Casper Brindle, “Light Glyph VF,” 2022, pigmented acrylic, 44 x 74 x 8”

“Transcendent Matter” brings together Los Angeles-based artists Casper Brindle and Alex Weinstein. The two, life-long surfers and close friends, present a shared reverence for the sublimity of landscape with their seductive output. The exhibition features new, wall-based sculptural work made of mass-cast resin and vacuum-formed plexiglass. Both artists’ use of non-conventional materials highlight a shared interest in expanding the vocabulary of art process while riffing on well-established movements of the recent past. Each artist’s work has an ebullience of its own but their processes are quite different. Brindle’s acclaimed Light Glyph series employs industrial production techniques and his immaculate sculptures flirt with reductive austerity while joyously juxtaposing effusive color. By comparison, Weinstein’s Ocean State sculptures are decidedly tactile, sensual objects created start-to-finish by hand. Exploring the heft, hue and rhythm of the sea, these quieter works have a personality bordering on portraiture. The show’s focus on materiality commingles references to Minimalism, Light and Space and Finish Fetish art production of the 1970’s LA scene while expressing a renewed enthusiasm for subject, bordering on romantic, which in turn gifts the exhibition with a vibrant contemporary pulse.

Casper Brindle and Alex Weinstein,

“Transcendent Matter”

Through August 26, 2023

Nancy Toomey Fine Art

1275 Minnesota St., San Francisco, CA 91107

(415) 307-9038

nancy@nancytoomeyfineart.com

nancytoomeyfineart.com/

Thursday-Saturday, 12-4pm

Alex Weinstein, “Ocean State 8,” 2022,

polyester resin, fiberglass, oil paint, 40” diameter

Transformative and mysterious, Casper Brindle’s newest series, the “Light Glyphs,” continues his investigation into the expressive possibilities of color and form while utilizing new materials and modes of production. A most ancient form of communication, a glyph is a symbol or mark carved in relief to convey ideas without words. These enigmatic pieces tend more toward sculptural object than painting, each a single sheet of shimmering metallic color encased in a transparent shell, punctuated only by a radiant central form. A glowing push and pull ensues as the viewer circles the piece, the object before them shifting before their eyes. The slim bar of neon color that cuts through the picture plane invites a quiet reverence, as form seems to materialize from the abyss, in an act of technicolor alchemy. The rigidity of the hard-edge shapes and boundaries of the picture plane is softened by the use of un-expected and sensuous color. The tension in these works presents the viewer with a series of intriguing dualities; they seem to float in the space between reality and illusion, the finite and the infinite. The repetition of form and brilliant swathes of color create a visual language that becomes a meditation on experience and perception.

Alex Weinstein writes about his “Ocean State” sculptures, "I come from Rhode Island, the Ocean State, and titled this series for my old home. Of course the title works as a double entendre for an emotional and/or physical state too and that association is vital to the project. The work itself is made from surfboard manufacturing materials: resin and fiberglass and is part of a larger body of work I started in 2003 called swell models. Using those materials has always felt authentic to me (a lifelong surfer) and a continuing chat with the LA artist forbears I have come to know so well. I use oil paint to tint my sculptural work and everything is made by hand. The shapes are based on feel and experience, not 3D scanners and C&C machines. The color comes from the landscape via my paint tray. To me, the magic of the Western skyline, dusted with jet fuel and the surging Pacific below it, present a type of chemical optimism. That pulse is the heartbeat of my work."

Photo credits (Left to Right):

Demián Flores, “Payaso,” 2014, polychrome ceramic, 11 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2”

Claudia V. Solórzano, “La Reina,” 2023, ceramic, 15 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2”

Javier Carrillo, “R.I.P. River,” 2023, color reduction print on RFK Rives, hand worked with 23k gold leaf, 23 x 37"

Dan McCleary, “Carnations,” 2023, etching & aquatint, 13 1/4 x 9 3/4”

Fernando Sandoval, “Volcan,” 2023, drypoint & aquatint, paper: 39 1/4 x 31"

“L.A. - Oaxaca”

Javier Carrillo, Demián Flores, Dan McCleary, Fernando Sandoval, Claudia V. Solórzano

July 15 - August 26, 2023

Opening Reception: 

Saturday, July 15, 5-7pm

Artist Talk with Javier Carrillo, Dan McCleary,

Claudia V. Solórzano: Saturday, August 5, 11am

Read the full press release here.

