Gina Genis exhibiting at the Women’s Club of Hollywood
© 2009 Gina Genis
Gina Genis will be exhibiting one of her photo collages at the Women’s Club of Hollywood. The exhibit will be for one night only, Sunday, November 22, with a reception from 5-9 p.m. The following is from a press release for the exhibit:
Genis’ work combines the most exceptional elements of nature and technology. Using a camera and software processing systems, a squirrel jaw bone found in the forest becomes an abstracted pattern of delicate beauty. This beauty, however, barely masks a strong presence of danger. The raw elegance of an animal skull reminds us of the tenuous nature of our existence, but through Genis’ photography, celebrates and memorializes life.
The Women’s Club of Hollywood is located at:
1749 N La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046-3009
(323) 876-8383
Eleven Photo Exchange members selected for 2009 Irvine Fine Arts All Media show
Image copyright by Irvine Fine Arts Center
Photo Exchange members Charles Benes, Ellen Butler, Stan Kuran, Janos Lanyi, Manuel Martinez, Jim McKinniss, Hal Myers, Anne Marie Rousseau, Barbara Ruffini, Barbara Runge, and Larry Vogel are 11 of the featured artists in the 2009 All Media show at the Irvine Fine Arts Center.
The Irvine Fine Arts Center is located at 14321 Yale Ave. , Irvine, CA 92604
Exhibition dates are November 20, 2009 – January 16, 2010
Exhibition Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony: Friday, November 20
Reception: 5 – 8pm, Awards Presentation: 6:30pm
http://www.cityofirvine.org/cityhall/cs/finearts/default.asp
By Jim McKinniss
Tiffany Trenda multi-media exhibition at Frank Pictures Gallery
"Condemned Opera" copyright by Tiffany Trenda
Frank Pictures Gallery is proud to present SPECULAR, an exhibition of photographs, light boxes and performance by LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION Artist of the Year, TIFFANY TRENDA. A young, Malibu based artist, Trenda’s beautiful, surreal performances have been called spellbinding and fascinating as she mesmerized critics and collectors as the highlight of Photo LA, Photo Miami for Art Basel, the Malibu Contemporary Art Fair, LA Center of Digital Art and at her solo performance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has also exhibited at Robert Berman Gallery, Farmani Gallery, Highways, and Track 16. She received her BFA from Art Center College of Design and will be finishing her graduate work at UCLA Design and Media Arts. “With my work I am challenging our senses, our mental representations and the relationship we bear to media. I am interested in how we are psychologically affected by the digital world with the constant flux of information. Can our minds handle more and more of imagery representation and digital dialogues?” says Trenda of the recent performance piece that landed her on the cover of The Malibu Times, “with my work I use a lot of bipolar concepts: past and future, death and life, organic and inorganic. More and more we are cross breeding our media and information. The work is about man vs. machine. But can man survive its own creation?”
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Frank Pictures Gallery is located in Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404
Opening Reception: Sunday, November 8th 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Exhibition Dates: November 7, 2009 – January 2, 2010
RSVP to 310.828.0211 / laurie@frankpicturesgallery.com
By Jim McKinniss
Two new exhibitions of nature photography at G2 Gallery
"Aspen Grove" photo copyright by Robert Turner
"Spanish Shawl" photo copyright by Nick Fash
G2 Gallery in Venice, CA is currently hosting two exhibitions which highlight the works of nature photographers Robert Turner and Nick Fash.
The Turner exhibition is called “Robert Turner: Rare Places in a Rare Light” . Robert’s body of work to date is a stunning collection of photographs that, in his words, “will inform the soul and convey my deep belief in the fundamental value of wild places.”
From the Pacific Northwest to the Great Smoky Mountains and the canyon lands of the Colorado Plateau to the hardwood forests of Maine, this exhibition captures both the grandeur and intimacy of North America’s precious wild lands. His large, strongly composed prints communicate the moods of rare moments, both intimate and grand, captured across the continent in his pursuit of the light on the land. Robert’s ever-watchful lens has isolated remarkable instants in time–at the edge of a storm, after a rain, in the afterglow of sunset–when light upon the land intensifies color to almost magical proportions.
The Turner exhibit closes on Sunday, November 8.
Nick Fash is featured in ”Nature LA”, an ongoing series of nature and wildlife photography solo exhibitions by Los Angeles area photographers that will rotate monthly. The exhibitions will provide an opportunity for up-and-coming nature and wildlife photographers from Los Angeles to showcase their work. All proceeds from each show will benefit an LA based environmental charity.
