new show APRIL 29

“Small is Large” #1
Small things that tell a larger story.


danielle b. ashton
“Seasonal Cocoons” - mixed media sculpture & “daniellians” - porcelain sculpture
Sam Gezari
“References” - photography installation

Reception for the artists: Saturday April 29th 6pm – 10pm
Show continues until May 27

In this exhibit we will be showcasing works of tiny diameter & dimension, which together form a larger understanding. The works are installed to create an environment or a relationship with each other within the space. The overall synergy is that of figurative & literal travel, time passages and solidified moments.



Sam Gezari showed with us in August 2005, for which his work was recognized by David Pagel & Artweek. danielle b. ashton showed with us in October 2005 & her work is under consideration for a LACMA acquisition.

Sam Gezari’s newest compiled body of work, “References” is an installation of transcontinental journey documentation. The photos are 4”x 5” printed on metallic paper & mounted behind matte plexi-glass. The result is tiny luminous gems that allow us to formulate collective perceptions about the images. Yet as they are recognizable; subway, Trans Am, Greyhound bus, a seagull, the back seat of a car with a painting inside, a coiled hose on the floor - they tell a larger story of fast fragments, almost like a dream of scattered memories, of linked narratives in a transitory experience.

danielle b. ashton’s new work is a series of photo-mounted panels that incorporate sculpture. The photo pieces are approximately 8” wide x 3” in height with attached approximately 4” sculpture in the shape of cocoons & additional single cocoons suspended within the gallery space. Ashton’s work evolves around the notion of conscious movement and the encouragement for people to be aware of all aspects of life, the day-to-day routines that are sometimes perceived as small, but as a whole are quite monumental. In addition we will be showcasing “daniellians” – beautifully carved porcelain sculpture that further emphasizes life’s travels.



“Small is Large” #1 is the second in a series of 3 curatorial concepts that Gallery Revisited is pursuing for its 2006 calendar year. Gallery Revisited is dedicated to accessible exhibitions with content.
**In all there are some 80 pieces in the installation ranging in price from $150 – under $400. Entire or fragments of the installations may also be commissioned.

gallery hours wednesday - sunday from 12 -6

What Collectors Say....

LA Art Association recently had a panel discussion on The Art of Collecting.
LAAA offers lots of these types of talks that are open to the public for a small fee that benefits the 80 year old non-profit artists organization.

The panelists were moderated & invited by Molly Barnes, a noted collector & author of the artists hand-book "How to Get Hung". Included were Larry Cohen, Grafton Tanquary, Denny Vaughn & Gabby Rogers Lieber.

I got a couple of notes from Gina Stepaniuk about the discussion.
She felt it was refreshing to hear admission from the entire panel that they are neurotic about owning a piece of art just because they loved it.
This is a common remark from many collectors - they always advise you begin by buying what you love. I like to elaborate on that a tiny bit more by instead of saying love, gesturing to the side of my head by making wiggly finger movements or lightly patting my chest where my heart is.
Although some also collect for investment, it was evident that the main criterion for collecting is being "moved" by the piece & deciding you cannot live without it.

Gabby Rogers Lieber collected from artists friends....Helen Frankenthaler & Robert Motherwell.


She also regrets not buying a Lee Krasner piece when she had the chance.


UM. I just have goosebumps right now. Fame does that to people & just the weird 1000 degrees of seperation - that someone I know was in the room with someone who knew __________, is kind of funny that it makes me patter, but great nonetheless.
Ms. Lieber had another good tip - "Develop your eye by looking, looking & looking, reading, attending galleries & chat with other collectors to find out their recommendations".

All of the panelists have a tremendous amount of love for the arts to the extent of giving up other luxuries.
Many potential collectors come into the gallery every week remarking to me about how they should buy more art, learn more about it, & maybe not buy $400 jeans this month, but buy a piece of art instead. "Oh, I agree", noddingly, ("the longterm enjoyment of art will far out-weigh your opinion of yourself in those jeans next year," I think to myself)-
"the longterm enjoyment & support of art will far out-weigh any fashion trend," I really say.
There was a sense of pride with the panelists that they helped an artist on the road to success.

