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News of the Visual Arts - USA          May-June 2008
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Beverly Hills
West Hollywood
Santa Monica
Untitled, 2007, by Josh Podoll, acrylic on
canvas, 48 x 60 inches,121.9 x 152.4 cm

Christopher Grimes Gallery, 916 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Sam Amato & Elliot Elgart, Now – May 17; Paul
Donaldson,
May 21 – June 21; Theresa Fernald, June 25 – July 26.

First Independent Gallery • Bergamot Station G6 • 2525 Michigan
Avenue • Santa Monica, CA  90404.
LA Louver, 45 North Venice Boulevard, Venice, California 90291
Lora Schlesinger Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave., #T3 , Santa Monica, CA.  
New Works by Lamar Peterson  Now - May 17, 2008.

Richard Heller Gallery  2525 Michigan Ave., B-5A, Santa Monica, CA
 90404.
M.A. Peers  May 10 - June 7.  Pat O'Neill  June 14 - July 12

Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Bergamot Station B4, Santa
Monica, CA  90404.
Kiel Johnson  May 17 - June 21, 2008

Simon Willems  May 17 - June 21, 2008.

Mark Moore Gallery  2525 Michigan Avenue A-1, Santa Monica
CA 90404.
Trio of Group Shows at TAG

April 23, 2008 - May 17,2008: Betty Sheinbaum, Joan Vaupen, Joe
Pinkelman. May 21, 2008 - June 14, 2008: Danielle Eubank, Katherine Kean,
Anne M. Bray. June 18, 2008 - July 12, 2008: Matthew Stork, Shaun Lang,
Grace Swanson, Katherine Dube.

For the past 50 years Betty Sheinbaum has been painting, sculpting and
weaving, she describers herself as neither a struggling newcomer nor jaded
veteran.

In Joan Vaupen's latest series,
Beneath the Surface, she continues her
explorations into the effects of natural forces on unusual materials.   Her
images utilize the power of fire, heat, time, water, movement and
evaporation.   

In What Lies Beneath the Surface, Joe Pinkelman’s newest work, explores
the effects of deconstruction and reconstruction.  In this series, he continues
to manipulate the patterns of Chinese decals onto glazed ceramic
surfaces.   

In Anne M. Bray's new series Irwindale, she gives a modern inversion of the
Hudson River School approach to landscape painting.

Danielle Eubank, an established oil painter in London, is best known for her
undulating, ‘close up’ paintings of water that are remarkable for the way they
capture the personality of the subject.

In Still Places, Katherine Kean’s recent paintings of winding paths and
bending waterways explore illusive margins of atmosphere and form.
Couturier Gallery, 166 N. La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles.
Ken Gonzales-Day
Now - May 17. Project Room: Michael Langlois and Robert Davis

China Adams
May 24 - June 21, 2009. Project Room: Anibal Catalan.

Steve Turner Contemporary, 6026 Wilshire Blvd. Los
Angeles 90036
Koplin Del Rio Gallery  6031 Washington Boulevard, Culver City.
QUIT YOUR SOBBING & CALL
ME IN THE AFTERNOON
Opens April 26, 2008.

This is a solo exhibition by Anthony Lister.
Small Gems  May 24-July 1.

This outstanding exhibition features a sampling of paintings by the
California masters each measuring no larger than sixteen by twenty
inches.

George Stern Fine Arts  8920 Melrose Avenue, West
Hollywood, CA 90069
Fernando de Szyszlo  May 1 - June 3, 2008

at the
Latin American Masters  264 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90210.
Show launches March 1, 2008.
Now - May 18, 2008: Main: Iris den Houting. Gallery 2: Lea
Khorramian
, Gallery 3: Stephanie Pyren. Gallery 4:
Loraine Stern.
Mezzanine:  Tim Townsley.

James Gray Gallery  2525 Michigan Ave, Building D4,  Santa
Monica, CA 90404.
Silence - Featuring new works by Ana Marini-Genzon
May 1-31, 2008.

"
My art is about people and the way they experience their lives. I intend for my artwork to
reflect emotions and thoughts. While creating sculptures and paintings, I try to suggest a
story, not only of the moment but also of an entire life. Not only of what we can see, but what
is invisible to the eyes. Art is always a mirror. That is why it is so powerful. It speaks not only
about my subject, but also speaks about my perceptions. In the process of expressing the
mood of the subject's substance, I constantly go deep inside myself searching for answers
about human relations in this fast and ever changing world."
- Ana Marini-Genzon.
Seeing the Light: Postmodern Luminous
Landscapes by Frederick S. Wight
Now - June 7, 2008.
Saturday, June 13, 2008 - Beginning of the exhibition:The Artwork of
Bernard Hoyes
 Ends August 16, 2008.

