Anna Helwing Gallery / Mindy Shapero

Mindy Shapero is showing new sculptural works as well as large-scale works on paper at the Anna Helwing Gallery. In a departure from her previous more narrative-driven work, Shapero has been investigating with new materials and techniques helping to transform her abstract ideas into literal forms. She invites us to view her works as sculptures of both steadfastness and delicate movement. These undulating organic forms provide patterns that exist and connect as concrete objects, but simultaneously vibrate, morph, and fall apart in front of our eyes. These new pieces dig deeper and draw connections from Modernism, Pop Art and anthropological artifacts.

Mindy Shapero Exhibition
Installation View
© and courtesy Anna Helwing Gallery




Mindy Shapero
Inversion (seventh wonder), 2007-08
Wood, acrylic, gold leaf, and color aid
20" x 10" x 9" (60 total)
© and courtesy Anna Helwing Gallery




Mindy Shapero
Traveling Eye, 2007-08
Wood, fiberglass, enamel paint, spray paint, Acrylic, & silver leaf
45" x 39" x 37"
© and courtesy Anna Helwing Gallery




Mindy Shapero
Mosaic drawing gray, yellow, red, brown, orange, gold, 2007-08
Spray paint, Acrylic, and gold leaf on paper, 103.25" x 83.25"
© and courtesy Anna Helwing Gallery

In 2006, Shapero was included in an exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC and in 2007 her work was shown at the Aspen Art Museum.

Mindy Shapero lives and works in Los Angeles.

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Mindy Shapero
Inside the Bottomless Pit
March 1 — April 5, 2008


Anna Helwing Gallery
2766 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
310.202.2213


Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website Anna Helwing Gallery


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L2kontemporary Bryan de Roo and Tracey Keilly

Paintings and Mixed Media works are currently exhibited at L2kontemporary. Featured are artworks by Bryan de Roo and Tracey Keilly, both of artists take images (and objects) from one context, deconstruct the images and then reconstruct them into new visual contexts. The show will continue through April 12th.

Bryan de Roo
Oceana, 2005
Oil on linen, 48"x48"
© Bryan de Roo, courtesy L2kontemporary, LA




Bryan de Roo
Brain Wave, 2005
Oil on linen, 48"x48"
© Bryan de Roo, courtesy L2kontemporary, LA




Tracey Keilly
Second Elevation, 2005
Mixed medium, 60"x48"
© Tracey Keilly, courtesy L2kontemporary, LA




Tracey Keilly
Black Cat Fireworks, 2005
Mixed medium, 60"x48"
© Tracey Keilly, courtesy L2kontemporary, LA

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Bryan de Roo and Tracey Keilly
de-construct / re-contruct
March 15 - April 12, 2008


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L2kontemporary
990 North Hill Street #205
Los Angeles, CA 90012
323.225.1288


Gallery Hours:
Thursday - Sunday 1 - 6pm or by appointment


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website L2kontemporary


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Los Angeles Dowtown Art Walk

Second Thursday of Every Month
Thursday, March 13, 2008 from 12 - 9 pm
Downtown Art Walk
www.downtownartwalk.com
(some locations close earlier, see details on Art Walk map)


The Downtown Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of the many art exhibition venues in Downtown Los Angeles -- commercial art galleries, museums, and non-profit arts venues. Public information and a printable map of the Downtown Art Walk are available at www.downtownartwalk.com.

Participants in the Downtown Art Walk are The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Gallery at REDCAT, L.A. Artcore Center, de Soto, 2nd Street Cigars and Gallery, Art Slave, Morono Kiang Gallery, Continental, Taller 410, Museum of Neon Art, Crewest, Dale Youngman Gallery, LAMP Community Art Project, Pharmaka, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, El Nopal Press, Bert Green Fine Art, Red Dot Gallery, Niche Video Art, The Spring Arts Collective Gallery, M. J. Higgins, Art Murmur Gallery, 626 Gallery, Infusion Gallery, Gallery 727, The Hive Gallery, groundfloor, Zero One Gallery, City Center Gallery, Dalessio, Gary Leonard, Grey Goose, and Gallery at 7th & Fig.

The FREE Art Walk DASH shuttle loops throughout Gallery Row on Art Walk nights from 7-10 pm, with the last bus leaving at 9:45 pm. The shuttle makes stops at most intersections on Spring and Main Streets from 2nd to 8th Streets as indicated on the Art Walk map. DASH shuttles will be hosted by local historians Mike the Poet (author of "I Am Alive in Los Angeles"), and Richard Schave of Esotouric, who will provide information to visitors on the history of downtown Los Angeles. Thanks to the Los Angeles Downtown Neighborhood Council for making this DASH service possible.

New in March:
Welcome to LAMP Community Art Project on Main Street and Gallery at REDCAT at Disney Hall to the Downtown Art Walk. The Rowan Lofts at 5th & Spring will host a special presentation: a four-screen projected outdoor video art installation, produced & curated by Niche Video Art, and an indoor show of Felipe Dupouy's downtown photography. Also occurring during the Downtown Art Walk is the Los Angeles Comedy Walk. Info at http://www.comedywalk.com.

The Downtown Art Walk is sponsored by Pete's Cafe & Bar, Pitfire Pizza, Bar 107, Rocket Pizza, Warung Café, Charlie O's Bar, Citizen LA and the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council.

Visitors are encouraged to arrive by public transit, as the Art Walk is easily accessible by the Metro Red, Gold, and Blue line trains which run past midnight. Parking is plentiful in the areas many paid lots and garages, at meters on the street until 4 pm, and free after 6 pm on most streets. Once here, the DASH buses are an easy way to get around, and there is special evening shuttle service on Art Walk nights. Additional information including stop locations is available on the Art Walk map. The public may subscribe to the Downtown Art Walk announcement list at: DowntownLAArtWalk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Karyn Lovegrove Gallery / Ian Patrick

On display at the Karyn Lovegrove Gallery until March 22nd,
is an exhibition of new paintings by Ian Patrick. Replacing the burlesque props and classical references of his previous work with a blend of story-book parables, tabloid zoology and Scando-pagan kitsch, Ian Patrick's paintings continue to explore the gap between desire and fulfillment, carnality and transcendence. His recent paintings combine the graphic with the illusionistic, playing lush color and deep glazes against moments of hard-edged geometry and bold, lyrical contour, creating complex, swirling compositions that reveal their content with a sly theatricality.

Ian Patrick
Rocket Pop, 2008
Oil on canvas
© Ian Patrick, courtesy Karyn Lovegrove Gallery





Ian Patrick
False Bottom II, 2008
Oil on canvas
© Ian Patrick, courtesy Karyn Lovegrove Gallery





Ian Patrick
Second Honeymoon, 2008
Oil on canvas
© Ian Patrick, courtesy Karyn Lovegrove Gallery





Ian Patrick
Birthday Beard, 2008
Oil on canvas
© Ian Patrick, courtesy Karyn Lovegrove Gallery

Ian Patrick was born in Boston in 1977. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1999, attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2001, and received his MFA from UCSD in 2006. He lives and works in Los Angeles, and is currently a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Irvine. This is his second solo show.


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Ian Patrick
Easter Theater
February 16, 2008 - March 22, 2008
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery


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Karyn Lovegrove Gallery
6150 Wilshire Boulevard, #8
Los Angeles, California 90048
323.525.1755

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday
11 am - 6 pm


For additional information contact the gallery or visit their website Karyn Lovegrove Gallery


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