VOLUME 01 SPRING 2017
LUZ T H E C L U B D ’A R T J O U R N A L
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
CLUB D’ART CORE MEMBERS Advisor Brian Doan President Adrian Barreras Vice Presidents Samantha Flores & Marvin Basham Secretary Jenny McCullough
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e at Club d’Art would like to start the Spring 2017 semester by welcoming all art enthusiasts to please join us as we continue to grow into a more unified art department. We hope that anyone interested in the club will join to socialize with other creative minds and gain recognition for participating in club activities. We have an upcoming exhibition, “From Within”, from September 27th until November 4th at the ART Exchange in Long Beach, along with a catalog that will be published in conjunction with the show. If you would like to be a part of something much more involved in the art community, please attend our meetings or contact us. The next meeting will be Tuesday, March 28th at 4 pm in room K135. Snacks and drinks will be provided and we will discuss the plans we have for this semester and the next. We hope to see many of you at the meeting. Thank you and have a successful Spring Semester!
Treasurer Louann Chen ASB Senate Representative Eric Benitez
Adrian Barreras
Graphic Designers Jonah Coloma Liset Lopez & Sam Flores Editor Lila Orchesfsky Photographer Javier Alfaro Event Coordinators Judy Estrada & Evan Shea
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Linda Adair Day. (top center) Ganesh, 2010. Mixed Media on paper. (top left and right) Untitled, 2010. Mixed media on card board.
CURRENTLY IN THE LBCC GALLERY Lila Orshefsky
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n this modern world, have you ever felt like you were surrounded by media outlets, spinning around you in a whirlwind of words and sounds, so numerous that they overlap, fuse together? So much information that it makes you dizzy, and you don’t know what to believe or where to begin, how to control your intake of news? In Boston-born artist Jody Zellen’s new installation News Wheel, these feelings literally come to life around you. In collaboration with sound technician Daniel Rothman, Ms. Zellen has placed the control back into your hands through an interactive installation. Using an iPad, you as the viewer may play the many news outlets as your own personal instruments, send them whirling around you in that very flurry of words and sounds that capture this overwhelmed feeling of living among globalized news media. Once you’ve gotten this unique exprience out of your system, you can head back to the second room of the gallery to immerse yourself in the Smaller Works of Linda Adair Day. Ms. Day, who is no longer with us, leaves us her impressions of the human experience
in paint, smoothed over canvases in waterfalls of changing hues as thick as frosting; layered in translucent, vibrating stripes; compacted into sculptural textures the colors of old blood; swirled into round, growing forms which seem to blossom before you; crisscrossed and looped into dark linear grids. The abstract painter offers the viewer a glimpse into the inner consciousness, and Smaller Works will wash over you with that penetrative experience. These two new solo exhibitions open in the K-100 Art Gallery on February 9 from 7:008:30 pm, and will be open through March 9.
(right) Linda King. “Ascension”, 2015. Acrylic.
BRIAN DOAN/LINDA KING EXHIBITION Lila Orshefsky
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on’t miss the upcoming solo shows of Professors Linda King and Brian Doan in the K-100 Art Gallery from March 31 through April 26! They will present their bodies of work from their time on sabbatical in 2016, and we are all thrilled to see what they have been up to in their studios. Ms. King tells us in the opening paragraph of her Artist Statement, “My paintings are visually abstract but reference nature, contemporary culture, and a sense of time and memory. The paintings are created with layers of poured paint, which are then edited down to an essential form or specific interaction. I combine very fluid movements of paint with hard-edged shapes and flat, intense backgrounds, constantly shifting the viewer’s eye until shape becomes negative and space becomes shape. My interests lie with
the juxtaposition of boundaries that subvert perception.” When asked about the focus of his body of work, Mr. Doan states, “Through my exhibit ‘Cambodia Town,’ viewers will discover not only a place, but also an opportunity to witness the communal triumph of love and life, despite tragedy and loss. This one-of-a-kind enclave frames the immigrant experiences of the Khmer American people. Photography is my visual memoir, however, the images I have captured offer only a modest glimpse of this vibrant culture: its life, love, and struggles. Viewers must be there to witness, perceive, and admire it directly. Tell me, who can refuse the combination of New York steak dipped in prohok sauce on a sunny Long Beach weekend?”
