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Offramp Gallery Newsletter
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February 2010
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Continuing through February 7
Joey Santarromana & Erika Suderburg
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Erika Suderburg, still from video Landscape for Il Sassetta, 2010
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There's only one week left to see new video installations by Joey Santarromana and Erika Suderburg. The shows run through Sunday, February 7, 2010.
Erika Suderburg's Some Small Groups 1974-2009 consists of an infinite number of 1" square photographic prints culled from 35 years of personally captured archived photographs. They are grouped in various categories that mutate according to whim, time of day, wind speed, solstice orientation and flights of fancy. Twenty-five framed images are included in the exhibition.
Suderburg's Landscape for il Sassetta is a site specific video installation that makes use of a disused fireplace in the library. Suderberg describes Landscape for il Sassetta as "a contemporary approach to the contemplative disciplines, a fascination with fire and flying monks converge in an examination of place, habit and aspiration."
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Opening Sunday February 21, 2-5pm
Myron Kaufman: Still Perplexed
February 21 - March 21, 2010
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Cover of Myron Kaufman: Still Perplexed exhibition catalog
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Offramp Gallery is pleased to present Still Perplexed, a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Myron Kaufman, from February 21 – March 21, 2010. An opening reception for the artist will be held on Sunday, February 21, from 2-5pm.
Witty narrative, a preternaturally bright palette and an intuitive sense of composition are the hallmarks of Myron’s work. Nothing is sacred as he tackles subjects as far ranging as Wall Street, religion, Dick Cheney, Little Orphan Annie, aging, nudity, and sexuality. Drawn initially to the bright colors and free-flowing creativity of these paintings, one’s attention is ultimately held by the narrative. Simultaneously evoking humor, emotional discomfort, and a desire to know more, one feels privileged to peek into the wonderfully strange psyche of Myron Kaufman.
A full-color catalog will accompany the exhibition
The exhibition runs concurrently with Marilyn Cvitanic: Watercolors and Elaine Carhartt: Ceramic Sculpture.
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Opening Sunday February 21, 2-5pm
Marilyn Cvitanic: Watercolors
February 21 - March 21, 2010
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Marilyn Cvitanic, Dravaweb, 2009, watercolor, 14" x 10"
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Offramp Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of watercolors by New York based artist, Marilyn Cvitanic, from February 21 - March 21, 2010, with an opening reception for the artist on Sunday, February 21, from 2-5pm.
Marilyn began painting 15 years ago, soon after finishing a Ph.D. in Policy Analysis at the RAND Graduate School. Having spent most of her life in academia up to that point, she wanted to experience making art in the freshest, most organic way possible, and purposely steered clear of any formal instruction. She initially began painting figuratively, but fantasy elements and abstraction soon began to appear in her work, as did the right angles and verticality of Manhattan's landscape. The exhibition runs concurrently with Myron Kaufman: Still Perplexed and Elaine Carhartt: Ceramic Sculpture.
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Opening Sunday February 21, 2-5pm
Elaine Carhartt: Ceramic Sculpture
February 21 - March 21, 2010
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Elaine Carhartt, Kneeling Lad, ceramic
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Offramp Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of sculpture by Los Angeles area sculptor and muralist Elaine Carhartt, from February 21 – March 21, 2010, with an opening reception for the artist on Sunday, February 21, 2010.
The brightly colored figures and animals depicted in Elaine’s sculptures are inspired by her love of pattern and her fascination with illuminated manuscripts, not only from the western medieval period, but also from the Persian and Mughal periods. The sculptures are constructed using the slab method, with low-fire terracotta clay, fired to cone 06. Colored engobes (liquid clay slips of varying compositions) and clear low fire glaze are then applied to color and finish the pieces. Elaine’s sculptures will be on display in the garden at Offramp Gallery. The exhibition runs concurrently with Myron Kaufman: Still Perplexed and Marilyn Cvitanic: Watercolors.
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Opening Sunday, February 21, 2-5pm
Francesco Siqueiros: Paraiso Terrenal/Earthly Paradise
ongoing
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Offramp Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of a site-specific installation, Paraiso Terrenal/Earthly Paradise, by Los Angeles based artist, Francesco Siqueiros. A reception for the artist will be Sunday, February 21, in the garden where Siqueiros has been working on the project for several months. The installation will represent the sacred and the profane as it relates to work, production, and creativity. The project is ongoing.
Paraiso Terrenal/Earthly Paradise consists of two separate parts: “Garden as Subject” and “Garden as Object.” “Garden as Subject” involves the construction of a garden surrounded by an architectonic structure. The structure will hold screens for projections of stills and video. The garden itself is an approximately 6’ x 12' plot that has been cut out of the cement surface of an old patio.
“Garden as Object” involves the construction of a garden interfacing and interrelating in a multimedia composition. The garden is viewed as an armature or canvas upon which various relationships are instigated, including color and forms of the plants and vegetables in their surrounding area. Open ended materials will be used, as equivalent relationships are sought in this painterly endeavor.
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Notes (& Gossip)
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Left to right: Anita Bunn, Jane Chafin, Quinton Bemiller, Jay Belloli and Ann Isolde at the opening reception of Hahamonga at the Armory center for the Arts, January 16, 2010.
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Phew! We made it through Art Month! So much art, so little time.
I scored a VIP pass for Art Los Angeles Contemporary (because of Offramp's participation in the fair's Alternative Spaces Driving Tour) and attended the VIP Reception. As often happens at openings, there were too many people to get a good look at the art, but I had fun seeing friends. Among them were David Richards, Geoff Tuck, Kristi Engle, Daniel Brodo, Roland Reiss and Dawn Arrowsmith.
Be sure to see Forever Now at the Peggy Phelps and East Galleries at CGU before it closes on Friday. It's one of the yummiest group shows I've seen recently. Curated by art critic David Pagel, it includes work by Offramp's Anita Bunn and seven others. Installations by Christian Tedeschi and Hollis Cooper alone are worth the drive.
Quinton Bemiller's knock-out mural, Hahamonga, opened at the Armory Center for the Arts on January 16. The mural will be on view until March 21, when unfortunately, it will be painted over! Be sure to catch it before it disappears forever.
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Contemporary Art in Pasadena
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Welcome to Contemporary Art in Pasadena. Our goal is to keep you informed of the many gallery, art center and museum exhibitions and events that make Pasadena a thriving contemporary art destination.
Galleries
Project 210: through February 6, 2010, Ruth Trotter: Preludes to Painting. Closing Reception/Artist Talk, Saturday, February 6, 3-5pm: Mery Lynn McCorkle interviews Ruth Trotter. February 11 - March 6, Abel Alejandre: Familiar Ground. Opening Reception, Sunday, February 14, 4-7pm.
Haus Gallery: through February 6, Jeff & Gordon. February 25 - March 20, Mike Tracy. Opening Reception, Sunday, February 21, 4-7pm (overlapping Offramp's 2-5pm reception).
Armory Center for the Arts: Through March 21, 2010, Rauschenberg at Gemini and Quinton Bemiller's Hahamonga.
Museums
Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art: February 14 - May 30, 2010, Millard Sheets: The Early Years.
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contact jane@offrampgallery.com
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