives in Los Angeles. "Takei reworks mostly found objects to provide an engaging wry and witty commentary on the nature of relationships- complex with their humor, contradictions, paradoxes and ironies."
Latin American Masters Gallery:
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| Julio Valdez was born in the Dominican Republic and lives in New York. "Valdez's water paints are aquatic theatres, stagin grounds for the artist's reflection on his personal life, and the collective histories of the Caribbean." |
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| "Officiante del Mar II," 2010-2012 is 12 feet long with submerged figure with arms raised and an octopus with tentacles extended. |
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| "Girl Bather," 2010-2011 oil on polyester silk on canvas |
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| "Hombre Empujando al Elefante," 2011 by Franciso Toledo (Mexico) born 1940 |
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| "The Queen of Sheba," 1970 by Carols Merida (Guatemala) 1891 - 1984 |
Lois Lambert Gallery:
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| Martiros Adalian was born in Armenia and started painting since he was three years old. He graduated from Terlemezian Art College and then moved to the U.S. in 1990. "Adalian depicts images of the human body, its relationships with surroundings and its responses to the phenomena in nature. He loves to work at night in a relatively silent atmosphere...painting on the floor of his studio with help of anything but brushes...mostly sweeping brooms.". |
Rosegallery:
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| "Sepulveda at Mississippi," by John Chiara a 'San Francisco based artist pushes the photographic medium through his choice of process and the mastery of its possibilities. Chiara's giant cameras, which he designed and built himself, are transported to locations on a flatbed trailer to produce one-of-a kind large-scale prints." |
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| "Agua Dulce at Route" |
In the DNJ Gallery:
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| The dnj Gallery is showing an exhibition called "American Ruins" by Max MacKenzie. He pays homage to his Midwestern roots with photographs from Minnesota and the surrounding area. He captures empty structures that recall the struggles of previous generations. |
James Gray Gallery:
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| These artist are children served by "The Help Group" in recognition of National Autism Awareness Month. |
Tag Gallery:
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| Brigitte Schobert, a native of Germany, and a California resident for 30 years. The untitled painting above is an Acrylic on Canvas shown in the Tag Gallery. She explores the use of colors, shape and texture to create abstract images. "I want to stimulate the fantasy of the viewers and reach them on an emotional rather than rational level," says Schobert. |
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| "Welcome to Jordan Downs," 2013 by Carole Garland. "She was in search of a Los Angeles at once architecturally, sociologically or historically intriguing and outside her comfort zone. He paintings are also in the Tag gallery. The exhibit is called "Edgelands." |
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Top is "Capitalism" 2012 by Garland
Bottom is "Florence & Normandie" 2012 (site of the start of the Rodney King verdict riots in South L.A.) |
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| Ellen Star paints "Parks and Gardens." "Besides being emotionally soothing, nature also provides me with aesthetic stimulation." The above painting is "Huntington Gardens," 2013 acrylic on canvas |
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| Ellen Starr's "Palisades Park Vista," 2013 |
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| Carole Garland's "MacArthur Park" |
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