Nature LA brings into focus the work of an individual photographer based in the Los Angeles area whose passion is shooting in nature. Each participant’s unique perspective as urban environmentalist and as artist raises a specific concern brought to the fore by the verity of conservation photography. With this new venture, the G2 Gallery hopes to tap into a growing segment of the population interested in change at a grassroots level.
Nature LA: Nick Fash will be on view October 20–November 20, 2009. An artist’s reception will take place November 6 at 6pm, coinciding with Abbot Kinney First Friday.
The G2 Gallery (www.theg2gallery.com)
1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291-3742
Tel. 310.452.2842, E-mail info@theg2gallery.com
By Jim McKinniss
Three Photo Exchange members to participate in 2nd City Council celebration of Dia de los Muertos
"Frieda Speaks" copyright by Richard Ostrowski
"Death's Sales Pitch" copyright by Stan Kuran
"Waiting for an answer" copyright by Emanuel Dale
Photo Exchange members Emanuel Dale, Stan M. Kuran, and Richard Ostrowski will have work featured in this year’s event at 2nd City Council gallery in Long Beach, California.
2nd City Council is honored to participate in a traditional neighborhood celebration of Dia de los Muertos. Each year, our neighbors’ apartment complex and beautiful courtyard becomes a magical place where altars, candlelight, marigolds, dancing and live music fills the air. The gallery hosts a Dia de los Muertos exhibition and our garden is transformed with altars, calacas, art workshops and delicious food. Our two spaces are linked by gates that open wide to encourage an exchange of culture, art, tradition and friendship.
There is an artist reception on Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Please join us in this joyous celebration Sat., October 31, 2009 – Dec. 3, 2009
2nd City Council gallery is located at 435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 901-0997
email: 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net
web: http://www.2ndcitycouncil.org/
Jim McKinniss
“Power of Art 2009″ to be held October 16 – 18
The Redondo Beach Art Group is holding their 4th annual member art show on the weekend of October 16. The show is titled “The Power of Art 2009″ and is the 4th annual show put on by the group.
Copyright by The Redondo Beach Art Group
The Power of Art has grown in attendence every year since its inception with over 5300 people attending the event last year. The show is part of the group’s effort to raise awareness of how art can play a positive role in a community by combining beauty with constructive social interactions of the community’s citizens.
The Power of Art 2009 is an all-media show featuring the art work of the members of The Redondo Beach Group. In conjunction with POA 2009 is the “Seeing California” show featuring work inspired by the famous photographer Edward Weston’s trip around California. Many of the group’s photographic artists will be featured in “Seeing California”.
Each year the group converts a location into a temporary gallery to showcase the work of it’s members. Last year’s venue was the north power generating room of the AES Power Plant in Redondo Beach. This year the group has converted an abandoned restaurant into its art gallery. This year’s show features the work of 90 artists and 130 works of art in all media in two galleries, “Living Art” and “Seeing California”.
There will be a catered opening reception on October 16 from 7 – 10pm. The show continues Saturday, October 17 from 10am – 10pm and Sunday, October 18 from 10am – 8 pm.
This event is free to the public unless otherwise noted on the group’s website.
The venue for this year’s show will be the old Venezia restaurant between the Cheesecake Factory and the Blue Water Grill. It is located at 655 N. Harbor Dr., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
For more information visit http://redondobeachartgroup.org/
By Jim McKinniss
Reflective Image Gallery Opening
Gregory Hunter show opens at the Reflective Image Gallery in Santa Ana. Opening reception Saturday, October 10, from 7-10 PM. Show runs through November 29. The gallery is located at 211 E. Columbine Ave., Suite G, Santa Ana, CA. (in the Hutton Square near Mac Arthur & Main next to Image Control Lab)
The inspiration for Greg’s work is Ansel Adams. Growing up in the western United States, he has since refined a personalized quality extracted from many of the same exotic locations where Ansel has traveled. Though Greg never met Ansel, he has been fortunate to study under and work with several of his assistants. Alan Ross and John Sexton have helped shape Greg’s own unique vision and sense of creativity.
Gregory Hunter website: http://www.gregoryhunterphotography.com/index.html
The Mechanical Eye show to open at Cannery Row Studios
Cannery Row Studios in Redondo Beach, California will present the work of 20 local photographers at the “The Mechanical Eye”.
Photographers Georgette Buckley and Anne Sharp were added to the group after going to press.
