Please join us this Saturday as Jerjej Copic plays J.S. Bach: Suite No. 1 in G & Suite No. 3 in C. This is a free event and open to all ages. Celebrated mathematician and economist Jernej Copic was diagnosed with kidney disease in 1991, at age 16 and has undergone two kidney transplant procedures. He currently is raising money for several new projects and has recently completed a month-long kayak adventure in his native Slovenia while playing the cello in several different locations throughout the trip. Jernej is currently planning a trip to bike, cello in tow, throughout California and the Northwestern United States to raise awareness for kidney disease and new advancements in transplant procedures.

Doors open at 4PM
Concert will begin at 4:30PM
Refreshments will be served

Currently On View
PHENOMENA
Part Two of PST ART: Art & Science Collide

Phenomena features a range of work, from representational depictions to abstract expressions,  celebrating the power and visual splendor of the natural world as a resource for creative expression and investigation.  For centuries, artists have pictorially documented their observational studies of natural phenomena and the world around us. Manuscripts such as Natural History (77 CE) by Pliny the Elder and The Book of Miracles (1552), chronicled divine wonders and horrors in illustrations, often serving as warnings of the consequences of human deeds upon their environment and the mysteries of the natural world. Utilizing these extraordinary codexes as a genesis for Phenomena, the exhibition explores related themes.

In the 16th century, “cabinets of curiosities” or “wonder rooms” in Europe served as spaces to showcase collections curated for the artistic and scientific interests of their patrons and served as precursors to museums. With missions to both amuse and enlighten, “cabinets of curiosities” functioned as sources for entertainment and educational resources, thus intersecting art and science. In the late 19th century, scientific inquiry shifted from museums to university laboratories bifurcating the two discourses. Phenomena merges the two disciplines as they once had been integrated in the cabinets of curiosities.

Artists in Phenomena: Charles Arnoldi, Natalie Arnoldi, Ryland Arnoldi, Kelsey Brookes, Alex Couwenberg, Franco Defrancesca, Lawrence Gipe, David Lloyd, Ed Moses, Jeff Overlie, Melanie Pullen, Jennifer Wolf

You are invited to Cal State LA Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery
ART TALK:

AURAS
Mark Steven Greenfield
curated by Mika M. Cho
collaborated with the William Turner Gallery

Next Saturday, September 28, from 2 to 4 pm, exhibit “AURAS”
Art Talk between artist Mark Steven Greenfield
and art critic, curator, and author Shana Nys Dambrot

Art Talk: Saturday, September 28, 2024, 2 - 4 pm
Exhibition: August 19 – October 22, 2024

RONALD H. SILVERMAN FINE ARTS GALLERY
Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032

The Ronald H. Silverman Gallery is Located in the Fine Arts Building (Building 9). Parking is available in Structure C
https://www.calstatela.edu/map | www.calstatela.edu/visitorparking

Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Downtown LA. Formerly the Arts Editor at the L.A. Weekly, she is the co-founder of 13ThingsLA, and a contributor to the Village Voice, Flaunt, Artillery, and other culture publications. She studied Art History at Vassar College, curates and juries exhibitions, writes prolifically for exhibition catalogs and monographic publications, and speaks at galleries, schools, and cultural institutions nationally. She is the recipient of the Rabkin Prize for Art Criticism, the Mozaik Art Writers Prize (twice), and the LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Critic of the Year award (twice). Her oneiric novella Zen Psychosis (Griffith Moon) was published in 2020. 

Mark Steven Greenfield is a native Angelino, and son of a Tuskegee Airman, which led to spending the first part of his life abroad, living on military bases from Taiwan to Germany, until returning to LA at the age of ten. In high school Greenfield studied with revered Los Angeles artist, John T Riddle. Riddle quickly noted Greenfield’s talent, but saw that he was vulnerable to the influences and dangers confronting black youth at the time. Riddle remarked, "You could be a pretty good artist....if you live that long.” This got Greenfield’s attention and set him on the path that would define the course of his life. 