M. Hanks Gallery  3008 Main Street,  Santa Monica, CA 90405.
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Rarely Seen
Now - May 31, 2008.

For nearly 20 years Peter Fetterman worked very closely with the
great 20th century master photographer, exhibiting his many
famous classic images, but as Peter  says “I was always
personally attracted to his more obscure images, the ones I had
never seen in person before.  So over the years I asked Henri if
he would kindly make me one or two prints of the images.  He
would often say to me jokingly “why do you want them?”  They
are only snap-shots!”

Of course they were so far from that.  They were little gems,
diamonds that shone brightly in his overall oeuvre.  It’s my honor
to now share them with our friends and clients for the first time.
Henri Cartier-Bresson (Chanteloup, France, 1908-2004).
May 17 - June 14, 2008: Kustom Japan: When East Meets West

This show features photographs by Mike McCabe and original artwork by some of
Japan's premiere Pinstripers; Don Ed Hardy: When East Meets West - New work inspired
by Japanese culture.

Track 16 Gallery  2525 Michigan Ave. Bldg C-1, Santa Monica, CA  90404.
Photograph by Henri
Cartier-Bresson.
Courtesy of the
Peter Fetterman
Gallery
Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Courtesy of the Peter Fetterman Gallery
Silence II, by Ana Marini-Genzon. Image courtesy of Tracy Park Gallery.
Gary Edward Blum: Quiet Room, Barbara Kerwin:
Windows  
Now  - May 31, 2008;

Michel Alexis, Thomas Pathe
June 6 - July 19, 2008.
Pool Summer, by
Thomas Pathé
Quiet House, by
Gary Edward Blum
Barbara Kerwin has been working with rectangles
and encaustic for over  a
decade. Each series has reflected her background
in sculpture and examined the possibilities of
harmony and freedom within containment  and
structure. In her current series, Windows, Kerwin
continues her formal, geometric approach, but the
work is now activated by irregularity.
Window VII,
by Barbara
Kerwin
Ruth Bachofner Gallery  Bergamot Station Arts Center, 2525
Michigan Ave. G2, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Synesthesia, by
Michel Alexis
Peter Fetterman Gallery,  2525 Michigan Ave, Gallery A7, Santa Monica, CA
90404.
Michel Alexis’ fascination with the origins of
language and writing has been expressed
throughout the artist’s career. While in earlier work  
he appropriated actual text, his later and current
paintings address words more abstractly. Legible
text has become less emphasized and the
process of writing is echoed symbolically in
curvilinear markings.
João Louro Drawings
April 12 - May 17, 2008

Louro presents architectural drawings of sites where movies were filmed: “Diamonds are
Forever” filmed in The Elrod House, Palm Springs by John Lautner; “LA Confidential”
filmed in the Lovell House, Los Angeles, by Richard Neutra; “Le Mépris” (with B. Bardot)
filmed in the Malaparte House (Capri, Italy) by Libera and Malaparte. Louro studied
architecture at the University of Lisbon and painting at the Arco School of Visual Art. The
result is a relationship to the finished object that goes beyond art historical references
and uses language and image as his tools.
Untitled, by João Louro
AJoshua Podoll and Takehito
Koganezawa
May 24 - July 5, 2008

Joshua Podoll has his first solo exhibition at
Christopher Grimes Gallery, featuring both his
painting and sculptural works.

During a residency in Winter/Spring 2008 at the
prestigious Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades,
Takehito Koganezawa created the drawings to
be featured in his South Gallery exhibition.
Ann Chamberlin/Marianela de la Hoz at the Lora Schlesinger
Gallery
May 17 - June 21, 2008.

MAIN GALLERY:  Ann Chamberlin
PROJECT ROOM: Marianela de la Hoz
“Ideas Necias, mi cabeza-
pelota bota”/ “Stubborn
ideas, my ball-head
bounces” (2005), Egg
tempera on board, 5-1/4
x 2"
Ann Chamberlin, Ha, Ha, Ha, the Little Dragonfly Girl  
2007, gouache on sheep parchment 12 x 12"
Works by David Shapiro May 3 - June 21, 2008. Opening
Reception for the Artist: May 3, 5-7pm.
Untitled, by David Shapiro
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan
Avenue, B6 Santa Monica, CA 90404
Joe Pinkelman  "Yellow and Red
Boxes"  Red Box 30x10x10" and
Yellow Box 26x10x10" Porcelain,
decals and wire
Katherine Kean  "Where the Water
Goes"    18x24"   Oil on Linen
Frederick Wight: Following Day, 1985, oil on canvas 24 x 48 inches; 61
x 121.9 centimeters. LSFA# 10657
Frederick Wight: Home at Dawn, 1976, oil on canvas, 50 x 53 inches;
127 x 134.6 centimeters. LSFA# 10667
Untitled, by Anthony Lister
James Gilbert - (DON’T)
WANT TO BE ANONYMOUS
May 3 – June 14, 2008
Opening Reception, Saturday, May 3, 6-8 pm

