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Offramp Gallery Newsletter
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January 2009
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Happy New Year! We're very excited about the upcoming year here at Offramp -- lots of interesting projects in the works. Also, starting January 11, the gallery will be open Thursday - Saturday. I hope to see all of you in 2009. You can contact me by clicking on the "Reply to the sender" link above or by e-mailing me directly at jane@offrampgallery.com. -- Jane Chafin, Director
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Upcoming
Linsley Lambert: Portraits
Rick Araluce: Constructions
Opening Reception: January 11, 2-5pm
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Linsley Lambert: Portraits and Rick Araluce: Constructions, two concurrent solo shows, kick off at Offramp with an opening reception on Sunday, January 11 from 2-5pm. Lambert describes herself as being preoccupied with the “power and universality” of the portrait. Her photoreal portraits are carefully crafted with built-up layers of oil paint and glazes, giving her subjects an almost palpable plasticity and luminosity that adds to their emotional intensity. Her subjects are her contemporaries – artists, friends and musicians. Seattle-based Rick Araluce creates miniature constructions: mysterious, unpopulated rooms of the subconscious. Everything in these works is meticulously hand-crafted by the artist. Closed doors, cut telephone lines, a clock that has stopped or a single light bulb hanging from a wire are typical of the motifs that give Rick’s work its sense of dark narrative. Lambert's portraits will be on view in the main gallery. Araluce's miniature constructions will be in the library, where Offramp has recently installed a new lighting system. Click here to learn more about Linsley's work Click here to learn more about Rick's work Click here for directions & parking
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Upcoming
Rick Araluce: Fragments of a Life, West
Starting the week of January 12, 2009
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A selection of miniatures from Rick Araluce's Fragments of a Life series.
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Offramp Gallery presents Rick Araluce's Fragments of a Life, West, in conjunction with Rick Araluce: Constructions, at Offramp Gallery from January 11-February 22, 2009.
Fragments of a Life, West is the latest in a series of "treasure hunts" that have taken place in Seattle and New York City. Araluce will hide and photograph hand-crafted miniatures in Old Town Pasadena and the Culver City Art District, beginning the week of January 12, 2009. The photos and locations will then be posted on his website, allowing viewers to see the miniatures in place.
Since the items will not be permanently fixed in place, Araluce asks that you resist the temptation to pluck them from their locations so others might enjoy them. Click here for more information
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Announcing
Carlo Marcucci
March 8 - April 19, 2009
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Carlo Marcucci WHEATFIELDS LXVI (#66), 2007 Spaghetti and squid ink spaghetti on painted wood 26" x 26" x 5" + 13" x 13" x 5"
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Offramp Gallery is pleased to announce a solo show of works by Los Angeles area artist, Carlo Marcucci, from March 8 - April 19, 2009. The opening reception will be Sunday, March 8, from 2-5pm. Carlo's minimal, geometric, wall-hung sculptures are crafted from wood and then then exquisitely skinned with everyday objects that you would not necessarily expect in a gallery setting. Dried pasta (spaghetti, udon noodles, mugwort soba and even Spaghettios!), staples, and mechanical pencil refills are among the objects that texture and color the works in a surprisingly beautiful way. Many of the works in this show are from Marcucci's well-known Wheatfields series, of which he says: “With this body of work I use a common edible item, such as spaghetti, to challenge the viewer’s preconceived notions about food – by transforming its characteristics and its use.” Click here to learn more about Carlo's work
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Notes (& Gossip)
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Offramp Gallery has an official group site on Facebook. If you haven't already joined the group, click on the link above. Speaking of Facebook, I reconnected online with old friend and video artist, Joey Santarromana. We had a nice visit over espresso and biscotti to discuss a possible future project. Congratulations are in order for Joey and his wife, Vie, who are expecting their first child in 2009.
I also had a nice visit from artist Joyce Dallal, who is working on a proposal for an installation for the library windows. Congratulations to Joyce, whose recent installation, Descent, will be on view at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City from January 16 - February 20 as part of a two person show titled Flight. I was honored to be asked to sit on the Advisory Board of the new Arts, Entertainment & Media Academy at John Muir High School, along with Scott Ward, Executive Director of the Armory Center for the Arts, Roberta Martinez of Latino Heritage of Pasadena, and others. Offramp is excited to be planning gallery visits, activities and internships for Muir students in the upcoming year. Click here for more information about Offramp Gallery
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Offramp Gallery • 1702 Lincoln Avenue • Pasadena, CA 91103 • 626-298-6931
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