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PRESENTED BY VISUAL ART SOURCE, THE DEMOCRACY CHAIN, and FABRIK | | |
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Selected Gallery and Museum Exhibitions
Throughout the Western U.S.
Week of October 25, 2023
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Dana DeKalb, “Utopia,” acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30" |
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Enigmatic and trancelike, Dana DeKalb's paintings reflect on an unlikely perfected world, one we can only imagine, a day like never. Many-layered colored glazes imbue a softly glowing quality to mysterious landscapes and dreamy scenes. Figures captured in inexplicable moments appear unfazed by their circumstances. Titles such as "Utopia," "Somnambulist," "Escape Room," and "Celestial Event" indicate the course we're on.
Also at Transmission, torn paper collage work of a free nature by TaVee McAllister Lee in the Small Space. Detergent, diamond, and pharmaceutical advertisements frame news of catastrophe, devastation, and the abandonment of principles, alongside motivational stories, and aspirational messaging in a constant white noise of information. Together they collide here in free form arrangements of paper fragments, pinned to the wall in relationship to each other exactly so, a poem sparingly written.
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Dana DeKalb: A Day Like Never
October 26 – December 2, 2023
TaVee McAllister Lee: White Wash
Through November 25, 2023
Opening Reception both exhibitions:
Saturday, October 28, 1-4pm
Artist's Talk with DeKalb and Lee:
Saturday, November 4, 2pm
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Transmission Gallery
770 West Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 835-2626
mail@thetransmissiongallery.com
thetransmissiongallery.com
Thursday-Saturday, 12-5pm; and by appointment
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TaVee McAllister Lee, “Poem of Acquisition,”
torn paper and pins, 16 x 11 1/2"
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Carefully considering shape, color, the spaces between, and of course the imagery, paper fragments, mostly from magazines, are pinned to the wall in relationship to each other exactly so, a poem sparingly written. Brass or colored aluminum shim backs various pieces, delicately coloring the shadow elements of the work. It is all obliquely present in the work, though often unremarked when considering the delicate and tenuous nature of these fragmentary installations. The work comments variably on concepts of class, connection, technology, consumerism, value, and presence. | | |
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“Women on the Verge”
Curated by Lisa Wainwright
October 27 - December 15, 2023
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery is pleased to present “Women on the Verge,” curated by Lisa Wainwright. The exhibition includes works by 27 artists and examines the prevalence in painting today of eccentric sendups of women by those who identify as women.
With the hearty return of figurative painting in the last decade, it seems timely to take the pulse of a facet of feminist expression that currently lampoons the female body. Wrestling with the grand tradition of the bather and the reclining nude in art history, these distorted and contorted sisters are a convulsive response to the myriad pressures within a society on the verge of a nervous breakdown, as Pedro Almodovar prophetically put it in his film of 1982.
Such visual rhetorics speak to the concerns of those breaking the colonial gaze, or those queering representation, or those asserting a satirical engagement with heteronormative poses, or some intersection of all. Our current climate of judiciary conservatism with the abolition of Roe vs. Wade makes such images of torqued women all the more timely to assess.
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
(312) 455-1990
contact@rhoffmangallery.com
www.rhoffmangallery.com
Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday, 11am-5pm
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Phranc in her studio, 2018 |
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Phranc, “The Butch Closet”
Through December 2, 2023
Opening Reception:
October 28th, 4-6pm
Artist Talk & Performance:
Saturday, November 4, 3pm
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Phranc: The Butch Closet is a multi-disciplinary installation that spans over 40 years of her life as a queer artist, Jewish Lesbian Folksinger and Cardboard Cobbler. This survey of Phranc’s career will include a number of new painted paper sculptures that reference the clothing and significant objects that track her evolution from a young girl to an old butch, such as colorful, little girl dresses to black leather combat boots. The exhibition will also include an archive room highlighting posters, record albums and other ephemera from her music career and an installation that re-creates her studio, documenting the many facets of her artistic process. Read the full press release. |
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Craig Krull Gallery
Bergamot Station Art Center
2525 Michigan Ave., B3, Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 828-6410
info@craigkrullgallery.com
www.craigkrullgallery.com
Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm
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Joan Robey, “Autumn I,” plexiglas, acrylic ink, vinyl, 32 x 25 x 1/4" |
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JOAN ROBEY: On Canyon Road
Press Release
On view through November 11, 2023
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Joan Robey is always searching and experimenting with new mediums. Her newest series, On Canyon Road began in 2019, when she started making prints on sheets of plexiglas. To create this body of work, Robey first takes photographs at her desert home and prints them on vellum, mimicking the final effect of printing on plexiglas. Several of these images are then cropped, cut out, layered, collaged, and taped back together in a crude assemblage. The collages are digitally altered by erasing overlapping lines, editing out parts of images, shifting colors, or enhancing certain areas. Once Robey has created a composition that feels dynamic and deliberately chaotic, the image gets printed on plexiglas in its final form. Each image depicts the effect of the many versions of reality. |
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Lois Lambert Gallery
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave., E3, Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 829.6990
info@loislambertgallery.com
www.loislambertgallery.com
www.ourgallerystore.com
Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-6pm
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Artworks: (left) Ryota Daimon, “Dog Punch”;
(right) Javier Ramirez, “Exotico”
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Under Pressure
Mister CARTOON Curates Group Exploration of Contemporary Airbrush
November 3 - December 23, 2023
Opening Reception:
Friday, November 3, 7-9pm
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BEYOND THE STREETS & CONTROL Gallery are pleased to announce EXHIBITION 009: UNDER PRESSURE, a group exploration of contemporary airbrush. Curated by Mister CARTOON, a master of airbrush in a multitude of applications–and featuring a roster of eclectic artists, the featured work expands on the application of airbrush in refreshing and conceptual ways.
