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29/4/2005

Perspective

Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles

Linear, Spacial and Otherwise. Kathleen Buckley, Shingo Honda, Mela M., and Laura Ricci

Lawrence Asher Gallery presents "Perspective: Linear, Spacial and Otherwise," a group show with works by Kathleen Buckley, Shingo Honda, Mela M. and Laura Ricci that explore dimension and perspective in two and three-dimensional mediums. Paint and pencil pilot the viewer over, around and through the works to new horizons. Lawrence Asher Gallery is located at 5820 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA directly across the street from the LaBrea Tar Pits with plenty of street parking and a free lot available behind 5858 Wilshire Boulevard accessible from Stanley Ave. The exhibition continues through Saturday, May 28, 2005.

The Artists

Kathleen Buckley redesigns structures and spaces with her own set of rules enabling her to understand the environment while strengthening her relationship to it. “Navigating the vast landscape of Los Angeles, I feel compelled by, yet detached from, the inanimate structures and urban decay that surround me. I offer my own outlook on these surroundings, one reflecting complexly ambivalent relationships between the territory and my individual map and another between the constructs of abstract and representational imagery." With an emphasis on color and line, her work synthesizes both the natural and the man-made. She earned her BFA in Detroit from The Center for Creative Studies and presently lives in L.A.

Shingo Honda was born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He began exhibiting in Tokyo and the United States in the late sixties and early seventies as a member of the Mona Ha movement. The installation work produced during this period focused on the presentation of objects. The point was to have the objects simply exist with each other and with their environment without the artist’s opinion or message involved. Years later, works from the Parallel series shown now use color, geometric shapes, parallel and converging lines and images of people to examine objects living together yet separately on the canvas or panel. These complex compositions coalesce to expose sweeping transparency and accessibility.

Mela M. combines multiple points of perspective to allow the viewer to observe the objects in her paintings from the top, sides and bottom at the same time. Mela’s interest in architectural objects has led to her dialogue between space and form and light and shadow in these current works. Mela's use of panels and canvasses in unconventional shapes directs the viewer to new perspectives of the work. Eventually, she hopes to persuade the viewer to reconsider their relationship to the stationary point of the perspective and ultimately their position in space. Mela was born in Bumkombinat Station, Kirov, Russia. She received her MFA from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA and currently is a professor at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

Laura Ricci hails from Detroit, Michigan. She painted for years in the solitude of her basement until she exhibited at Detroit Contemporary Gallery and simultaneously co-produced a feature-length documentary that screened in several national film festivals. Soon afterward, Ms. Ricci enrolled in the graduate program at the San Francisco Art Institute. Upon graduating and following several exhibitions in the Bay Area, Ms. Ricci soon relocated to Los Angeles where she has quickly established herself as a force in the contemporary art scene. Her most recent work combines images of organic and man-made elements confronting one-another in a specific time and unique space.

Immage: Shingo Honda, “Parallel #36”, 2003, acrylic/graphite on canvas, 28 x 44 inches.

Opening reception Saturday, April 30, 2005, 6pm – 10pm

Lawrence Asher Gallery
5820 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 100 - Los Angeles, CA 90036
Gallery hours, Tuesday – Friday 11am – 6pm, Saturday, 12noon - 5pm

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