See You September 2, 6pm - 10pm

Gallery Revisited is always pleased to announce our newest exhibition.
This one in particular is proving to be the most mysterious and ironic show yet.

It's full of gentle reminders of how we are, in the most cynical sense.
If there were a show where the adjectives worn on the sleeves of artists were worn in plain view, this is the one.
And it's brimming with simplicity, yet so complex you wish you could view the world this way all the time.

Featuring 2 artists of deserving merit and some one-liners:
Neil Wax - "Abject Goods" Your emotions are products, sir.
David E. Stone - "Recent Disambiguations" I told you once, I told you twice, leave the details out and then put them back in.

Note- I do write everything that goes to the press. Artists do not write the press releases. This is my service to you. Love, Leora.

Not an "Artist Run" Gallery

Many of you know that I am a painter, but I do not represent my own work here at the gallery. (even though sumi does right in front)
I think it is worth mentioning a few things about how it has only helped my business as a gallery owner and to explain the difference between what I do and what is known as an Artists Run gallery.

Artist Run galleries are usually collective, with a consensus type of structure amongst the members or participants. Many will have shows at a venue that everyone pitches in to pay for and subsequently if you help pay, you are eligible to use the said rented space for showing your work. Group shows are popular, as it reinforces the notion of a collective - where a group of artists are all coming together for the same purpose.
(not to be confused with Vanity Galleries and Artists Studios.)

On the next level of professionalism and business, Artist Run Galleries usually enjoy non-profit qualifications, which allows the group to apply for grants or ask anyone to give them money because they are fabulous. They are required to have classes, lectures or events to the public as a service in exchange for the fees they would charge to help raise money for their collective. They have to have a Board of Directors and members and a treasurer & lots of organization to do paperwork properly.

Now this is not to say that a Non-non-profit gallery does not do a lot of work - We do. These galleries, such as Gallery Revisited are known as Commercial Galleries.
We just have to give you a piece of art when you give us money. If we do a lecture, class or event, we can't charge you for it.

The way in which being an artist has helped my business is that visitors to the gallery feel that my perspective on business is more at heart with where artists are coming from - why they make the art that they do, what they want their art to say, and that my best intentions as their representative are pro-artist. There is a ton of pro-artist sentiment out there. And rightly so - we can't do our job without them.
In addition, if someone like my own art, there is a high likelihood that they like the art that I show in the gallery.

I keep my own art out of the gallery for the simple reason of conflict of interest to my artists. My focus is on them and the curation when I am wearing my gallery hat.

This is always a compelling topic, so I hope I can talk about it again.
In the mean time, here is a neighboring space that is Artist Run.(Machine Project)
And another neighbor that is a Commercial Gallery.(Junc Gallery)

Here is something I am doing as an artist in September. Part of the expansion of my mini-empire.

Birthing Ends for ART

Gallery Revisited fave, Siuan McGahan, is not only literally a rock star, she is a new mom too.


She plays guitar in a real band folks, so I am serious when I say she rocks.

Anyway, she just got a little blog review on a cool site that maybe lots of other neat moms will want to know about:
Rockin' Moms

I think it's rad.

How this relates to other art news:
A past article (circa 2003?)in the LA Weekly about a certain gallery dealer, one if his female artists had recalled how inconsiderate he was to remark negatively about her wanting to take time off of making art to have her son.

Oh, I forgot, All life must stop - make art only.

Well, I think people should quit saying "you rock" to everyone, and only use it if they do play in a band.
Personally, I do not rock, I roll.

can i be your friend?

I was like, 'myspace - what a bunch of work'...but now that I have been messing around with it, well, I think my eyes are burning.
Besides, it's free and although my time I precious, I am willing to see what comes of it.

I love pop culture.

mmm...uu....sss....tt st..oooo...p...

ca--n't...stop...

Be my Friend!!

www.myspace.com/galleryrevisited

Gallery Pal gets an art review

LA Times gave gallery pal, Jennifer Celio some nice remarks on her work. Included in the 2-person show is Laura Ricci, whose work is equally amazing, albeit different than Jennifer's.


Laura Ricci and Jennifer Celio, both showing at Bandini Art, approach the same general subject — the L.A. landscape — from distinctly different angles.

