FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Bert Green Fine Art, 102 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90013, Contact: Bert Green, 213-624-6212, gallery@bgfa.us, http://www.bgfa.us

Bert Green Fine Art presents:

Th!nkArt: A Group Show of Contemporary French Artists
Peter Romberg: New Paintings
September 9-October 24, 2009

Downtown Art Walk
Thursday, October 8, 12-6 pm

On Display in the Project Windows:
Richard Ankrom: Water and Power
through December 2009

Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12 - 6 pm

Bert Green Fine Art
102 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
213-624-6212
http://www.bgfa.us

Bert Green Fine Art is pleased to present a guest curated group show of artists from France, and a solo show by Peter Romberg. Note that beginning this month, our opening receptions will be held on the Wednesday evening PRIOR to the monthly  Downtown Art Walk.

Th!inkArt of Chicago and Paris guest curates this exhibition of contemporary French artists who are blazing a trail with an existential angst entwined with humor about mortality. The work of these artists is a window into the nature of French culture and art today--always asking the questions: what does it mean, why are we here, what is our purpose, where do we go? Artists featured are James Coignard, David Gista, Emmanuelle Renard, Florent Moutti, Francois Weil, Hervé Di Rosa, Ladislas Kijno, Max Papart, Michel Haas, Monique Tello, Todd Narbey, Nicolas Kennett, Antonio Segui, and Toufik Medjamia.

Peter Romberg has his second solo show with the gallery, expanding on his themes of corporeality as the arbiter of aesthetic truth. Romberg's notions of deformity as a standard of beauty directly contradict and challenge traditional norms and expectations, allowing revulsion to give way to respect.

In the Project Windows, Richard Ankrom returns to BGFA for the second time with "Water and Power," a neon installation which uses electricity and light to mimic the movement of water lapping on the shore. Bright and exuberant, Ankrom brings one of Los Angeles's signature tropes, Owens Valley Water, to a metaphoric central location in the heart of Downtown.

All gallery events are free and open to the public. Exhibition information, press releases and high resolution images may be found at the gallery website at http://www.bgfa.us.


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