Los Angeles Art Association's is proud to present Remodeling in Process, an all-media response to the promise and challenges of 2021. Remodeling in Process was juried by Karen Fitch McLean, Art Show Coordinator, City of Beverly Hills. In addition to the group show Remodeling in Process, we also present solo exhibitions by Michele Benzamin-Miki , Lisa McCord and Mike Collins. All exhibitions will be on view by appointment only at Gallery 825 and online from January 23 - February 19, 2021. CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND PURCHASE ARTWORK FOR Remodeling in Process
Michele Benzamin-Miki presents her ambitious exhibition The Tale of the White Spider. Artist Benzamin-Miki values her dream life. Dreams are powerful. They are truths in their own right, messages that knock on the door at night and ask her to open her eyes while she sleeps. Once the artist dreamed she was a white spider, hanging from the silk thread of my body in vast dark space. Since 2002 Benzamin-Miki has revisited these dreams on both paper and canvas, with graphite pencil. Her dream does not foretell the future, nor even describe a present that exists outside itself. Her waking life and dream life weave a web of creation and journeying. The spider's work is never done. CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND PURCHASE ARTWORK FOR Michele Benzamin-Miki.
Lisa McCord’s photography exhibition Rotan Switch documents life on her grandparents’ cotton farm starting in 1979 when she was twenty-one years old. After forty years, McCord came to realize that all of her photographs taken there were explorations of home. McCord has lived in many countries across the world, but her idea of home remains firmly rooted in the Arkansas land and people. New photos are placed alongside old family snapshots throughout Rotan Switch - all tender reminders of people and places she loves. McCord acknowledges that photographs are complicated when seen in the context of the social and economic structures of the rural South. Although these subjects are family to her, as a white photographer and the granddaughter of a farm owner, these photographs of the Black community implicate her own role in reinforcing these power structures. McCord understands that these systemic oppressions are deeply troubling. McCord’s intent is to celebrate and honor the community she loves and grew up with in the Mississippi Delta. CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND PURCHASE ARTWORK for Lisa McCord.
Mike Collins’ exhibition When The Quiet Comes presents an artists personal journey. A few years ago, Collins began painting an exploration into the dynamics of what lies beneath the relationship between addiction and sobriety. That’s where Collins’ girl, bird and cage imagery were born. As he painted through the story, a turtle appeared, then a frog, then a snake, a snowman, snails, and more. The real investigation revealed itself in the noise of the chirp, the slice of a hiss, the dare in a ribbit. Every character had an opinion, an observation, something to say: the entirety of every voice contributing to the cacophony of a noisy and often overly critical head, strewn across oversized canvas and staring back like wanted posters from the past. And it was then, finally able to stare at the juxtaposition between the seriousness of addiction and these humorous, larger than life, childlike characters, that his brain stopped chirping for the first time. That’s when he realized that the noises he was once running from had always been pushing him to create the place in the world for when the quiet comes. CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND PURCHASE ARTWORK for Mike Collins.
Show Runs:January 23 - February 19, 2021.
Gallery 825 will be open by appointment for in-person viewing but will observe social distancing precautions.
Location: Gallery 825 - 825 N. La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90069
About Los Angeles Art Association: (LAAA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide opportunities, resources, services and exhibition venues for emerging Los Angeles artists of all media. LAAA began as a civic art institution in the 1920s, connecting elite art interests to Hollywood collectors, emerging after World War II as the center of Los Angeles modernism and finally becoming the city's nexus for emerging artists of all media. LAAA serves as a dynamic force for contemporary ideas, outreach, and community. Gallery 825 and Los Angeles Art Association are located in the heart of La Cienega Boulevard's Restaurant Row at 825 North La Cienega Bl., Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Gallery hours are by appointment. Please call 310.652.8272 or visit www.laaa.org.
above images by Linde Caughey, Michele Benzamin-Miki , Lisa McCord and Mike Collins
About: Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide opportunities, resources, services and exhibition venues for emerging Los Angeles artists of all media. LAAA began as a civic art institution in the 1920s, connecting elite art interests to Hollywood collectors, emerging after World War II as the center of Los Angeles modernism and finally becoming the city's nexus for emerging artists of all media. LAAA serves as a dynamic force for contemporary ideas, outreach, and community. Gallery 825 and Los Angeles Art Association are located in the heart of La Cienega Boulevard's Restaurant Row at 825 North La Cienega Bl., Los Angeles, CA 90069. Gallery hours are 10am - 5pm, Tuesday - Saturday or by appointment. Please call 310.652.8272 or visit www.laaa.org.