The panelists also enjoyed buying from artists because there was less shame in asking for a discount or a payment plan.
This is a shame-on-you to the collectors. Do not ask artists to give you a deal!! They should be more respected than that. And yes, asking a gallery for a discount can be uncomfortable. Some galleries mark work high to haggle down - Some do not. I do not. I sell very affordable work. But I do offer collector incentives as well as sometimes taking less of a cut for myself in order to make the price more appealing without the artist losing money. But that is reflected in the posted price, not in some sort of discount if someone asks.
I actually have only had one person ask for a discount while buying multiple works by one artist. Most people admit it is more than they want to spend & then we work out a payment plan or I give them like $50 off - but I am not doing % discounts anymore.
But No matter who you deal with, it should not be a shameful thing.
Let's get that driven out of the artworld shall we? This is why I am striving to make my gallery as unintimidating as possible without being plebian.

Gina's final notes state that the panel demystified the collecting - that you don't have to be rich or pretentious to buy art. Anyone can be a collector.

Hi Anyone, come on over to the last weekend of our show "Consumerism & Product".
featuring YaYa Chou & Katy Bowen.
Saturday & Sunday from 11 am - 6pm.

mouths wide open

tip of the day:

do not walk around with your mouth hanging open.
lower the pitch of your voice when you speak.
use undereye concealer.


all of these will instill the appearance of intelligence.
failure to do so will enhance your outward appearance as one of lacking smarts, in general.



(did i mention in a previous post that i have been feeling very Dorothy Parker lately?)

Give & You Receive

This Saturday, April 22 is the famous FreshstArt Art Event & Sale. 7-10 pm in Santa Monica.

The thing I love about this event that sets it apart from other such "auctions" is that it is really straightforward with its division of funds, it is organized well & in an art conducive setting PLUS the selection of works is cohesive & of excellent merit & quality.

Each year 50% of the sale of each artwork goes to the artist then the other 50% goes to the charity. Simple. Everyone wins.
The work is sold for its proper retail value, buyer gets wonderful art, artist gets their income, charity gets a proportionate income - as opposed to auctions where the buyer might get a steal, but the artist AND the charity get pennies. Totally defeats the purpose of doing an art event FOR Charity.

This year the charities are My Friend's Place
an extensive program for homeless children,
and
A Window Between Worlds
an organization that uses art as a healing vehicle for abused children + other great programs.

We here at Gallery Revisited are proud to be a part this year featuring gallery artists Jessica Robbins, Julie Hughes, Sonia Romero. Fumiko Amano will also be participating & so will I....so come get some great art & know ALL of your hard earned money is facilitating the careers of artists and going toward some much appreciated causes.
See you there!!!

Revisited is interviewed

Stacy Elaine
has interviewed me for her blog.

Check it out.
I have been feeling very Dorothy Parker lately, so there are lots of fresh views on the art "community"....

Thanks Stacy!

artists, you should...

Every day people who are artists come in & and just flat out say to me, "I should show you my stuff." or, "You know, I'm a REALLY GOOD painter if you are looking for any."

I am currently not taking submissions at this time.
I have about 25 artists that I am working with in different capacities & my year is booked for shows. I need to make sure that I give the artists that I am already working with the attention that they deserve.

If you do want to approach galleries in general just ASK what the policy is for submissions. If the gallery says no, do not argue or say snotty or desperate things.

There is a time & place for everything. Even if there is a chance that I missed seeing THE BEST ART EVER because I am busy with current artists, I'm sure something THE BEST will come around again.

You could also look at it this way:
If you were an artist booked for a show or working with a gallery you certainly wouldn't want to lose a show or get pushed aside because some artist "better" than you came along.

So please respect my artists by letting them have their work here without your better art getting in the way.

And please, respect me. After all, it is my decision. And a word of advice, if you never want a show, try those lines at a blue-chip gallery....I bet you haven't.

Access with Content

Gallery Revisited: accessible art with content
Current show ongoing until April 22 - extended to April 23.
Gallery Open Sundays 11am -6pm
Consumerism & Product #1

YaYa Chou's new work for this show, focuses on historical references to the Victorian era when wild animals were used for decoration. Taxidermy showed a level of status & worldly endeavors of the man of the house having conquered the wild beast on an exotic journey of Man's Inhumanity to Animal. In the mean time, the lady of the house flaunted her expertise in fine stitching, her status in society marked by the ladylike ephemora alongside the beastly decor - that of embroidery, doilies, floral wall paper & velvety fabrics.
Chou's use of Gummi Bears in several sculpture pieces are consumer products that ironically are also the shape of wild animals - specifically bears. In addition, her mixed media paintings using Victorian inspired silhouettes over floral patterns and vintage-like embellishments enhance the premise.

