Sept. 29 to end military in high schools + other events

This weekend is the Swerve Festival here in Silver Lake.

Film -- Art -- Music
For $65 for the DAY....this all inclusive pro-arts festival is even giving awards for art, film and music merit - as well as promoting many Green organizations.
However, Bands on the Lawn should be super fun.
Which I believe is free...but you have to get a pass online.

It takes place at Barnsdall Park...which has an amazing exhibit up right now.

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CAMS - coalition against militarism in schools.
Fundraiser/Dinner/Fashion Show/Art and Indie Fashion Sales

Tonight at LA Art Share.
Located at the Brewery.
TICKETS ONLINE

The online ad emphasizes the fashion show...."Don’t dress to impress, dress to address-the militarism in our schools."
But I think the show is a tool and
the entertainment bonus to the real issue:

This fashion show is a statement against Military Recruitment Tactics
used in High Schools.
Military Recruitment occurs especially in lower income and high schools where there is a large population of students of color. Recruitment tactics especially involve
tapping into students uncertainty about what they are going to do with their lives after high school - especially if they are not sure about or cannot afford college.

This is the irony regarding a fashion show for this important topic.
Young people are highly influenced by fashion and gadgets.
The show is a way to inform students, parents and other concerned citizens
about Military Recruitment in High Schools through something that
youth can relate to.

Veterans will be speaking about what every girl should know before enlisting.

Participating Highs Schools Include:
Marshall, Garfield, Roosevelt, San Gabriel, Culver City Middle School, Homeboys and Homegirls and designers Eye One, Humanvise, Marissa Garsen, Leora Lutz and PIXNIT
COLLABORATION TSHIRTS and more.
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Gallery Revisited vs. Other Galleries. September 8th, 2007.

Hmmmm....similar but different wouldn't you say?
I don't show work that is derivative of work I see around town.
Especially impossible when shows are at the same time or after the fact.
But I find it interesting when there seems to be a collective unconscious.
Not to mention, perhaps I have a good eye for working with artists whose work is however similar and seemingly on track with influential and affluent galleries.
(toot toot)
Steve Turner Contemporary - Steven Hull (pic: STC)

Gallery Revisited, Paige Wery September 15th 2007


Roberts and Tilton - Andrew Shoultz (pic: artists site)


Gallery Revisited, Micheal Hsiung June 2007


ACME - Allison Miller (sorry no pics, go to site)
Gallery Revisited - Mary Addison Hackett July and December 2006


Paul Kopeikin Gallery - Chris Jordan (pic: artist)



Gallery Revisited, David E. Stone September 2006, May 2007

Leora Lutz Fall Shows and Non-Conflicts of Interest.

I have 3 shows coming up this fall!!

Kind of nice, since I usually don't have time for myself, what with being so busy pimping other artists and all.
Surprisingly, I somehow manage to make studio time for me too.

Perhaps many of you know that I am a painter.
For those of you who don't - now you do.
Being an artist and owning a gallery go hand-in-hand
over here at Gallery Revisited.

I sometimes see people apologizing for announcing their shows. I also know of a colleague who was faced with some interesting concerns regarding "personal" blogs on her gallery site.
And for those of you who are about to scream, "conflict of interest!!", look into what that phrase means before using it.
I have integrity and do not steer collectors away from the artists I show here.
However, being that the gallery is only operated and promoted by me, the contacts that I have generated over the years are entitled to hear all the news they want regarding me and/or the gallery.

In reference to an early Gallery Revisited blog, it is not unusual for artists to also own and run galleries.
In addition, being on the other side of the equation as a gallerist has been priceless for other reasons.

And for the sake of further argument to those of you who are about
to scream "vanity gallery!!", I do not show my own work.

I have diverse represention:
Lawrence Asher Gallery on Miracle Mile
sumis Boutique in Silver Lake
artpic Film and TV rental in NoHo
Galindo Home Design in Long Beach
realm Home Decor in China Town, Los Angeles

I have been on the down-low for about 3.5 years now, plodding away at my "little bread and butter" paintings, entitled "City Silhouettes".

During 2007, I have very slowly been working on larger work, for a series that may or may not be called something like Urban Apocalypses.

Now, without any further digressions,
Here are my fall shows:
October 10th through November 2.
"This is how it ended?"
curated by Ronald Lopez
McNish Gallery at Oxnard College
Lopez wrote:
Leora Lutz , transforms simple daily urban landscapes into bold, vibrant and emotional journeys on canvas. She creates a harmonious fusion of Gerhard Richter, Hudson River School (1860) and urban photography. Each piece lures the viewer with its eye candy color palette and titillating composition and is tied together with a copasetic title that can be perceived as random segments out of Ms. Lutz’s diary. These pages, or canvases, are about past nostalgic memories and emotions that remind the viewer that time is fleeting and the landscape (figuratively and metaphorically) is vast and timeless, especially when those moments are no more.

November 3rd Curated by Andrew Hosner of thinkspace gallery.
Pick of the Harvest in Chicago.

November 3
SOLO SHOW temporary title: "UBER URBAN"
New Paintings - Scooter Rally - DJ - after party latenite sup...
657 Poinsettia Street
Santa Ana in the Santiago Street Lofts Compound
neue transit studio
(714) 580-2228
contact Chris Bradley

Paige Wery Reception Highlights from September 15, 2007

Here are some reception highlights, from Saturday September 15th.
Paige Wery solo show.
Paige Wery by her installation and sculpture< "Art Chandelier".

Devon Paulson came by with his baby, Talula on his way to a gig he was doing at Pehrspace....which looks like a cool place.
Devon is aka My Little Pony and can be noticed dj-ing at another year in la art openings.

Paige chats with Christopher Russell. Christopher is a published writer, teacher, and artist. He had a solo exhibition at acuna-hanson a short time ago.

Some gallery go-ers marvel at the materials...and had nice things to say about the work.

Mat Gleason was telling me about his new job as director at Gallery C.

Me and my gallery boy.

A few other peeps who didn't get their picture taken, or the picture came out blurry.
Tulsa Kinney
Peter Frank
Ezhra Jean Black
David Trulli
Gina Stepaniuk
Leigh Salgado

Paige Wery Solo Show on NBC news

*Paige Wery was profiled
on the
Channel 4 NBC
6pm News
this past Friday, September 14th.



*Ugh, they talked to me too...I remembered to wear make-up this time,
(we had a different tv show profile earlier this year and I was not prepared).
I didn't want to sound too nasally and the camera was kinda close to my face,
so this contributes to my slight double chin...oh well.
At least my hair looks good and I said something important about her work.

Paige on the other hand looks great!!
And so does the art and the gallery, if I may say so.

Non-Brow Solo Exhibition :: the work of Paige Wery.

Gallery Revisited is pleased to present the premiere gallery solo exhibition of work
by Paige Wery. www.galleryrevisited.com

Opening Reception: September 15th. 6pm to 10pm sharp. free. Los Angeles.
Refreshments will be served. Conversation and basic merriment will ensue.

Wery is a true modern visionary;
A contemporary self-taught artist, anti-academic advocate of artistic methods,
believer of subconscious concepts and purveyor of non-brow.
Her work stands alone in a sea of sameness.
It is over the top yet surprisingly delicate, raw, humorous,
and devoid of boredom.

Here are a couple of images to tempt you - as we all know, the pictures simply to not
do it justice.
Friendly Takeover (detail of sculpture installation)

This Is Not My Art Shrine

Rosey (detail of small portion of 72" wall piece)

Thank you for your time, Leora