STARTUP ART FAIR
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Lila Orshefsky
n the last weekend of January, the stARTup Art Fair took place at the Highland Gardens Hotel in Hollywood, and what an event it was for the LA art lover to behold. 26 exhibitions in 26 hotel rooms looped around the pool, leading the wandering viewer through the worlds of 38 artists and six art organizations. All weekend, artist conversations and performances breathed life into the various exhibitions, and the artists welcomed each viewer with warmth and enthusiasm. Painters Barbara Downs and Claire Thorson lifted layers and layers of glassine from a hotel bed, revealing the many collaborative figure studies they have done together, playfully competitive dialogues with bold marks and colors which they would take turns adding. LA-based artist Jeff Iorillo excitedly explained the process by which he pours layers of fine art acrylic paint into depths of water, then allows the hot LA sun to suck the water into the air, leaving behind thick medleys of unexpected textures which resemble strange aerial landscapes of fantastic topography, oceans, and atmospheres. PØST, the LA nonprofit art space, one of the sponsors of the event, installed selected works from their expansive auction, including abstract work by their gallery director HK Zamani, who used to run LBCC’s gallery! And our own photography professor Brian Doan’s multimedia installation White Christmas was installed inside a closet! The stARTup Art Fair ingeniously incorporated art into living spaces, and brought together many artists from many backgrounds in a vibrant explosion of creative energy.
(top) Brian Doan. White Christmas, 2012-2013. Video, plastic models, acrylic paint, enamel paint, vintage television, plywood, formica, and media player.
GLOBAL ART Marvin Basham
Judy Estrada (top), a Club d’Art member, at the 2017 LA Art Show.
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ince 1995 the LA Art Show has opened the new year with an international artistic bang! 100 galleries representing 18 countries as well as southern California institutions The Broad, The Getty, LACMA, MOCA, MOOLA and the Museo and Cultural Center in Anaheim shared in the experience. Live performance art, installations and live art talks were part of the interactive menu for show goers. Pacific Standard Time is an on going theme for the SoCal museums in 2017. With so much to see there were a few standouts The WALL constructed of biodegradable cartons divided a large area of the south convention hall, in a semi political statement. Air Dimension Design with their amazing inflatable internally lit art pieces and Talking Head Transmitters by artist Eugenia Vargas Pereira were presented by Cultural Museo Anaheim. Talking Head Transmitters was an interactive pop up radio station with a host inviting the public to give their view on the art show or whatever might be on their mind. Judy Estrada from Club D’Art took part in an on air interview which was streamed to the LA Art show online. Make plans to attend the show in 2018.
CURRENT LOCAL EXHIBITIONS LBCC Art Gallery – Smaller Works, a collection of abstract paintings by Linda Adair Day, and News Wheel, an interactive multimedia installation by Jody Zellen in collaboration with Daniel Rothman, will show in our own K-100 gallery through March 9.