Greenfield went on to study with Charles White, at Otis Art Institute, and received his Bachelor’s degree in Art Education in 1973 from California State University, Long Beach and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing from California State University Los Angeles in 1987. Greenfield’s work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States most notably with a comprehensive survey exhibition at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles in 2014, and in 2002 at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. Internationally, he has exhibited at the Chiang Mai Art Museum in Thailand; at Art 1307 in Naples, Italy; the Blue Roof Museum in Chengdu, China; 1333 Arts, Tokyo, Japan; and the Gang Dong Art Center in Seoul, South Korea. 

Greenfield is a recipient of the L.A. Artcore Crystal Award (2006) Los Angeles Artist Laboratory Fellowship Grant (2011), the City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship (COLA 2012), The California Community Foundation Artist Fellowship (2012), the Instituto Sacatar Artist Residency Fellowship in Salvador, Brazil (2013) and the McColl Center for Art + Innovation Residency in Charlotte, North Carolina (2016). He was a visiting professor at the California Institute of the Arts in 2013 and California State University Los Angeles in 2016. 

From 1993-2011, Greenfield worked for the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs as director of the Watts Towers Arts Center, and later as director of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park. He has served on the boards of the Downtown Artists Development Association, the Armory Center for the Arts, the Black Creative Professionals Association, the Watts Village Theatre Company and was past president of the Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825. He currently teaches drawing and design at Los Angeles City College, and serves on the board of Side Street Projects.

LIGHT MATTER

PST ART: ART & SCIENCE COLLIDE
September 14 - November 2, 2024

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 14, 4-8PM   

William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, California - is pleased to present Light Matter, the first of two exhibitions in partnership with the Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide, which explores the intersections and influences between art and science.

Light Matter explores the influences of scientific research on artistic process and intention, and builds on a collaboration that began with LACMA’s innovative Art & Technology program, a collaboration between artists and industry that ran from the late 60s to early 70s. For a number of artists, this unique program led, unexpectedly, to a significant new way seeing and thinking about the purpose of a work of art. Enter Light & Space in Southern California, where the emphasis shifted from looking at art as “object”, to art as “experience”.

Artists in Light Matter continue to expand on this notion, experimenting with the possibilities of their materials, often through scientific research and innovation, to achieve heightened visual effects that engage the viewer in the wonder of the phenomenology of perception. They utilize materials and approaches that inspire the viewer to reflect - not only on “what” they are perceiving, but “how”. Many of the pieces require the viewer to interact with the works in unexpected ways - either by encouraging unusually active movement around, or stillness before, their works. The act of viewing engages the senses and heightens our sense of perception.

Light Matter includes work by Dawn Arrowsmith, Larry Bell, Casper Brindle, Shingo Francis, Jimi Gleason, Eric Johnson, Jay Mark Johnson, Peter Lodato, Andy Moses, and Roland Reiss.

EVENT SCHEDULE

GALLERY EVENTS

*Galleries will operate with regular business hours but will be hosting additional events throughout the day.

10:30 AM -11:45 AM Writers Boot Camp Free Mini-Camp: TV Pilot Writing Decisions & Fallacies, via zoom PLEASE RSVP

2:00 PM ROSEGALLERY Director’s Walkthrough

3:00 PM Von Lintel Gallery Artist Talk with Miles Regis

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM bG Gallery Blockchain Demonstrations and Reception: As part of Bergamot Station’s 30 Year Anniversary and DNA Festival

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Marshall Gallery Opening Reception of Marking Time by Chris McCaw and Official PST ART Exhibition

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM NÜART Gallery Opening Reception of Geometric Dialogues by Rose Masterpol + Connie Goldman

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Peter Fetterman Gallery Opening Reception of Her: The Great Women Photographers

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Richard Heller Gallery Opening Reception of Thrown in Time by Carter Flachbarth

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Craig Krull Gallery Opening Reception of 3 shows for PST ART: Art & Science Collide, Greg Colson, Rose-Lynn Fisher, James Griffith

