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Art News:
George Billis Gallery Los Angeles
Steve Burtch: New Work
Stephanie Bachiero: New Sculptures
Johnny Robertson: New Works on Paper
Russ Havard: New Watercolors
Opening Reception February 19, 2011, 5-8pm
On exhibit February 19th - March 26th, 2011
 Steve Burtch: New Work
February 19th - March 26th, 2011
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Burtch's paintings and drawings...are impossibly delicate, nuanced affairs, whose fine, almost maddening subtlety belies the controlled chaos of their making.”
-Art Critic, Shana Nys Dambrot.
 Stephanie Bachiero: New Sculptures
February 19th - March 26th, 2011
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My work is about motion. Working with porcelain clay creates an argument between the form and my hands. Together we work against one another; pushing and pulling, expanding and contracting, bending and shaping. Sculpting with porcelain clay is challenging because the texture is smooth, sticky, and wet. The clay is fluid to the touch yet unmalleable. The clay air dries over a period of months, before being fired in a kiln. The process of the firing is risky and hard to control rendering unpredictable results. The work is deceiving; the glaze is a metallic luster finish that looks sleek and strong, yet the porcelain forms are delicate creating tension between their appearance and their fragile nature.
.jpg) Johnny Robertson: New Works on Paper
February 19th - March 26th, 2011
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Growing up on the plains of west Texas, I understood the notion of wide, open spaces. The tabletop landscape was dotted by the repeating shapes of telephone poles and petroleum tanks as they receded into the distance. It was the small things that gave the Llano its bigness. When I escaped and began to see more of the world, I was always attracted to the subtleties of places and situations: shapes of shadows, the color of sunlight, temperatures, etc. I noticed, as I began to paint, that memories of these things evolved; the details altered, thoughts and emotions edited. Have you ever looked at an old photo and realized you had remembered things completely different? My art has much to do with this sense of fleeting atmospheres. To me, the paintings are distilled records of ever-changing spatial events in my past and necessarily in my future.
 Russ Havard: New Watercolors
February 19th - March 26th, 2011
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I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish under desolate circumstances. The seemingly bleak, the empty landscape, speaks to me. It is in this silence that I see the never-ending waves of struggle, wearing down, and rebirth emerging.
George Billis Gallery opened its second location in the Culver City area of Los Angeles in 2004 and marks its 15th year in the Chelsea arts district in New York City. George Billis shows work by both emerging and established artists. For more information please contact the gallery at:
George Billis Gallery LA
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
T: 310-838-3685
F: 310-838-3438
email: la@georgebillis.com
www.georgebillis.com
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George Billis Gallery LA | 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd. | Los Angeles | CA | 90034
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