M+B is pleased to present Psychonaut, an exhibition and installation  
by artist Lisa Eisner. Eisner who is best known for her photographic  
explorations of the American West has turned her eye to nature with  
Psychonaut, an amalgam of the past four years of her work.  In the  
artist’s words it is as if she “threw the photos in the air and cut  
them all up as they were falling down”. Psychonaut is a kaleidoscopic  
adventure into a vibrant world of seeming randomness, a collection of  
one-of-a-kind assemblages without editions and without using Photoshop  
that is her most personal work to date. The exhibition opens May 1,  
2010 and will run through June 5, 2010, with an opening reception for  
the artist on Saturday, May 1 from 6 – 8 pm.

The full press release is attached below. If you have any questions or  
need hi-res images, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Shannon Richardson

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ALEX PRAGER: WEEK-END
JANUARY 30 - MARCH 6, 2010



LISA EISNER: PSYCHONAUT

May 1 - June 5, 2010

Artist's Opening Reception: Saturday, May 1, 6 – 8 pm


M+B is pleased to present Psychonaut, an exhibition and installation  
by artist Lisa Eisner. Eisner who is best known for her photographic  
explorations of the American West (publications include Shriners and  
Rodeo Girl) has turned her eye to nature with Psychonaut, an amalgam  
of the past four years of her work.  In the artist’s words it is as if  
she “threw the photos in the air and cut them all up as they were  
falling down”. Psychonaut is a kaleidoscopic adventure into a vibrant  
world of seeming randomness, a collection of one-of-a-kind assemblages  
without editions and without using Photoshop that is her most personal  
work to date. The exhibition opens May 1, 2010 and will run through  
June 5, 2010, with an opening reception for the artist on Saturday,  
May 1 from 6 – 8 pm.

Taking the title from the Greek word meaning literally, “a sailor of  
the mind/soul,” Psychonaut explores the journey of a spiritual seeker  
who uses altered states of consciousness to address spiritual  
questions in a modern way, without the use of psilocybin.

Eisner draws inspiration from the kindred spirit of Buckminster Fuller  
and his geodesic domes, Native American culture, geometry, nature,  
birds, and a homegrown spirituality. Her method is to, “accidentally  
discover what isn’t an accident” by working hands-on with the images.   
She is informed by the colors and textures of the photos rather than  
the themes and composition, and allows the process to guide the  
series. What emerges is a handcrafted, three-dimensional psychedelic  
explosion that is alternately bright and soothing, meditative and  
disorienting. Psychonaut does not explain but self-propagates the  
creative source from where it came.  Eisner collaborated with Matt  
Monroe on the dome structure for Psychonaut and with Haley Alexander  
van Oosten/L’Oeil du Vert on the scent sculptures.

Lisa Eisner, an avowed psychonaut of the California-by-way-of-Wyoming  
variety, is a photojournalist, fashion editor and co-founder of  
Greybull Press. She is a frequent contributor to Vanity Fair, W  
Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Paris Vogue, GQ, and The New York Times  
Magazine. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband Eric  
and their two sons Charlie and Louie.  This is her second solo  
exhibition with M+B.

Location:					M+B, 612 North Almont Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Show Title:					LISA EISNER: PSYCHONAUT
Exhibition Dates:				May 1 - June 5, 2010
Artist's Opening Reception: 	Saturday, May 1, 2010 from 6-8PM
Gallery Hours:      			Tuesday – Saturday, 10a – 6p and by appointment

For more info, please contact Shannon Richardson at M+B at  
310.550.0050 or shannon@mbfala.com