The many galleries at Bergamot Station on Michigan in Santa Monica are continually changing their exhibits and several were in process when I roamed through. Below is what I discovered today.
Below are two paintings from the Patrick Painter West Gallery by Andrew Piedilato from Brooklyn, NY. The press release states "Through this body of work, Piedilato resolves issues of space, color and juxtaposition...the artist's struggle with blank space on the canvas, both literally and figuratively...with their energetic combinations of texture, color and motif, each painting functions as an entire world within itself."
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| "Q-bert," 2008 |
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| "Notebook Paper," 2009 |
The next stop was the Craig Krull Gallery and several artist. The first is Phranc, an American singer-songwriter whose career has spanned several decades, and is known for her cardboard and craft fine art. Born as Susan Gottlieb in Santa Monica in 1957, she still resides there.
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| These look like winter clothing and toys hung on a wall. They are actually made of card board as the close ups below better show. |
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| "Girl's Anorak with Mittens," 2013 |
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| Paintings by Nicole Strasburg, 2013 |
The Rosamund Felsen Gallery had just installed an exhibit of the works of Jean Lowe: Lost Time. The West Gallery houses an installation of a library with sections ranging from Food and Wine to Religion and Spirituality, these titles "comment on various aspects of contemporary culture." What looks like actual books on shelves is actually a digitalized rendering of the papier-mache books Lowe has been fabricating since 1994.
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| My favorite in this section is at the bottom of my piccture "Freelancing in the New Economy"...yest that is a stick up. |
The Talisman fine Art gallery featured photography by Paula Stoeke.
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| "Demeter's First Love From the Series Myth and Memory" by Paula Stoeke |
The Skidmore Contemporary Art Gallery featured the oil paintings of Kelly Reemtsen. She shows fancily dressed women with interesting tools...don't mess with them.
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| "Shear Pleasure" 2011 |
The TAG Gallery has a group show of all 41 of their artists. A reception and silent auction will be held on the 25th to support the Santa Monica Malibu Educatioon Foundation.
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| Peter Kempson created this portrait of the Queen using mixed media. If you look closely you will see photos of members of the royal family including lace on the right created by wedding pictures of the Queen and other members of the family. |
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| "Steven Spielberg, Director" you can see that Peter Kempson references many of Spielberg's pictures. |
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| Ernie Marjoram painted with oil these tempting treats. |
The JNA Gallery was featuring a group show. Here are a couple of my favorites.
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| This delicious oil painting is "Lime Emotion" by Ganna Halvorsen |
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| This playful acrylic on canvas, "Hockney," takes David Hockney's swimming pool scene a step further with an overflow caused by the dive and the need for sandbags. It is by Ervin Kaplan. |
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| This was just hung at the William Turner Gallery for a show that begins Saturday called "Shape Shift" with works by Charles Arnoldi, Dawn Arrowsmith, Michael Braden and Peter Lodato. |
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