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Focus on Photography Varying Perspectives on Landscape
December 15 - January 30, 2015
Exhibiting Artists: 2wenty, Leigh Beisch, Flores,Gil and Mann,
Diane Rosenblum, and Edward Saenz
Zener Schon Contemporary Art 23 Sunnyside Avenue, Mill Valley CA 94941
www.zenerschongallery,com [email protected]
2WENTY
Los Angeles based artist, 2WENTY, is known using light as the central theme in his work. 2wenty comes from a background in lighting television and film which gives him an intimate understanding of how light works. The sources of light he utilizes for his light paintings are handmade, as well as creating the LED paintings by hand.
Through long exposures, the camera captures not only the subject, but the source of light the artist moves across the “canvas”. The result is a collection of inspiring, beautiful images that render a beautiful relationship between landscape and light.
“You Pull Me Along”, 20” x 30”, Photography, 2015, $2,500 (unframed), $2,800 (framed), Edition of 5
2WENTY
“Tethered", 20” x 30”, Photography, 2015, $2,500 (unframed), $2,800 (framed), Edition of 5
2WENTY
“Down The Rabbit Hole”, 16” x 24”, Photography, 2015, $1,800 (unframed), $2,000 (framed), Edition of 5
LEIGH BEISCH
Light, color, form. These elements give the work of photographer Leigh Beisch rare beauty, poetry and warmth. They are elements that have played a significant role throughout her life, growing up with a poet mom and creative director father. After her family moved from the sharp shadows of New York City, to foggy London, then to the high key light of Northern California then moving again to the lavender skies of New England, her gift for visual language was shaped by studies in painting and photography at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Beisch’s ongoing landscape work entitled Bodies of Land reflects her love of color, poetry, light and landscapes. Being drawn to landscapes and the different meanings they have in art history and the inherent connection they have for all humanity, she has endeavored to portray them in an emotional sense. By breaking away from the traditional large format detailed landscape photograph, her work means to portray landscapes that are Universal. Portraying a mood, or a sense that the viewer has perhaps experienced before. These are not meant to be photographs of specific locations, but more works of art that draw upon both the painterly traditions of Mark Rothko’s evocative color “clouds” and the detailed photographic traditions of the landscape photography of Joel Meyerwitz, Richard Misrach and Sugimoto.
Her work endeavors to question the definition of what is a photograph by pushing the medium back to it’s essense- of light defining space and form but this time with painterly ambiguity. This creates an image that hopefully goes beyond being a one dimensional image and more of an experience, an emotion.
“Suzhou 04 - Sunset Rural Industrial Landscape” 9.3” x 14” (Framed 22” x 30”), Photography, 2015
$650 (unframed), $800 (framed), Edition of 3
LEIGH BEISCH
“China 06- Urban Landscape” ”18.7” x 28” (Framed 30” x 40”), Photography, 2015
$975 (unframed), $1,275 (framed), Edition of 3
“Suzhou 02 - Industrial Cityscape ” 4.7” x 7” (Framed 16” x 20”)
Photography, 2015, $200 (unframed), $350 (framed), Edition of 3
LEIGH BEISCH
“Suzhou 05 - Industrial Cityscape ” 9.3” x 14” (Framed 22” x 30”), Photography, 2015
$650 (unframed), $800 (framed), Edition of 3
“Suzhou 01 - Industrial Cityscape ” 33.3” x 50” (Framed 43” x 67”), Photography, 2015,
2,500 (unframed), $2,950 (framed). Edition of 3
LEIGH BEISCH
“Suzhou 03 - Ancient Canal and Bridge” 4.7” x 7” (Framed 20” x 20”), Photography, 2015
$200 (unframed), $350 (framed), Edition of 3
“Suzhou 07 - Ancient Canal” 16.7” x 25” (Framed 25” x 34”), Photography, 2015 $800 (unframed), $1,050 (unframed), Edition of 3
FLORES, GIL, and MANN