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Galerie XII Soft Opening Reception of Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Lois Lambert Gallery Opening Reception for PRIMARILY IN THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE  & THE ANALOG BRAIN Exhibitions 

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Copro Gallery Opening Reception of The 19th Annual BLAB! Show, Curated by Monte Beauchamp

8:00 PM City Garage Continues the run of its world premiere production of a new comedy by Neil LaBute, “If I Needed Someone” Tickets: www.citygarage.org

ALL DAY Leslie Sacks Gallery Big Tech by David Hockney and Selected Editions by Derrick Adams will be on view

ALL DAY Robert Berman Gallery Future Perfect, a group show as part of Bergamot Station Art Center’s 30 Year Anniversary Celebration will be on view

ALL DAY ROSEGALLERY de terra will be on view

ALL DAY Speedy Gallery DIGITAL SEA by Shinichi Hara will be on view

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

11:00 AM - 9:00 PM Lois Lambert Gallery Solar Powered Sewing by artist, PNOSA

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Lois Lambert Gallery Live Music by Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM The Crow The World’s Daddest Dad Joke Competition - Free

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM The Crow The BYOB Comedy Show Tickets

6:00PM Lois Lambert Gallery Vitruvian Human. I create, so I exist. Dance Performance by Alina Kalinouskaya

 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Copro Gallery Live Music by Cat Museum

 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM The Crow I Gotta Crow Tickets

FOOD + DRINK

1:00 - 5:00 PM Bug and Bears Cannoli Handmade authentic Italian cannoli’s

ALL DAY Serendoggity NY style hotdog cart

ALL DAY Le Great Outdoor Experience a blend of French elegance & vibrant Brazilian dining on campus!

ALL DAY Birdie G’s Helmed by Chef Jeremy Fox and Executive Chef Matthew Schaler, flavors from Eastern Europe, America's deep South, and California cuisine is located right on campus!

Please join us Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 7PM for a conversation between art writer Shana Nys Dambrot and photographer Melanie Pullen.  Doors open at 6PM and the talk will begin at 7PM.  There will be refreshments served complimentary of the gallery and signed copies of Melanie’s exhibition catalog VOYEUR will be available for purchase.  

Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Downtown LA. Formerly the Arts Editor at the L.A. Weekly, she is the co-founder of 13ThingsLA, and a contributor to the Village Voice, Flaunt, Artillery, and other culture publications. She studied Art History at Vassar College, and is the recipient of the Rabkin Prize for Art Criticism, the Mozaik Future Art Writers Prize, and the LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Critic of the Year award. Her surrealist novel Zen Psychosis (Griffith Moon) was published in 2020.

Melanie Pullen’s (b. 1975) photography has been shown in major museums and galleries internationally and is permanently in the holdings of many of the most prominent public and private collections around the world including: Colección Jump, Mexico City, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Jacksonville, Florida; The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California; Nasher Museum of Contemporary Art, North Carolina; Howard Stein & the Forward Thinking Collection, New York, New York; Walker Art Center Museum, Minnesota; The Rand Collection, Santa Monica, California. Most recently the Getty Museum acquired several pieces from her High Fashion Crime Scenes which now reside in their permanent collection after being included in their exhibition: Icons of Style: 100 Years of Fashion Photography.

Her work has been featured in a number of publications including: The New York Times T Magazine; Los Angeles Times; Vogue; Esquire Magazine; ELLE; London’s Independent; Spin Magazine; W Magazine; Flaunt Magazine; 1814 Magazine; Rolling Stone Magazine and Vanity Fair. Pullen has published three photography books. Melanie was awarded the D&D Yellow Pencil Award. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Pullen has published numerous books of her photography with notable fine-art publishers such as: Nazraeli Press and most recently in 2020 with Kodansha Press, in Japan.

William Turner Gallery is pleased to present our debut solo exhibition for Kim DeJesus, entitled Letter to a Memory. This new series of colorful abstract paintings continues the artist’s exploration of memory - delving into those aspects of life that can be controlled and those that cannot.

