The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, in Conjunction with RVCA and Monster Media are Proud to Present
Sea No Evil, An Art Benefit
Silent Auction: Saturday, July 12, 2008 (Preview 2 weeks prior to event)

Raising money and awareness for the protection and conservation of the world’s oceans, the 2nd annual “Sea No Evil” Art Benefit is set to become a major event on the art and conservation calendar in years to come.
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JUDITH LIEBE
“PANDORA’S BOX - Transformation of a Woman”
July 10 – 27, 2008
Opening Reception: July 10, 7 – 10 PM

“Provocative Love, seductive Love, hopeless Love.  Liebe’s images of women reflect triumph, power, loneliness and pain.”
-David Glover, Curator

German artist Judith Liebe returns to Los Angeles with her most striking U.S. show yet. Focused on ‘the fearless Female’, which Liebe marries images of the female body, fashion as well as erotic media, created in the form of photo collage, as well as paintings of nudes, both brazen and unapologetic, with a direct connection to the poetic.

As in her earlier works, women take the center stage. The body remains the focal point of all forms of love.

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Four Solo Exhibitions
Rebecca Rutstein, Thomas Jackson, Lori Cozen-Geller, and Harrison Storms
June 25-July 19, 2008
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, July 5, 2pm-4pmSylvia White Gallery is pleased to present the winners of their 2008 National Juried Exhibition in four solo shows. The artwork of Rebecca Rutstein, Thomas Jackson, Lori Cozen-Geller and Harrison Storms will be on display in Ventura, CA from June 25 to July 19 with an opening reception July 5, 2008.
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Trigg Ison Fine Art Presents
“The Art of Maxine Kim Stussy-Frankel”
A retrospective exhibition of more than forty original sculpture, held at the artist’s Bel Air home
1115 Moraga Dr., Bel Air, CA 90049
Reception: Saturday, June 28, 2008, 2-6pm

Trigg Ison Fine Art presents the art of Maxine Kim Stussy-Frankel in a retrospective exhibition of more than sixty original sculptures, held at the artist’s Bel Air home. A portion of all proceeds will benefit Hillsides: Foster care and special education for abused children.

Trigg Ison Fine Art
511 North Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90048
(310) 274-8047, Fax: (310) 274-8076

Robert Rauschenberg
June 28 – August 16, 2008
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 28, 5 - 7 pm

The Lotus Series harkens back to the 1980’s when Robert Rauschenberg launched a worldwide art crusade called the Rauschenberg Overseas Cultural Interchange or ROCI. The goal of the project was to create an avenue of understanding between people of different countries through artistic and cultural exchange without political intervention. A six-year exhibition tour led him to Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, China, Japan, Cuba, the former Soviet Union, the former East Germany (East Berlin), and Malaysia.

In June of 1982 Robert Rauschenberg traveled to Jing Xian, China to work in the ancient Xuan Paper Mill. Rauschenberg photographed the sights and surroundings extensively. In 1985, Rauschenberg returned to Beijing, China to exhibit the ROCI project. This second trip to China gave Rauschenberg an additional opportunity to photograph the country. Bill Goldston, Director and Master Printer of ULAE (Universal Limited Art Editions) accompanied Rauschenberg on this trip.
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Fashion, concept, Hollywood glam, and even current events - L.A. is alive with art this weekend. Whether you prefer design over photography or sculpture over performance, any art connoisseur will be satisfied with the next week’s pick of events. Read below for more information about “Aesthetics, Bohemians & Craftsmen: Artistic Dress 1880s-1920s,” “After the Flood,” “My Space,” and “Lights, Camera, Action!”

Aesthetics, Bohemians, Craftsmen: Artistic Dress 1880s-1920s (Photo right from gallery): From the late 19^th century to 20^th century, the ever-evolving attitudes and life-styles have been reflected in fashion, leading to what we know as the Artistic Dress Movement. Aesthetes, Bohemians, and Craftsmen are all celebrated as integral parts of this era that brought us away from Victorian wear.

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New in Town?
Studio Artists 2007 - 2008
Edith Abeyta, Sierra Brown, Kendell Carter, Jeff Foye, Jocelyn Foye, Chris James, Ryan Jursich, Myung Jin Kim, Sojung Kwon, Frank Rodriguez, Amy Thornberry and Deborah Wright
June 29 - August 24, 2008
Opening Reception: June 29, 2-4 PM

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Brooks Salzwedel & John Palmer: Modern Soil
Katherine Wilson: Look at me look at you
28 June – 26 July, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 28, 7:00 – 10:30pm

Black Maria is pleased to announce the opening of “Modern Soil”, an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles based artists Brooks Shane Salzwedel and John Palmer. The exhibition builds on the fight-for-life themes consistent in Salzwedel’s art - nature vs. man-made, prehistoric vs. modern, organic vs. structured, recalling a time past, while remaining firmly planted in the present. Palmer’s works explores landscapes in peril and gives the exhibition contextual layers of introspection and meaning.

With little more than graphite and resin, Salzwedel creates sublime images of nature and industrial development co-existing.  Creating an eerie, ethereal tension between the two, while challenging notions of beauty and destruction. Salzwedel’s process and materials themselves lend additional depth to his content.  The toxic process of the layered resin is initially overshadowed by the beauty of the trees and plant life it contains.

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“SPIRIT OF NATURE”
An exhibition of contemporary Irish art
Opening with a salute to the summer solstice
June 21, 2008 – September 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 21, 3 – 9 PM

Gallery 13, Irish Fine Art’ presents a new exhibition entitled ‘Spirit of Nature’ with paintings and bronze sculptures inspired by nature and landscape by contemporary Irish artists. Recent works by new and acclaimed Irish artists; Linda Brunker, Gregory Toal, Paul Christopher Flynn and Gerard Cox.
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Art and music collide at Drkrm Gallery (Map) where the photography of Travis Shin (whose talent has been seen in such magazines as Scratch, Alternative Press, Rides, Blender, Stuff, Guitar World and King) is on display.

Come experience the final days of his photographic “journey through the contemporary Rock, Hip-Hop and Rap scene that documents the larger-than-life legends that comprise the visual album of today’s music.” Photographs of artists such as Dave Navarro, 50 Cent, Marilyn Manson and Snoop Dogg will be on display and on sale.

The exhibition will be up until June 29 with a closing reception held on Saturday, June 21 from 7-11pm. This is a totally free event so stop on by and experience a side of some of Rock and Rap’s icons not normally seen.

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In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor
June 22 – October 5, 2008

Since 1994, this ground swelling of lowbrow, surrealistic, pop, figurative, and narrative work has coalesced and found a voice in the pages of Juxtapoz magazine published in San Francisco. This “rag” has become the most widely read art magazine in the U.S. It is an influencing force on the aspiring artists of generation Y and the millenials, who are now enrolling in art schools in numbers never before seen.
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Painting’s Edge: The Exhibition

June 21 - July 2, 2008

Artists Reception: Thursday, June 26, 7:00 pm

The exhibition is part of the Painting’s Edge advanced painting resident workshop at Idyllwild Arts, which includes individual critiques, group discussions, studio practice and public lectures.

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