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5/1/2007

Two exhibitions

Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles

Jay Brockman - Black & Light

Marcus Antonius Jansen - Modern Urban Expressionism

Lawrence Asher Gallery presents two dynamic solo shows to begin 2007. Jay Brockman is blossoming into a masterful veteran of the contemporary cityscape. He pushes the envelope and extends his reach to New York and Asia with his usual brilliance and panache. Familiar Southern California subject matter completes this dynamic collection with new focus on subtle, highly effective representation of light and dark. Marcus Antonius Jansen has been exploring the urban, contemporary scene with expressionist’s vigor and a contemporary social scholar’s depth and understanding. These canvases display chaotic precision at the pace of life with color and symbolism that ignite our senses as well as our emotions.

Please join us for the opening reception of these exceptional showcases on Saturday, January 6th, 2007, 6 - 10 pm. Lawrence Asher Gallery is located at 5820 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, across the street from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and adjacent to the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Free parking is available on Wilshire Blvd. and behind 5858 Wilshire Boulevard. Enter on Stanley Ave.

The Artists

Marcus Antonius Jansen is known for his gritty urban “lifescapes." The native of New York City, now Southwest Florida resident, had his first exhibition in 1974 at New York’s Park Avenue Lever House at age six. Over 30 years have passed for this painter who managed to convert his life from a Gulf War Soldier to transforming ordinary and often forgotten urban areas into lasting icons. Jansen has become a key influence in a growing dimension of Urban-Contemporary artists on the internet and contemporary artscene that is quickly changing the face of traditional and non traditional art and visual media. The Paris Magazine Zurban, named Jansen alongside Robert Rauschenberg and Jean Michel Basquiat in 2006. They state: “He shares his experiences and observations with his audience through objects and human traces that are found in urban areas however opts the figurative".

Crowned “New Artist of the Year" 2005 by the Alliance for the Arts, Jansen’s work has been juxtaposing sophisticated, complex and culturally as well as socially inspiring imagery since his military discharge. Jansen spent 15 years in Germany where he studied at the Berufsfachschule fuer Gestaltung (Design) and the Berufschule fuer Maler (Painters) in Moenchengladbach. He was commissioned by Ford Motor Company as their Centennial Artist in 2003. Marcus was recognized by The Tampa Museum of Art as a winner of the under/CURRENT/over/VIEW 8 Biennial. Jansen’s work can also be found in the heart of Paris, France in Le Marais art district at the American Art Gallery.

His work is in permanent collections of the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum in Washington D.C., Southwest Florida Museum of History, Fort Myers/Florida and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art in Taiwan. His representation reaches from Los Angeles to New York. He is noted in Who's Who in American Art publication, Famous 100 Contemporary Artists book, Sweden and listed in the Flavio Puviani-International Encyclopedia Dictionary of Modern & Contemporary Art Ferrara/Italy. His work as been requested by Colleges such as the Visual Research Dept. Library’s, at the prestigious California College of Art, San Francisco and he is a member of the Artists Rights Society in New York City.

Jansen has appeared in various media around the world including: LCI, French TV News Channel, Paris/France, WINK TV, Fort Myers/Florida, NY Arts Magazine, Skin Magazine, UAE, Naples Daily News, News-Press, Tampa Tribune, Lodown Magazine, Berlin Germany, Art Business News, Art World News, Lifescapes (now Art Ltd.), Expressions Magazine WGCU and many more. Jansen’s book “Modern Urban Expressionism, The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen", was released in December 2006.

Artist Jay Brockman returns to Lawrence Asher Gallery with the launch of his latest cityscape paintings. Brockman, known for his brilliant and haunting cityscapes of Los Angeles, including the Sunset on Sunset series, has traded iconic LA sunsets for the overloaded, impersonal neon and shouting signs of artificial light. Black and Light takes the viewer into the night and over the edge with decisive brushwork and compelling compositions, complemented by stunning juxtaposition of color. Encompassing Tokyo, New York City, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, Brockman again elevates the tradition of cityscape to contemporary status.

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 6th, 6 - 10 pm

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

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