“I often perceive my painting practice as a series of letters, or messages to my inner self or the past, and that my paintings are a letter to myself, a record of a moment in life, merging a lived experience I’ve had with the present moment”, DeJesus says.

In these fluidly inventive paintings, DeJesus employs additive and subtractive gestures to elicit complex, visual tensions. 

Fragmented compositions mirror the complexities of memory and the elusive nature of self-understanding, as the artist seeks to unravel the interconnectedness of memories and the disjointed nature of personal narratives. Using layers and washes, removing material or occasionally cutting up paintings, DeJesus often merges old and new paintings to tell a new story and explore how memories connect. 

Utilizing a process that embraces both the intentional and the accidental, the paintings evidence an ongoing conversation between artist, material and image. The spontaneity of colorful washes stand in contrast to the intentionality of overlaid marks and added materials. Fields of color are manipulated to move, but complete control is not always an option, nor the point. 

Discussing her palette, DeJesus says, “I gravitate to using bright colors - pastel or even neon hues. These colors have an intensity that chimes with my inner world. I use them in a chaotic, often optically dissonant way, or in a way that I wouldn’t always expect. For me, it is not about the beauty of the colors, or their attention getting qualities, but their fantastical intensity. I feel in tune with their dreamlike qualities and the memory experiences they inspire. These childlike hues reflect the nostalgic essence of childhood experiences, serving as a reminder that the child within us never truly disappears.”

Explaining further, the artist states; “While my work is purely abstract, and non-representational, gestures often suggest forms that repeat and I’ll begin to categorize them. Portal motifs have emerged in my work over the years and in this body of work, I have come to see them as mirrors and caves. A mirror symbolizes a surface of reflection and containment, while a cave is a geographical formation you can physically enter. Both represent portals of transformation, femininity, and spiritual transcendence and for me become gateways to inner exploration.”

Letter to a Memory suggests a personal and intimate journey through memories, reflecting on experiences and emotions in an exploration of self and DeJesus’ relationship to the past.

KIM DEJESUS
LETTER TO A MEMORY
March 16 - May 4, 2024
Opening Reception:
Saturday, March 16, 5-8PM

William Turner Gallery is pleased to present four recent works by Curtis Ripley. Ripley's artistic approach embodies the essence of the American Abstract Expressionist movement, particularly in its rejection of figurative representation and emphasis on spontaneity and gesture. Like his predecessors such as Jackson Pollock and Wassily Kandinsky, Ripley's process is deeply intertwined with music, allowing rhythmic brushstrokes to translate into bursts of color that dance across the canvas.

The use of black gesso as a base provides a stark contrast against which Ripley's vibrant colors can truly pop. The visible splatters and drips serve as tangible reminders of the artist's physical engagement with the canvas, capturing the energy and dynamism of the creative act itself.

Ripley's paintings are not mere visual compositions; they are multisensory experiences that evoke emotions and sensations akin to poetry. His work transcends strict interpretation, inviting viewers to engage with the paintings on a personal level and to find their own meaning within the layers of color and texture.

Through a process of wiping out and repainting, Ripley achieves a sense of depth and movement within his compositions, creating an ever-evolving visual narrative that invites exploration. Each layer of paint contributes to the overall richness of the work, resulting in paintings that are timeless, poetic, and full of life.

CURTIS RIPLEY
RECENT PAINTINGS
March 16 - May 4, 2024
Opening Reception:
Saturday, March 16, 5-8PM

3:00 PM - MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY YUKI SHIBAMOTO
3:30 PM EXHIBITION WALK THROUGH WITH PETER LODATO
3:00 - 6:00 PM WINE & REFRESHMENTS

PETER LODATO: Diamonds / Divisions / Voids
KOJI TAKEI: Intertwined
January 13 - March 9, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 13, 5-8PM

Please us this Saturday for a short performance by Yuki Shibamoto. Yuki will be performing a an original composition inspired by the art of Japanese American artist Shingo Francis currently on view at the gallery.

