Three new exhibitions to open at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

EXHIBITION
ANNOUNCEMENT

"Un-Natural"
"Saving Paradise"
"Hybrid Romance"

March 8 - May 6, 2012
Opening Reception:
Sunday, March 11, 2-5pm

4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90027

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The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery is pleased to present three exhibitions that investigate the way artists in various genres interpret and observe nature. Un-Natural explores the work of four very different contemporary artists—Lisa Adams, Fatemeh Burnes, Merion Estes and Constance Mallinson—who use the world around us to foster a sense of place, explore natural phenomena and its energetic connection to modern life, and push the boundaries and definition of landscape and its representation.

Saving Paradise: The Symbiosis of Landscape Painting and Environmental Awareness is a group exhibition from the California Art Club juried by Jean Stern, Director of The Irvine Museum. From 1927 to 1942 the California Art Club was headquartered in the famed Hollyhock House at Barnsdall Park. Paying homage to those active years in the organization’s history during which it sponsored a multitude of art and cultural events, the Club and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery will host a number of educational programs during the two-month exhibition, including artist’s talks and demonstrations.

In the Project Room gallery, Hybrid Romance by Los Angeles artist Lawrence T. Yun presents his latest watercolor series. His work delivers a natural, yet imaginative oddity beneath the surface of his meticulously orchestrated floral compositions.

SPECIAL EVENTS

THURSDAY MARCH 15, 7:00 PM: Lecture: Nature’s Masterpiece: California’s Channel Islands and Marine Sanctuary Lecture with David C. Gallup, California Art Club Vice President and Signature Artist Member

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARTISTS

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 7:00 PM: California Art Club Artists Peter Adams, President and Signature Artist Member David Gallup, Vice President and Signature Artist Member Lynn Gertenbach, Signature Artist Member Eric Merrell, Artist Member of the California Art Club Michael Obermeyer, Signature Artist Member
SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2:00 PM: Hybrid Romance discussion with Lawrence Yun
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 7:00 PM: Un-Natural Artists Fatemeh Burnes Lisa Adams Merion Estes Constance Mallinson

FAMILY ART WORKSHOP

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1- 4:00 PM: Nature and Nurture: Expressing the World Around Us Drop-in, Free to the public.