Los Angeles based artists Lily Flores, Serge Gil, and Scarlet Mann joined together in the summer of 2012 to form continual collective photography project LA Odyssey in order to showcase their shared passion for art, fashion, and the city in which they live. Los Angeles is a melting pot of personalities, atmospheres, and dreams. LA Odyssey is an exploration of those manifestations, exposing the gritty underbelly to the illuminated upside that this city’s vastness presents us with.The project is an ongoing expression based around one formula: nude models in masks posing in scenes from Los Angeles and its outskirts. Within this basic framework the three artists have set forth to work together on shoots, sharing creative direction, while applying individual vision and perspective to make each shot their own, primarily through location, models, masks and poses.Each artist chooses locations based on their own personal experiences in the city, wherever they may have been or derived inspiration from. Lily travels from West to East exposing the contrasting culture present in the city’s diverse demographic. Serge’s industrial images from Long Beach take us on a journey to Vernon by way of West Hollywood. Scarlet explores the broad geography, adventuring from Topanga’s nature to Hollywood’s glam. Each of the artists’ various settings unite on a parallel journey, the journey of the LA experience in all of its diversity, vastness, and culture.LA Odyssey explores the role of fashion, as well as its absence: what it masks and what it reveals. The masked models are depersonalized to the extent that they become symbols, or perhaps even stand-ins and surrogates for their audience. Their naked forms absorb the atmosphere of their settings and transcend personal identity to become powerful allegorical images.
“The Road to Nowhere, Palm Springs” by Serge Gil, 18” x 47.5”, Photography, 2015 $1,400 (unframed), $1700 (framed), Edition of 12
Also available in following sizes: 38” x 100.5”, $4,900 unframed
31” x 82”, $3,100 unframed
FLORES, GIL, and MANN
“City of Vice, Viceroy Hotel, Santa Monica” by Scarlet Mann, 36” x 36”, Photography, 2015 $1,800 (unframed), $2200 (framed), Edition of 12
Also available in following sizes: 59.5” x 59.5”, $4,900 unframed
FLORES, GIL, and MANN
“Contemplation of Mortality, Seaside Wilderness, Ventura” by Scarlet Mann, 36” x 54”, Photography, 2015 $2,850 (unframed), $3,200 (framed), Edition of 12
Also available in following sizes: 48” x 72”, $4,900 unframed 24” x 36”, $1,400 unframed
FLORES, GIL, and MANN
“The Messenger, Sunset Blvd” by Kristy Mann, 24” x 36”, Photography, 2015 $1,200 (unframed), $1,400 (framed), Edition of 10
Also available in following sizes: 43.5” x 65.25”, Edition of 3, $3,600 unframed
32” x 48”, Edition of 7, $2,500 unframed
FLORES, GIL, and MANN
“Life & Death, Salton Sea” by Serge Gil, 32” x 48”, Photography, 2015 $2,500 (unframed), $2,800 (framed), Edition of 7
Also available in following sizes: 43.5” x 65.25”, Edition of 3, $3,600 unframed
24” x 36”, Edition of 10, $2,500 unframed
FLORES, GIL, and MANN
“The Oddity, Topanga Canyon” by Kristy Mann, 43.5” x 65.25”, Photography, 2015, $3,600 (unframed), $4,200 (framed), Edition of 3
Also available in following sizes: 32” x 48”, Edition of 7, $2,500 unframed
24” x 36”, Edition of 10, $3,600 unframed
DIANE ROSENBLUM
Diane Rosenblum’s artwork combines a strong visual impact with a rigorous conceptual practice. The marriage of beauty and ideas results in memorable artworks that play a positive role in people's lives. She has created a variety of series including Clouds for Comment, A Measure of Art, In My Mother’s Garden, Photograms and the Snap-Chalk Drawings.
Her work is held in numerous public collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Austria. Her work has also been exhibited at the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Hunter Museum of American Art in Tennessee. She graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography and Oberlin College.