Gummi Bear Chandelier:$1600.
Gummi Bear Rug "Simon":$2600.
Mixed Media Paintings:$335. and up

Katy Bowen's work incorporates repetition of pattern & shapes using materials commonly found in childhood craft projects, such as felt & pompoms, upon precisely painted narrative paintings on panel. This new work created for the show is truly unique & void of pretense while crossing the bridge between high & low art without being low-brow.
Her images are of nostalgic places that are folkloric and realistic, illustrative and humorous. Her paintings are overall studies in color, materials, shapes & stories. Also of note are her sculpture which further explore the use of repeated & layered shapes in conjunction with tactile orbs of pompom puffiness.

comments on our review

I had some time to sit with the "article" or "review" again for our current show.

What is that phrase, something like even bad press is good press?

I am not sure if I subscribe to that when we are dealing with a visual commodity - yes, I said it, I sell things that people BUY - to have the said art taken completely out of context and described in a manner that, well basically misses the mark about the work.
I have no problem per se with the article, I just think it should be giving the correct information - opinions aside. Not everyone needs to LIKE this show, but at least make comparisons with correct information.
And, as much as he is entitled to his "opinion", I too am entitled to clarify my show & the work of the artists I support.
And again, in reference to a previous post - If I had paid for this review, which I did not, I would like a refund.

So, upon 3rd reading, here are my conclusions.
When all other reviews begin with the artists name & an intro to back up the compelling & view-worthy nature of the work, ours begins with:
Kitsch is empty calories for the soul: the saccharine junk food capitalism sells you as a substitute for community. and continues for 3 paragraphs:
The author goes on to talk about Disneyland, Norman-Rockwell, "Day of the Locusts"...
the fashionable response to kitsch has been irony......younger artists, whose cultural memories are unburdened by nostalgia for anything that predated music videos...
This sets a tone that rambles about an intention that is not accurate. The artists are not going for kitsch.
Now here is the dig regarding YaYa Chou:

The other works in the show are a great deal more traditional, to the point of almost being Victorian.
If there's irony intended, it is subtle to the point of invisibility.

Foremost, the irony that Chou is playing on, is the irony of the animals used as a commodity & a consumed living form for the sake of mere human decoration.
NOT to revel kitsch & make a point of irony with kitsch, as the author says is the thing that is done - but not here.
We also see that he has overlooked the artist's intent to specifically reference domestic decoration in the era of Victoria.
If the work is "almost Victorian", he is implying that it missed the mark.
However, Chou is not attempting to appropriate or copy Victorian art, but simply to refer to it in her own mannerism.

Katy Bowen's work bears...felt-lined pits and pompom-stuffed occlusions that are at once abstract and vaguely suggestive of lesions...The overall effect is of paintings afflicted with pastel acne. The artist manages to achieve, quite deliberately the dorky hideousness that hobbyists usually only perpetuate unwittingly.

Reading this 3 times now, this has Got to be the most Subtle, if not Strangest Backhand compliment on work I have ever read. Most people do not have time to reread this & see that there is a abhorance for craft arts here, which are so obviously being used, then followed by
I think there is more to it than that. Bowen is creating a fictional hobbyist persona that reveals kitsch as the end product of trying to own the sublime.

To quote the artist, "I really wasn't going for hideousness."
And again, this reference to kitsch - it is nowhere in the press release or the artists statements.
She is also, not going for acting as a fictional hobbyist persona. The use of the materials is a reference to memories of first time art projects during childhood. Sublime is not the goal here.

The most troublesome portion of the article, is the comparison of this work in the show with Bowen's "Quonset Hut Gift Shop".
Although the "Quonset Hut" Project was a brilliant commodity show in reference to Oldenberg's "The Store" as the article rightly references -
THIS WORK IS NOT IN THIS SHOW.
The author obviously went to the gallery website instead of reading the information I gave him about the show itself.
There are some great commentary there, which is great for Katy in general, but again, not her new work we are featuring in the show.

In the last paragraph he again refers to Katy's hideousness of her work as a degredation that attends all commodification.
...so normal in a world where everything and everyone is merchandise, that it takes a poke in the eye to draw attention to it. But let's not forget that in the context of the art world, a poke in the eye is also effective marketing.

That's the backhanded compliment, prefaced by the erroneous intent, followed by a dig at my curation - again with erroneous intent noted.
If I wanted to really market a show that "everyone" would buy, it wouldn't be art, it would have been shoes that people could actually wear.
Or in this case, art you Could actually eat.
Because "everyone" needs to eat. (No, you cannot eat the Gummi Bear Chandelier)

But "anyone" can buy art.