James Gilbert (b. 1972) is searching for
anonymity in this bizarre, almost fantastic
world of virtual reality, where one’s identity,
occupation, and gender can be found easily
on the web.  Whether technology has taken
over ones identity is a question on its own.  
Gilbert, through these paintings, is trying to
bring back the era of anonymity and reclaim
one’s elusive and “stolen” identity.  The
figures in these paintings are unrevealed,
faceless, motionless, and expressionless,
placed in an unrecognizable milieu.  

The milieus, or backgrounds, are lushly
painted bold planes composed of notable
color surfaces, which may represent layers of
a person’s private life and seeing them one
Too Old to be a prodigy, 2008. Medium:
Oil on canvas, 76” x  58”
TAG, the Artists' Gallery
2903 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa
Monica, CA 90404.
New Image Art Gallery, 7908 Santa
Monica Blvd., West Hollywood.
Louis Stern Fine Arts, 9002 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA
90069
Jason Martin: Oceania Now to May 17, 2008

In this new series, Martin explores a broad emotional field within a focused
range of scale and palette. Painting with oils that he applies to square
aluminum panels, Martin creates works that bear a close relationship in
scale to the human body [his panels measure 68 1/8 x 68 1/8 inches (173 x
173 cm) and 76 3/4 x 76 3/4 inches (195 cm x 195 cm)]. Martin applies paint
with brushes that he has specially adapted for his practice, and that give
him full control over the surface when he works. Indeed, his application of
paint onto surface is extremely physical, and necessitates the use of his
entire body in a highly choreographed practice. As such, each painting
is a record of the movement of the artist's body.
Tracy Park Gallery  1431 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California 90401.
Ruth Bachofner Gallery is pleased to present an
exhibition of new paintings by San Francisco
based artist Gary Edward Blum. In this new body of
work, Gary Edward Blum continues his exploration
of balance and dependent opposition. Mingling
realism and abstraction, Blum positions and treats
paint to create a narrative of opposing forces which
has always been at the foundation of his work.

Los Angeles-based artist Thomas Pathé utilizes
everyday objects and iconic American products in
conjunction with the equally iconic colors we
identify with the items. Each work is
monochromatic with colors created by digitally
scanning objects such as wine, money, cookies,
etc., and paint colors are customized accordingly.
From every day themes to passages of political and social
flavor, Ann Chamberlin’s painting takes place in a narrative,
revealing a special talent for telling stories and for making
characters stand out.  Sometimes intimate and at times
explosive, the work in this show was inspired by stories that the artist wrote and collected
in Medellin, Colombia. Marianela de la Hoz paints miniatures using the ancient technique
of egg tempera, with contemporary images. The works are extremely detailed, delicate and
precise. Her version of magic realism has been termed “white violence” because of her
use of black humor and fantasy to depict the darker side of humanity.
Tim Lowly: Rise up children, sing a glorious future
New Paintings, Drawings and Mixed Media Work. Now – May 24, 2008
D.J. Hall: Full Circle
New Painting and Drawings
May 31 – July 12th 2008.
FYI: D.J. Hall Retrospective at Palm Springs Art Museum. May 24- September 14, 2008.
D.J. Hall, “Giggle”, 2007, oil on linen, 54 1/2” x 60”
Tim Lowly, Culture of Adoration, mixed media on multiple panels, 5' x 10'
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Laguna Beach edition
Three From Britain: Chris Killip, Martin Parr and Graham
Smith
 Now - May 30, 2008.

Tomoko Sawada: New Work  7 June - 23 August, 2008
Nathan Fischer: Bronzed  April 15th-May 31st, 2008.