The show runs October 11, 2009 through October 30, 2009. The opening reception is October 11 from 4:00 – 8:00pm
Cannery Row Studios is located at 604 North Francisca Ave, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
310.366.1988
By Jim McKinniss
Photography by Ellen Cantor to be shown at Studio 339
"Quarter Tulips" copyright by Ellen Cantor
Photographer Ellen Canter will be featured at Studio 339 in San Pedro, CA.
The show titled “DICOTOMY” runs October 1, 2009 through November 30, 2009. There will be an artist receptions on October 1 and November 5 from 6 to 9 pm to coincide with the regular First Thrusday art district tours in San Pedro.
“DICOTOMY” showcases Ellen’s recent exploration of the relationships between the man-made and natural environments.
Studio 339 is owned by Lauren Kilgore
339 West Seventh St.
San Pedro, CA
310.514.1238
To see more of Ellen’s Work visit http://www.ellencantorphotography.com/
By Jim McKinniss
Jerry Burchfield dies at 62
"Last Supper" copyright by Jerry Burchfield
"Second Degree Still Life No, 43" copyright by Jerry Burchfield
Jerry Burchfield, a photographer and educator who helped document the evolution of two Orange County landmarks, has died. He was 62.
Burchfield, a professor and photography gallery director at Cypress College since 1987, died Sept. 11 at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange. He had colon cancer, said his wife, Barbara.
Burchfield had “an international reputation as an important contemporary artist with a social and political point of view,” said Bolton Colburn, director of the Laguna Art Museum, which exhibited Burchfield’s works in 1973 and 2000.
From 1973 to 1987 Burchfield co-owned BC Space Gallery in Laguna Beach with Mark Chamberlain. Colburn said Burchfield and Chamberlain “certainly weren’t shy about getting in with subject matter that had political implications,” and in Orange County that often meant environmental issues.
The project in Laguna Canyon, which remains one of the few relatively undeveloped areas of Orange County, started in 1974, Chamberlain said.
“We started documenting Laguna Canyon because of a particular fondness for the location,” Burchfield told The Times in 1989. “We felt that some sort of development was inevitable. As photographers, we believed that we might not play a role in stopping the development. So the least we could do was use our craft to document the environment so that there is a record of it.”
Burchfield and Chamberlain began tracing the life in the canyon, including taking photos the length of Laguna Canyon Road. Thousands of photos — many donated by others — were compiled into a huge mural they called “The Tell,” which referred to an archaeological term about a core sampling that tells the earth’s geological history.
In November 1989, an estimated 7,000 people marched through the canyon to the mural as part of a protest over plans to build more than 3,000 homes.
“The Tell was one of the most galvanizing instruments we had for getting people involved and interested in the future of Laguna Beach,” Michael Phillips, executive director of the Laguna Greenbelt and Laguna Canyon Conservancy, told the Orange County Register in 1991. Developers eventually agreed to sell a canyon site to the city of Laguna Beach. The mural was taken down in 1990, but the project continues, Chamberlain said.
In 2002, Burchfield and Chamberlain started photographing the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, which had closed as an active base in 1999. After much debate over turning the facility into a commercial airport, a Great Park and some residential use is now planned for the site.
“We all felt that an important part of Orange County’s history was being overlooked due to the issues surrounding what it should be used for,” Burchfield told the Register last year.
“Regardless of what happened to it, the history of the base needed to be documented as best could be done.”
With five other photographers working on the Legacy Project at the old base, Burchfield created what is believed to be the world’s largest functioning pinhole camera obscura and the world’s largest photograph, one of thousands taken to document the transition from Marine base to park. “I’ve never been a proponent of hit-and-run photography. This allows our knowledge to develop,” he said.
Jerry Lee Burchfield was born July 28, 1947, in Chicago. He received bachelor’s, master’s in art and master of fine arts degrees from Cal State Fullerton.
He wrote several books about photography and received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1981. His work has been exhibited in the United States, Europe and Japan. Along with Cypress College, he taught at Cal State Fullerton as well as at Chaffey, Mt. San Antonio, Saddleback and Orange Coast colleges.
“He was a multifaceted individual, an outstanding educator, a mentor, friend and ally,” Chamberlain said
Besides his wife, Burchfield is survived by his son, Brian, and his father, Darrell. Services are pending. A scholarship fund has been set up in Burchfield’s name. The family asks that donations be sent to the Cypress College Foundation, attention Laura Stephens, 9200 Valley View St.,
Memorial service, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 at Laguna Beach Presbyterian Church
Celebration of Burchfield’s life and work at BC Space, 3 to 6 p.m.
By Jim McKinniss