Ricci, who was born in the Midwest and professes in her statement to have "an admittedly uneasy relationship with habitation in Los Angeles," is the skeptic. Motivated by "the general political climate, looming prospects of cataclysmic earthquakes" and her intuition that nature is getting angry, she envisions in her paintings a sort of revenge: trees crushing freeways, binding up automobiles and stretching their limbs across vast empty spaces. Loose and whimsical, the works — acrylic, ink and pencil on paper — have a storybook charm.

Celio, born in Burbank, is considerably more sympathetic, viewing the city's roads and freeways not as spaces of absence but as windows into her own history. Her beautifully articulated graphite drawings, executed on large gesso-covered boards, present snapshot glimpses of roadside landscapes floating in fields of white. The scenes are banal at a glance but rendered with such affection and care that they come to feel almost hallowed.

more Getty Drama

J. Paul Getty Trust Vice President for Finance Resigns, in NY Times today:

"The J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles said yesterday that its vice president for finance and administration, Bradley W. Wells, had resigned. It said in a statement that Mr. Wells, who has held the job since 2001 and oversaw the trust’s budget, accounting and security, had given no reason for his resignation, which takes effect on Wednesday. Next week the California attorney general’s office is expected to announce the results of an investigation into whether the management of the trust and its spending violated laws requiring that nonprofit foundations use their resources for the public good. The trust has been dogged by accusations of mismanagement, which led to the resignation of Barry Munitz, the trust’s president and chief executive, in February. The trust’s board chairman, John H. Biggs, announced last week that he would to step down by October." RANDY KENNEDY

Gallery Revisited favorite, Neil Wax, works at the Getty.
It is a very covert job, with eradic hours, but heck, someone's gotta pay for Neil's art fabrication. May as well be a gargantuan art mecca.
Neil will be showing his Abject Goods on September 2 - early October.

Do not regret having not seen his work. Your exposure to it limits your liability. Your ownership of it extends your immunity.

Visiting the show will help you understand this. HMmmmmm.

Gallery Pal Nominated for EMMY

Walter Lutz Jr. wrote me this morning with this cool news!!

Just a quick note to anyone with a fast Internet connection and time to kill tonight between the hours of 5 and 8 PM Pacific Time U.S.

I'm nominated for a Los Angeles Emmy Award within the category of Public Service Announcements. Although I truly do not expect to win -- hey, it's an honor just to be nominated, right? - I thought there may be some of you interested in watching the awards ceremony live on the web from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' website. Here's a link:

http://www.emmys.tv/awards/2006la/lawebcast.php

You will need Windows Media Player to watch it though.

Walter Lutz Jr. (no relation) is also doing an exciting and could-be controversial project called the Naked Picture Project. More on that soon!!

Happy (ART) Hour

See

Taste

Listen

Gift

Buy

Free

BE Happy (ART) Hour

Stop in after work…

Thursday

August 10^th

7 – 9 pm

Food courtesy of Cardone’s Italian hand-made mozzarella.

25% of show sales to benefit LAArt Association.

Special Goody Bag for collectors of the show on this night:
courtesy of Aunt Beep, Libby’s Home & Garden, Gallery Revisited & more.

DJ John Godin to take the hush out.

Not that I am pressuring you to Buy Art.
(Of course the whole evening is free to attend.)

The bonus being that not only have you done a wonderful deed for the day, but you also will have the luxury of owning an amazing piece of art.

Because life should be luxurious, full of snacks, libations & art.
(It is the "Consumerism and Product" show after all.)

Jason Rhoades Memorial & Contribution

Everyone at David Zwirner, New York; Galerie Hauser & Wirth, London & Zurich; and Zwirner & Wirth, New York mourns the sudden loss of our dear friend, Jason Rhoades.

Jason died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 1st. He was 41 years old and is survived by his wife, Rachel Khedoori, and their daughter, Rubi.

Jason first showed with David Zwirner in 1993, with his groundbreaking exhibition, CHERRY Makita - Honest Engine Work. His current exhibition, Tijuanatanjierchandelier, is on view until October 29 at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga in Spain. At the time of his death, he was preparing for a show at David Zwirner of Black Pussy, which was shown at Hauser & Wirth in London in 2005.

A public memorial celebrating Jason's life and work will be held at LA MOCA in September; details will be announced at a later date.

In lieu of flowers please send donations to:

Placer High School, Art Department
c/o Riki Uhl
275 Orange Street
Auburn, CA 95603