Gallery Open Sunday(s?)

The gallery will be open this Sunday, Feb 26th.
From 11am - 6pm

Here is the exterior of our location.....


Yes, we are here, inside & thru the back of Sumi's...



...go toward the light!!

Inaugural Images-notes /Gallery Hours

Silver Lake has been good to the gallery this first week. Our foot traffic has increased 5 times compaired to the last 2 years in Chinatown. For me that's good, as I continue to focus on local artists, accessiblity & thematic curation concepts.

The opening reception was packed...everyone seemed excited that we are going at it again in such a fresh new place. Including me!


Hope to see you soon - we are open Wednesday - Saturday. 12noon - 7pm.

I will be there this Sunday the 26th too!!
(Sunday might be a new day for me to be open - I did it my first year of the gallery & it was a high traffic day since noone else is open!)

Here are some more images of the show & a few of the great artists that made it happen.
Neil Wax with Abject Goods


Jason Macaya in the Salon/Back Room


Paige Wery next to her painting, "Art History Tree". You should see what is on the Back of it!


Jenny Lens with an adorably garbed fan, toast the evening. (& it wasn't 2-buck-chuck!)


Remember to view the slideshow on the website for the best pics of the art.
www.galleryrevisited.com
Special thanks to B.G., C.F., J.H., S.J. & more for their support of the arts through acquisition. Toast to you!

show preview update

check out the exhibit slideshow...Neil Wax has been added.


http://www.galleryrevisited.com/exhibit.htm

Here are some other highlights:
Sam Gezari, photography.


Katy Bowen


Jessica Robbins


Kireilyn Barber & Jason Macaya


cheers.

Art Fairs, to be or not to be

LA Art is going to happen in conjunction with the Armory in New York;
An adjunct Fair put together by a few seminal galleries - although it is unclear from the source whether these galleries didn't make the Armory cut.
But there is mention that LA galleries are under-represented at the famous New York Fair, so a few of our best are making their own. Shuttle & all.

This topic is ever-present: LA galleries are under-represented. (in publications, fairs, newspaper listings, federal budget allocations, community recoginition...)

Fairs are The thing to do if you own a gallery. They are The place to go if you are a collector.
I just find it odd that Fairs are so hot & so accepted. While all throughout the rest of the year galleries are putting on beautiful shows to get reviews, only to ship everything off to a giant - dare I say - corporate or practically swap meet setting.

On the other hand, it is so much work, so expensive - but the payoff is worth it.

Could it be outrageous to propose that the same amount of money spent on a fair be put toward mass art consumption on a street level?

Like, hop on a shuttle & see gallery exhibits.
See them the way the artist & the curator intended their work to be seen - for more than just an image on a convention center wall amongst the competition. (although NO one seems to mind the convention center aspect one bit- it's just the way it's done, & everyone seems OK with it.)

Perhaps a fantasy, I know. Especially for such a spread out city as LA, with such an enormous selection of galleries.

Peek at the New Show

The Inaugural 3 exhibit is UP!!



Group show - 19 artists + more in the Modular Unit & in the Salon*.



Photography, Sculpture, Painting...



Gallery Open NOW for PREVIEW Wed Feb.15, Thu Feb.16, Fri Feb.17 noon - 6pm



Inaugural 3 Reception: Saturday Feb. 18th 6pm - 10pm

valet parking available on Descanso for the Opening.

See you soon.
Leora Lutz
*The Salon is our mini back room with more art on display, portfolios & the Comment Box + a tiny seating area.

Reality TV is reality

One of our artists, Siuan McGahan is not only a wonderful painter, she is also in a hot band, The Renders. That's her in the orange shirt on the left.

Some totally hilarious news came in from her via email:
Siuan McGahan will be filming at the Tyra Banks show with her band, The Renders. Siuan is the band’s lead vocalist, guitar & the band’s indie promoter.The band will be getting a make-over by the American Idol style team and they will be highlighting the fact that they are still rocking out, even while Siuan is 8 months pregnant.
So Funny!
In addition, The Renders are endorsing Daisy Guitars. Nice.