The Broad, Los Angeles – Creature, a diverse installation of over 50 works by over 25 artists, “presenting approaches to figuration and representations of the self,” shows through March 19. The Hammer Museum at UCLA – Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, “the much-anticipated first North American retrospective of this compelling, inventive, and complex visual artist, performer, poet, essayist, and activist,” shows through May 7. PØST, Los Angeles – Emanation, Radiance, Glimmer, Murmuration, a mesmerizing solo show where you can delve into shimmering, ethereal layers of the subconscious and experiences of scholar and painter Gilah Yelin Hirsch, shows through February 18 at 1206 Maple Avenue, Suite 515. PØST is a nonprofit art space run by our former LBCC gallery director Habib Zamani, and has shown nearly 500 exhibitions over the years. Opening hours are WedSat, 12-6 pm. SPARC Gallery, South Pasadena – Color is Flesh: Paintings by Linda A. Day; If you enjoy Linda Adair Day’s small abstract paintings currently showing in our gallery here on campus, you can check out her larger paintings on display at 1121 Mission Street at the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, up through February 25. Opening hours are Tues-Fri, 10 am-5 pm. MOLAA, Long Beach – Dreamland: A Frank Romero Retrospective, showing February 1 through May 21, spans over 50 years of this legendary LA-based Chicano artist’s career. LBCC Photo Lab – Best of Fall 2016 Semester; Don’t forget to pop into room K-119 to appreciate the finest student photography of last semester, up through the end of February. LACMA, Los Angeles – From abstract paintings by John McLaughlin and light installations by James Turrell, to works by Northern Renaissance masters Dürer and Cranach, works by 20th century masters Picasso and Rivera, and ancient Maya and Chinese ceramics, LACMA has no shortage of stunning fine arts from different times and places, something for everyone. Check out their list of current exhibitions on their website to find out more. LBMA – Abundant, Bountiful, and Beautiful is a dazzling exhibition of new acquisitions to the Long Beach Museum of Art’s permanent collection, including huge, hypnotic lithographs by color field masters Ellsworth Kelly and Gene Davis, showing through March 19. University Art Museum at CSULB – Frank Brothers: The Store that Modernized Modern “relates the story of Southern California’s largest and most prominent mid-century retailer of modern furniture and design,” which “blurred the boundaries between art and commerce.” This collection of original artwork, graphic material, color photographs, and furniture designs will show through April 9. MADE by Millworks – “Richard Shimizu: A Long Beach Love Story,” an exhibit of this Long Beach native’s street photography, will show through March 11 at 240 Pine Ave. First Fridays, Long Beach – The first Friday of every month, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm, on Atlantic Avenue between Bixby Road and San Antonio Drive, Bixby Knolls businesses come together to celebrate and promote local artists and musicians.
(on the cover) Rodrigo Lopez. Shrouded Innocence, 2016. Plush toys, plastic, twine and steel.
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT RODRIGO LOPEZ
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s an artist I try and create things that are visually grotesque and may have a sense of something whimsical at the same time. The idea with my work is to create something with differing ideas at play within the same piece and have conflicting identities. Within the realm of sculpture and things that are sculptural one of the things that became apparent rather quickly was the massive realm of possibility in working with three dimensional form. One
learns to work with different materials and combinations of those materials, all the while learning their properties and what can be done with them. You may have one idea of what to do, but your material will want to do something else. That was the principle behind a metal piece made of wire loops. Originally intended to be a free standing piece, the metal would eventually collapse under its own weight. There I found a piece of that nature had a lot more potential in its display
than initially realized, snaking along the ground, or perhaps as a suspended or wall piece. I have also learned to work with plastic as many of my sculpture features a great deal of plastic and plastic-like material. Melting plastic has become a strong visual component and has the potential for a lot of variation in terms of line and texture. Melting is something that is prevalent throughout my current body of work, though the idea is always to keep exploring.
SUBMISSIONS WANTED Submit your art work for consideration to be part of an exhibit, “From Within”, in collaboration between Club d’Art and Art Exchange, in Fall 2017. Submit work or photo of work (300 dpi) with the following info: + Title & date (art work must be 3 years old or newer) + Medium (if mixed media, artist is warmly encouraged to list specific materials) + Dimensions (H x W x D for sculpture / H x W for 2D art) + Price (30% will go to gallery) + Brief artist statement (less than 100 words) + Brief artist biography for catalogue (less than 100 words) + Copyright waiver for catalogue (will be sent after submission) + Detailed instructions for installation + Artwork must be framed and ready to be displayed The last day to submit your art work is on April 1st, 2017. Please contact Club d’Art for further details or inquiries through the following: clubdartlbcc@gmail.com mail@briandoan.com (562) 938-3036