Art to See: Monster World & The Dog, the Tree and the Catfish @ Steve Turner
More fiber sculpture to see around Los Angeles....but these exhibition close soon (on February 10th) so if you have time this week, check these out!
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from the press release:
Monster World, a solo exhibition by Toronto-based Hannah Epstein that consists of a selection of brightly colored hooked rugs that depict a variety of monsters as imagined by the artist, whether derived from her study of folklore, her visual backlog of TV images, or from her interest in internet memes.
from the press release:
The Dog, the Tree and the Catfish, a three-person exhibition featuring works by Jacqueline Laurita Cortese, Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio and Diedrick Brackens. The title of the exhibition describes the prominent image within each artist’s work: Cortese—fur covered lifesize ceramic sculptures of dogs that resemble German Shepherds; Aparicio—a painting that is made from rubber, paint and tree residue that resembles the surface of a flattened tree; and Brackens—weavings that incorporate the image of a catfish. Each artist combines personal subject matter with highly developed skills to create their singularly beautiful and somewhat strange objects. Biography always informs an artist’s work (Cortese is from suburban Long Island; Aparicio, from a Salvadoran neighborhood in Los Angeles and Brackens, from Mexia, Texas) but in making strange versions of familiar images (a dog, a tree and a catfish), each artist has signaled that far more is behind her/his work.
Steve Turner is located in Santa Monica. The address is 6830 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 6pm.