Siuan McGahan

Artists Panel Discussion

Artists may find the upcoming panel discussion to be of interest & benefit:

"Show Savvy: How to Prepare, Publicize, and Make the Most of Your Gallery Show"
LA Art Association is hosting a panel discussion with artists at the helm, talking about their own personal business strategies, what works for them, what doesn’t work, tips etc.
I think this is a great idea, because peer advice is really important if you hear it from successful, happy artists who are making a living, or close to making a living showing & selling their art. It is also a great motivator to see how artists are making it work with gallery relationships in a cohesive way, rather than separatist.
Some panel topics will include:
How do I edit my body of work to create the best possible show? What's a realistic budget for marketing and advertising? Does the gallery share matting and framing costs? Who goes on the mailing list? How do I increase my chances of getting a review?

When: Saturdays March 4 & March 11 10:30a - 1:30p

Where: Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825
825 N. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Cost: $60 general/$40 members and students with ID. Spaces are limited & Advance payment is required.

RSVP: LA Art Association/Gallery 825
(310) 652-8272 www.laaa.org

LA Art Association has been around for 80 years & there are still tons of people who don't know about them. They are a non-profit artists organization that offers its' juried members exhibition opportunities, panel discussions, gallery placement, art sales, hash sessions & more.
I have found that working with a few artists who happened to be members are successful artists too. Of course with every organization, you have to know how to use their benefits - which there are many at LAAA. Some of you may know about Gallery 825, which is the LAAA gallery on La Cienega.
In a recent & wise decision, LAAA is redirecting their indentity toward the organization side, rather than the gallery, since they offer so much more for artists than a gallery due to their non-profit & organization status.

No Quality Galleries!?

I take some issue with galleries who state that they opened a gallery because there is a lack of quality galleries compared to the number of quality artists in population.

Grand Opening Anticipation

Julie Hughes has an amazing new piece for the Inauguration 3. You may remember her installation with Pete Goldlust in our "Enter/Exit - the uncommon landscape" exhibit this past summer.

Everything is moving along famously for the renovation. Much ado for one gal.


More Anticipation:
The Famous Gummi-Bear Chandelier by YaYaChou

Other artists in the Inauguration 3 show are:
David Trulli - noir scratchboard www.davidtrulli.com
Paige Wery - art history tree www.artpaige.com
Joshua Petker - portraits www.joshuapetker.com
Jenny Lens - Punk photography www.jennylens.net
Matt Burlingame - sculpture www.mattburlingame.com
Jessica Robbins - paintings www.jessicarobbins.com

Neil Wax - Abject Goods
Fumiko Amano - paintings
danielle b. ashton - scuplture
Kireilyn Barber - photography
Katy Bowen - felt paintings
Sam Gezari - photography
Jason Macaya - paintings
Chris Martino - urban stencil paintings
Siuan McGahan - paintings
David Glynn - portraits in oil
Pete Goldlust - sculpy creatures

Can't wait to see all the work up & look forward to seeing you too!

What'cha Say

As noted in a previous post, we here at Gallery Revisited will be implementing a good ol' fashioned Comment Box.
Not unlike the comment lines here, but then again, not like it at all.

In our Salon, we will have on hand a few forms with questions that you can answer & drop into the Comment Box. Later I will compile the results & post them on this Blog.
The answers will be strictly confidential once they are dropped in the box.

I think that this will be a fun & interactive way for people to express their opinions about various art topics & related issues.
Without drumming up too many cliches, I plan on having an assortment of questions or topics that come up while talking with artists, colleagues & collectors...
The Important Ones.
Not the ones about $2 wine. Not the ones about which shade of white walls should be painted. Not the what is art & what isn't art ones, etc.
The questions are for anyone who feels they have something to say, be it artist, collector, critic or other. (I have a feeling I will have mostly artists filling these out - but hopefully that will not be the case.)