The exhibition, L.A. – Oaxaca will include the work of five artists, all exploring themes of Mexican culture as well as its integration in L.A. lifestyle and heritage.



La exposición L.A. - Oaxaca incluirá el trabajo de cinco artistas, todos ellos explorando temas de la cultura mexicana, así como su integración en el estilo de vida y el patrimonio de Los Ángeles.

Craig Krull Gallery

Bergamot Station Arts Center

2525 Michigan Ave., B3, Santa Monica, CA 90404

(310) 828-6410

info@craigkrullgallery.com

www.craigkrullgallery.com

Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm

Suchitra Mattai, "Future Tense," 2023, embroidery floss, found objects, freshwater pearls and trim on vintage needlepoint, 25 x 19"

Suchitra Mattai,

"In the absence of power. In the presence of love"

July 15 - August 26, 2023

Opening Reception:

Saturday, July 15, 6-8pm

Panel Discussion: Transgressive Materiality

Saturday, July 29, 4-6pm

Suchitra Mattai, "In the absence of power, In the presence of love" presents new mixed-media paintings, tapestries, and a soft-sculpture installation that evoke the artist!s Indo-Caribbean heritage. Mattai’s work engages with the subject and form of European pastoral landscapes and figuration as well as Indian miniature paintings. Linking craft-based processes, sumptuous weavings and traditional techniques, the artist portrays resolute brown heroines, replacing heroes and colonizers and reclaiming a patriarchal past. 

Mattai describes her process as one of “brown reclamation,” reworking original images to tell new stories. Embroidery, needlepoint, beading and found objects insert women’s handiwork into the traditional painterly landscapes. In other works, the heroic stories, figures, animals, patterns, and landscapes of Indian miniature paintings are reconfigured. Here, the heroes are replaced by heroines—empowered and mythic, yet empathetic and accessible. They are peaceful warriors and include both the young and the old. In future perfect (2023), a woman quietly reads of the future surrounded by floral needlepoints and a black beaded halo, combining myth, memory, and folktales. 

Roberts Projects

442 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036

(323) 549-0223

info@robertsprojectsla.com

www.robertsprojectsla.com

Tuesday–Saturday, 11am-6pm, and by appointment

Arno Elias, "Belua,” mixed media photography, 80 x 62 x 2 1/2”

2nd Thursday

“Art After Hours"

Featuring Artists Arno Elias and Joseph

Opening Reception:

Thursday, July 13, 5-7pm

RSVP: laguna@markowiczfineart.com

This month we will feature artworks by French conceptual mixed media artist Joseph, and French photographer and painter Arno Elias.

The engaging nature of Joseph's work, using text rather than images, propels the audience into a dialogue with the artist.

Arno Elias is an artist, musician, and activist, and is best known for his stunning photographs of endangered species and indigenous peoples.

RSVP · laguna@markowiczfineart.com

Join us at "Art After Hours!"

Markowicz Fine Art

Gallery Director Paul Dahmen

23811 Aliso Creek Rd., Suite 110, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

(949) 446-4977

www.markowiczfineart.com

paul@markowiczfineart.com

Facebook: @MarkowiczFineArt

Twitter: @MarkowiczArt

Instagram: @Markowiczfineart

Monday - Friday 9am-5pm; Saturday, 10am-2pm, and by app't.

Sam Francis, "Untitled," 1974, original lithograph

in four colors, 27 1/2 x 41 5/8"

“Sam Francis: Distilled"

Through July 29, 2023

Seldom does an exhibition so succinctly offer new insights on a major artist who we might think we know. No long manifestos. No overarching declarations. Distilled to essentials, this exhibition offers expansive meditative possibilities.

A BIT OF HISTORY

The first exhibition of Sam Francis' career took place in Paris in 1952. All works were monochromatic. His first museum exhibition took place in 1959 at the Pasadena Museum of Art (now the Norton Simon Museum) in Pasadena.