REFRESHMENTS AT GALLERY - 3:00 PM
YUKI SHIBAMOTO PERFORMANCE - 3:30 PM

We are thrilled to announce the Bergamot Station Arts Center WINTER OPEN is scheduled for Saturday, December 9th, 2023. This day-long experience will feature a diverse array of exhibitions, performances, and interactive experiences across multiple galleries, making it a must-attend event for art enthusiasts!

For nearly thirty years, Bergamot Station Arts Center has stood as a dynamic nucleus of artistic expression in the heart of Santa Monica. As we approach this year's WINTER OPEN, anticipate an immersive voyage into the realms of creativity and the collective spirit of our community.

Parking Information: Parking is available on-site, and overflow parking can be found at Kite Pharma, 1800 Stewart Street.

Join us this Sunday, November 19th for an amazing exhibition of Ed Moses paintings "Emptiness is Form" at the Founders Gallery at SOKA University in Aliso Viejo, Orange County. The exhibition contains two floors of paintings that span 40 years from the collection of Doctor Kenneth Tokita.

The exhibition is not normally open on Saturdays or Sundays but it will be open on Sunday, November 19th from 12PM-5PM for this special viewing.

There will be a reception from 1PM- 3PM
Please RSVP to info@williamturnergallery.com

SOKA University
1 University Drive
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

There is plenty of free parking in parking Lot 1 near the Founders Gallery.
We hope to see you there!

November 18 - January 6
Opening Reception:
Saturday, November 18, 5-8PM

Refreshments will be served from 6-7PM. Talk will begin at 7PM. 


Andy Moses: Recent Paintings, is on view at the gallery through November, 11th.

Mark your calendars and join us for an exciting evening of art and thought provoking conversation, as Andy Moses discusses his work and artistic journey with art critic, curator and author, Shana Nys Dambrot.



The two will discuss the artist's practice, spanning over thirty years and culminating in this excitingly ambitious new body of large-scale works.



Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Downtown LA. She is the Arts Editor for the L.A. Weekly, and a contributor to Flaunt, Artillery, and other culture publications. She studied Art History at Vassar College, curates and juries exhibitions, writes prolifically for exhibition catalogs and monographic publications, and speaks at galleries, schools, and cultural institutions nationally. She is the recipient of the 2022 Mozaik Future Art Writers Prize, the 2022 Rabkin Prize for Art Criticism, and the LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Critic of the Year award for 2022.


Andy Moses attended the legendary CalArts from 1979-1981, studying with John Baldessari, Michael Asher and Barbara Kruger. In 1982, Moses moved to New York where he worked as a studio assistant to Pat Steir and quickly became part of New York's nascent art scene. Moses began exhibiting with Annina Nosei Gallery, shortly after Jean-Michael Basquiat. During that time Moses also developed close ties with artists such as Jeff Koons, Marilyn Minter, Rudolf Stingel and Christopher Wool, who were also just emerging onto the scene.



After eighteen years in New York, Moses returned to Southern California in 2000, where the change in coasts led to a significant shift in his work. In New York, the artist's work had explored the macro / micro influences of nature, conveying a sense of gravitational and geologic forces. In returning to California, the scope of Moses’s work expanded, as he was once again inspired by the unique effects of light glancing off waves, and the vast sky-scapes he encountered on his daily drive down the Pacific Coast Highway. The artist began exploring materials that would capture the mercurial aspects of perception, where slight shifts in perspective would reveal dramatic shifts in impression. Accordingly, Moses’ work began to incorporate many of the qualities now associated with the Southern California Light and Space movement, where the work of art became less an “art object”, and more of a “catalyst” for one’s experience of what and how they are perceived. Suggesting panoramic space, Moses began introducing concave and shaped panels to further investigate how light and its wave-lengths would curl and flex with refractive paints. These bold new paintings quickly found their audience and brought Moses to the attention of museums and major collectors alike.

Andy Moses’ work is included in the permanent collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Buck Collection, Orange County Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. He currently lives and works in Venice, CA.


A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The New York Times, as it confronted world-changing events, internal scandals, and faced the existential threat of the internet
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