Mark Garry: Beyond Cartography. June1-July 15th, 2008.
Past Becomes Present - Works by Ingrid Dee Magidson
May 1 - June 15, 2008.
Michael Flohr and Henry Asencio. Exhibition starts May
26, 2008.
Miranda Galleries  Hotel Laguna, 417 South Coast
Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA  92651.
Nathan Fischer
Mark Garry
Diana Ferrone Gallery  1951 S. Coast Highway, Laguna
Beach, CA 92651.   
Mark Garry: Wanderlust, acrylic/panel . 60 x 48
Twilight, by Nathan Fischer
Marion Meyer Contemporary Art  354 N. Coast Highway , Laguna Beach ,
California 92651.
Ingrid Dee Magidson: Princess Hediyeh, 67 x 42, mixed media.
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Adler, 2007. oil on aluminum. 68 1/8 x 68 1/8 in. (173 x
173 cm)
Primavera, 2007. oil on aluminum. 68 1/8 x 68 1/8 in.
(173 x 173 cm)
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Robert Davis/Michael Langlois: Babylon, 2008. Oil on canvas. 84 x 120 inches
Ken Gonzales-Day: Line Study # 5. Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches
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cannot help but think of the Abstract Expressionism and the field paintings of Mark
Rothko, the brush strokes of William de Kooning and the geometric landscape
abstractions of Richard Diebenkorn.

James Gilbert studied at the University of Kansas and has exhibited in various group
shows in Kansas and California.  This is his first solo show.  
Sherry Frumkin Gallery  Studio 21, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA
90405.
IT’S THE MONEY, STUPID!
9 artists to present.

Art and money – the equation is for some a
reason to shiver, for some it occasions critical
reflections, sometimes also the idea of new
ways to actively incorporate enomical sub- or
infrastructures into the work itself and into the artistic process. From Duchamp to
Conceptual Art a whole series of strategies has been developed, and contemporaty
relational aesthetics – the work as ”service,” ”intervention”, ”social trigger,” etc –
becomes an increasingly integrated part in systems that are both symbolic, aesthetic,
and economic. - Sven-Olov Wallenstein
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RoseGallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., G-5, Santa Monica, CA  90404.
Above images by Tomoko Sawada
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Tracy's Big Birthday Bash - Featuring New works by: Ana Marini-Genzon,
Robert Toll, Lola Del Fresno, Yossi Govrin, Minas Halaj and Sam Hallaj.
June 1-30, 2008.
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Darkness into Light, by artist Marge Chapman  April
30 to June 2. Artist Reception May 1, 6-9 pm

Painting and Sculpture by Howard Hitchcock  June
4 to June 30. Artist Reception June 5, 6-9 pm
Sandstone Gallery  384A N Coast Highway, Laguna Beach,
California 92651. 949-497-6775. The gallery is open daily, except
Tuesday, noon to 5 pm.
HOWARD HITCHCOCK Born 1927,
Ava, Missouri………During his thirty-
two years in the Art Department at
California State University, Long
Beach, Howard focused on creating
sculpture. Initially using wood and
clay, he discovered in 1964 the
ceramic shell mold process for
industrial casting, which he
developed into his own unique
approach to casting sculpture
Marge Chapman: Untitled

MARGE CHAPMAN has spent
the better part of her years
living and studying art and
illustration in California under
many artists and educators.
As the founder of Sandstone
Gallery, she has been active
in the Laguna art scene for
more than 21- years.
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Marilyn's Last Photos Never-Before-Seen in the U.S

Unique Original Photos to be Sold at the Andrew Weiss Gallery. Show Opening June
20, 2008.

This exhibition is in celebration of Marilyn Monroe's 82nd birthday.
Andrew Weiss Gallery  179 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills
Bert Stern: What Its all about. original Photograph
signed. 18x19"
See more Marilyn photos here

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Windows of peace by Beatrice Rosenbaum  
May 1 - May 31, 2008.
Whitney Gallery  350 N. Coast
Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Wendt Gallery  1510 S Coast Highway, Suite 102, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Take the F Train, by Ambi Bowo
May 1st through May 19th, 2008  Ambi Bowo – One Man Show

This show features up to 25 new works by this exciting young artist.  Ambi Bowo’s
abstract landscapes reflect the artists connection to the Bay Area art movement while
demonstrating his own unique perspectives.  The works are very colorful with loads of
texture and light.

June 1st through July 30th, 2008
 Wendt Gallery Summer Salon

This 2-month long exhibition will feature new works by over 20 Wendt Gallery artists.  
Genres to be showcased will include: Landscapes, still life’s, portraits, figurative and
sculpture.  Represented artists will include: Carolyn Anderson, Casey Baugh, Jura
Bedic, Ambi Bowo, Ryan Brown, Gregory Calibey, Karl Dempwolf, Logan Hagege,
Jeffrey Hein, Ron Kent, Gregg Kreutz, David Leffel, Sherrie McGraw, Travis Seymour,
Nelson Shanks, Joseph Todorovitch, Gary Weisman Nelson White and Toby Wright.
The Mighty Malibu, 18 x 22, by artist Karl
Dempwolf.
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