Clouds for Comment is in part a reflection on Alfred Steiglitz’s series Equivalents, in which he claimed his photographs of clouds embodied a specific emotional state, and that a sensitive viewer will concretely understand his specific emotions when viewing the photographs. Diane Rosenblum is suspicious of that premise and believes that the viewer largely creates what they see in photographs, and this is mostly a reflection of who they are and what they have seen before. This series responds to the state of photography today, where everyone has a camera, everything is photographed, and the lines between the artistic and the personal, the hobbyist and the professional, the author and the audience, are blurred.
Rosenblum states “Skies and clouds are rich in metaphor and references. They are an archetype of the mysteries and magnificence of the divine. In the series Clouds for Comment I post my photographs of skies in social media channels such as flickr.com. People make written comments on the photos, and I superimpose a selection of their words on my prints. The text on my prints gets smaller as the prints get larger in scale. Since I want to make sure that the text is legible, I have to use relatively large text on the photos published online. The comments on my cloud photographs range widely. Many offer their personal reactions –- like or dislike -- some give technical advice, others explain what could be done to make the photo stronger. Many are disturbed at seeing just a sky and want some reference to land or ground. Many comments are amusing, incisive, kind and thoughtful. Some viewers have photographic or artistic expertise; most are amateurs or enthusiasts.”
DIANE ROSENBLUM
“Peitntures Anciennes", 30” x 40”, Photography, 2015 $2,600 (unframed), $3,000 (framed)
Edition of 8
“Lighthouse, Photography, 2015, 30” x 40”, Photography, 2015 $2,600 (unframed), $3,000 (framed)
Edition of 8
DIANE ROSENBLUM
“Epic! Wicked Sky! Awesome Capture!”, 30” x 40”, Photography, 2015 $2,600 (unframed), $3,000 (framed)
Edition of 8
“(No I Don’t Take Drugs)”, 30” x 40”, Photography, 2015 $2,600 (unframed), $3,000 (framed)
Edition of 8
DIANE ROSENBLUM
“Tiny White Spot", 30” x 40”, Photography, 2015 $2,600 (unframed), $3,000 (framed)
Edition of 8
“Not a Cliche”, Photography, 2015, 30” x 40”, Photography, 2015 $2,600 (unframed), $3,000 (framed)
Edition of 8
EDWARD SAENZ
ULTRAVOLTA Photography features the work of Larkspur-based artist and brand consultant Edward Saenz. Edward creates visually arresting images that capture an authentic truth about each of his subjects. In addition to his landscapes, he works with high profile individuals including CEOs, entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, celebrities, and performers—each of which have a compelling story that must to be told in an impactful manner.
Edward brings a unique approach to his work as he combines his branding sensibilities with his passion for crafting incisive visuals. His portraits are often strategically considered with clients in work sessions to ensure that the concept is precisely on brand. He is Founding Partner of Gravity Branding, a group known for advising well known companies and for creating some of the most memorable brands in the world. For example, he is personally recognized for having created the names WiFi, Expedia.com and Herceptin among many others.
Edward's passion for photography first emerged at the age of 12 when he was exposed to the works of Diane Arbus—specifically, "Boy with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, 1963." Inspired by his first camera, a Kodak Instamatic X-15F and his father’s beautiful Kodachromes, Edward has never stopped loving photography. His first real works were realized with a Nikon FM2 in the 1980s. He captured images of his surroundings, models and musicians in Manhattan and Staten Island in his 20s and his work continues to evolve today. He studied photography at the School of Visual Arts. He has exhibited his photographs in galleries in Amsterdam, San Francisco and Mill Valley.
EDWARD SAENZ
“Stormfront” (Nicasio, CA), 27” x 44”, Photography, 2014 $2,200 (unframed), $2,600 (framed), Edition of 3
EDWARD SAENZ
“Obscured Oaks” (Geyserville, CA), 27” x 44”, Photography, 2015 $2,200 (unframed), $2,600 (framed), Edition of 3