A few I have been thinking of are:
Explain the difference between "art should be for anyone & art should be for everyone."
If you have one negative gallery experience, how quick are you to generalize about all galleries? What was the negative experience.
How often do you buy art, go on vacation, visit museums & galleries, eat out.
Which 3 galleries do you like. Try to describe why you like or dislike a gallery selection without using the words "good" or "bad".

Certainly, I think this will provide invaluable information that is long overdue for helping Anyone understand this business & hopefully knock down some of the Tiring ganeralizations I hear every day.
Aside from, as far as I know, Noone has done this on the gallery level.

Feel free to post some question ideas on the comment section of this blog today.

artLA glitter thread & cardboard

So, apologies for not having images....reading will be the mode of communication for you today. As usual. So much for art being visual.

I noticed some common threads, so to speak in the art that I saw on Saturday at artLA, literally & figuratively. The use of some particular mediums.
Thread, Glitter & cardboard.
Thread: used instead of pencil or paint.
More & more artists are using this industrial or craft product as a medium in their fine art. Many of them refer to their work as "thread paintings" or just paintings, or "thread drawings". Lisa Durow, whom I have shown in the past does lovely dainty thread drawings using - thread - & tiny beads on watercolor paper.
At artLA, some things that stood out are the work of Orly Cogan at Byron C. Cohen gallery from Kansas City, Missouri. I was chatting with the director, Toma, & we both went to school & studied Crafts. Both of us were talking about the excitement of seeing a craft medium in fine art galleries, not just in museums or craft galleries. There is a new heightened awareness & acceptance that seemed to make both of us feel like we got our just dues. When you are studying a genre that is not widely accepted as an art form & then, 13 years later see it where you knew it should be there all along, well, it jsut makes you feel something like "Finally" or "I knew it". I am sure with purists it is a debateable subject, but for contemporary galleries there is a buzz that comes with crossing bridges.
Orly Cogans' flirty, dirty, naughty & wonderfully ironic, pastoral & narrative images of ladies in sassy, sexy & natural poses are concise drawings in thread on vintage linens. Stories involve environs of flora, personal moments (such as taking a pee) or romping with toddlerfriendly versions of animals, such as the ones seen in vintage childrens' embroidery or storybooks. Sometimes there is a coy moment when the subject (Orly herself) is peekabooing. The workmanship is that not unlike the skill & labor involved in a painting or drawing & they are priced accordingly - $1000 - $3000 for larger works. (24" - 40")
www.artnet.com/cohen.html

other galleries that hade work in thread:
Sara Nightingale Gallery - these were pillows. www.saranightingale.com
(she remarked that the food was bad too, & that the libation assortment was completely undesireable - as she nursed the warm beer that she acquired by other means than what was offered by the establishment.)

Lyons Wier Gallery - work by Mark Newport, "My Heroes" - Comic book covers with heroes done in embroidery & the artist is a guy.
www.lyonswiergallery.com

Glitter: used instead of paint. Landscapes by Jamie Vasta
www.lincart.com
I went to these like a crow, "Shiny!!!! Sparkly!!!! Pretty!!!!"

There was also ink-blot glitter work to be had.
In addition to sixspace artist andrew southerland cardboard pieces, there was
cardboard used instead of clay by Scott Fife from Platform Gallery, Seattle. He has been doing these portrait head sculptures for 20 years - talk about getting your just dues.
www.platformgallery.com
I had a nice chat with Blake, one of the owners of platformgallery. They have their day jobs holding up the gallery - their labor of LOVE - & enjoy doing the shows because they have made some wonderful connections for their artists. The most endearing story was that they love it when they can call their artist with good news about a sale or connection & the artist cries tears of joy.

So many people "cry" over the tribulations of this industry - let's shed more tears of joy for glitter, thread, cardboard & good news, shall we?