Highlighting 16 artists from a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and career positionings, UNDER PRESSURE takes into account the historic significance and evolution of airbrush. With a range of artists who have each demonstrated new and exciting techniques in the medium, the resulting show is comprehensive and surprising.
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Beyond the Streets and Control Gallery
434 N La Brea Ave.,Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@beyondthestreets.com
www.beyondthestreets.com | www.control.gallery
Wednesday–Saturday, 11am-6pm
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Emil Bisttram, “Untitled,” 1944,
mixed media on paper, 17 1/2 x 23 1/2”
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Emil Bisttram (1895-1976)
October/November, 2023
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Emil Bisttram’s artistic career is of special interest because of the fascinating array of spiritual, philosophical, and scientific traditions he brought to bear on his painting. Profoundly spiritual and convinced that all intellectual disciplines lead to divine truth, Bisttram enriched his compositions with references to such varied subjects as electricity, rebirth, the growth of plants, the healing power of the dance, planetary forces, the fourth dimension, and the male and female principles of nature. |
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Addison Rowe Gallery
229 E. Marcy Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
(505) 982-1533
addart@addisonrowe.com
addisonrowe.art
By appointment only
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Daylight Savings Time Auction
Sunday, November 5, 1pm
Live at Bergamot Station Arts Center and in real time online
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Santa Monica Auctions
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave., Suite A5, Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 315-1937
info@smauctions.com
www.smauctions.com
Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am - 6 pm
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Dinh Q. Lê, “Buddhas and Ankgor Temple,” 1996, woven chromogenic prints and linen tape on board, frame: 40 x 30”. |
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Throughlines: Connections in the Collection
October 28, 2023 - November 1, 2024
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“Throughlines” embraces wonder and curiosity, bringing together artworks from across the Museum’s collections to explore the range of artistic innovation. From diverse geographies, cultures, and time periods, artists have consistently created images, objects, and experiences that ask us to consider ourselves and the world around us from different perspectives. Organized by themes of portraiture and representation, views of the land and environment, and unexpected uses of imagery, ephemeral materials, and color, the exhibition prompts us to think about the objects in the collection as jumping off points for stories and conversations that foster a greater sense of connection among us. |
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Mette Maya Gregersen, “Stalactites” (detail), 2018, porcelain slip |
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REVEAL: Recent Acquisitions 2020-2023
October 28, 2023 – June 21, 2024
Opening Reception:
Saturday, November 4, 4–6pm
Opening remarks at 4:30pm
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REVEAL presents a selection of approximately 150 acquisitions, featuring ceramic objects acquired within the last three years. The museum’s permanent collection houses almost 13,000 objects, dating from pre-Columbian to contemporary times and includes one-of-a-kind functional and sculptural pieces as well as popular, mass-produced “production ware.” |
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American Museum of Ceramic Art
399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona CA 91767
(909) 865-3146
communications@amoca.org
www.amoca.org/
Friday-Sunday, 11am-4pm
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Unbreakable
October 28 - December 30, 2023
Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 28, 12-4pm
Special Performance by Khrystyna Chemeris
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The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Presents Unbreakable: Ukrainian Contemporary Art created during the russian-Ukrainian war (2022-2023) and brought directly from Ukraine. On view from October 28 - December 30, 2023.
Khrystyna Chemeris was born on June 11, 2015 in Lviv, where she currently lives. She studies in the 3rd grade of the Lviv Music School named after V. Stus. Since 2022, she has been studying at the Lviv State Children's Music School #1 named after A. Kos-Anatolsky in the class of piano and solfege.
She dreams of studying and living in a free and independent Ukraine!
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 227-5522
info@uima-chicago.org
uima-chicago.org
Wednesday.-Sunday, 12-4pm
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Queer-ish: Photography and the LGBTQ+ Imaginary
October 28 - December 25, 2023
Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 28, 5-7pm
Gallery Talk + Tour with Prof. Ken Gonzalez:
Wednesday, November 8, 4pm
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Curated by interdisciplinary artist and Scripps College Fletcher Jones Chair in Art Ken Gonzales-Day, Queer-ish showcases almost 100 historic vernacular photographs highlighting moments of same-sex affection alongside almost 40 contemporary photographs by LGBTQ+ artists. These images encourage viewers to consider the link between photography, representation, and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as the role of the photograph in shaping notions of queer identity. |
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Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College
251 East 11th Street, Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 607-3397
mmonroe@scrippscollege.edu
www.rcwg.scrippscollege.edu
Wednesday – Sunday, 12-4pm during exhibitions
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