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1/6/2007

Helen Lundeberg

Louis Stern Fine Arts, Hollywood

Infinite Distance - Architechtural Compositions

"I think a painter must be influenced by what he sees, all the time, or even by what he conceives is around him, don’t you think? I’ve been looking all my life. It was one of my favorite occupations." - Helen Lundeberg, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles (1982) interviewed by Fidel Danieli (©1982 the Regents of the University of California, All Rights reserved. Used by permission.) Transcript p.51

What a supremely disciplined and inspired “looker” Helen Lundeberg was.

In this the gallery’s second exhibition in a series exploring the work of local legend, painter Helen Lundeberg, the artist delivers the physically palpable and entirely delicious experience of looking through things. Her paintings move you beyond the curve of the object then out the window to the sea or through the beam of a wall to a ceiling opening where morning light spills in or around the corner as the sunlight bleeds through dusk to dark. If ever an artist could be honestly accused of ‘taking the long view’, it is Lundeberg. In truth, ‘infinite view’ is more appropriate. In these compositions, ruthlessly winnowed to the purest visual necessities and decidedly hard edge in tone, Lundeberg patiently insists we see not just the view, but how she herself has felt the view. Even in identifying the work, Dark View, Inner-Outer Vision, A Quiet Place, Silent Interior, Moonlight, Scene of a Dream, the artist announces no destination and, as for traveling, she has already done that for you. All she asks is that you get yourself to the painting and let it carry you from there.

Ms. Lundeberg’s work is included in numerous public and private collections nationally and internationally. The gallery is the exclusive representative of the artist’s estate.

Reception: Saturday, June 2, 6 – 9pm

Louis Stern Fine Arts
9002 Melrose Avenue - West Hollywood

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