AND NOW

In Pasadena, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Revisits Both Histories.

“Sam Francis — Distilled” exclusively focuses upon a hugely important aspect of Francis’ rarely seen monochromatic graphic works. It compliments the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s present Sam Francis exhibition which runs through July 16, keying upon Francis’ profound intercultural dialogue between Western and Eastern aesthetics.

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

600 South Lake Ave., #102, Pasadena, CA 91106

Free Parking Entry on South Lake Avenue

Located at the corner of California Ave. Free parking, 

entrance on S. Lake Ave., 

Gallery entrance through the lobby

(323) 938-5222

jrutberg@jackrutbergfinearts.com

www.jackrutbergfinearts.com

Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm

(left) MARTIN BRUINSMA, Red Chair, acrylic on

canvas, 60 x 48” / (right) Street Artist, TEACHR

MARTIN BRUINSMA: Dignity of Silence 

Press Release 

July 15 - September 2, 2023

Opening Reception: 

Saturday, July 15, 6-9pm

Summer Block Party at Bergamot + Live Painting &

Pet Portrait Commissions by Street Artist, TEACHR: 

Saturday, July 15, 12-8pm

Join us this Saturday for Bergamot Station Arts Center’s Summer Block Party. From 12PM-8PM, renowned street artist & painter, TEACHR will paint on-site portraits of dogs. Bring a photo and commission TEACHR to paint your dog. From 6PM-9PM, there will be an opening reception for artist Martin Bruinsma’s brand new exhibition Dignity of Silence.

Martin Bruinsma begins by observing and photographing various locations at night, searching for scenes with vacant space and dramatic contrast. There is a kind of peace Bruinsma finds in the stillness and silence of these places, painting them to “preserve a moment in time as it is, and as it will be.” Bruinsma’s signature style draws inspiration from classic film noir. He applies this vision to contemporary settings. Working with both acrylic and oil, Bruinsma layers thin washes of paint and allows light to come through specific areas of the canvas.

Lois Lambert Gallery

Bergamot Station Arts Center

2525 Michigan Ave., E3, Santa Monica, CA 90404

(310) 829.6990

info@loislambertgallery.com

www.loislambertgallery.com

www.ourgallerystore.com

Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-6pm

(l.) Megan Jaster, “Lampropeltis,” oil on panel, 24 x 24”

(r.) Zära Monet, “Inferno Epic,” oil on canvas, 36 x 36”

Megan Jaster and Zära Monet

"The Metamorphosis of the Ascending Feminine"

Curated by Mela M

July 15 - 29, 2023

Opening Reception:

Saturday, July 15, 4-7pm

The works presented in this exhibit by Zära Monet and Megan Jaster offer the observer a rare opportunity to experience subtle changes in perception. The apperception of these oil paintings escapes the filters of traditional analytical and linear systems, allowing more direct access to the deeper structures of feeling wherein reside the non-linearity and non-locality of the intuitive feminine dimension. Monet references her use of “obscured perspectives and subtle shifts of color saturation and temperature “to make viewing her work more “nuanced and introspective”. She promotes her work as challenging “the generic way a painting is received” by skewing the locus of composition or reversing light logic often in an old master style and as wanting her paintings to “reify a psychological and reflexive viewing experience that ultimately transcends the viewer into an unknown consciousness”.

In Jaster’s work, she uses light and color to permeate her paintings with a quality or feeling of “otherworldliness and a reverence for the spiritual”. In her works, she creates unorthodox dreamlike vignettes and biomorphic forms through traditional and innovative painting techniques inspired by a lifelong influence and exploration of the connection between nature and humanity. Both artists are committed to guiding and captivating as well as challenging and, ultimately, inspiring the viewer’s imagination to explore, perhaps even embrace, their own metamorphosis and ascension to heretofore unknown higher planes of consciousness.

-- Mela M., Curator's Statement

Billis Williams Gallery

2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034

(310) 838-3685

gallery@billiswilliams.com

www.billiswilliams.com/

Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm

Tyler Abshier, “Orange Grove Hacienda, Ojai,” 2022, oil, 18 x 24”

California Art League, “The California Scene”

July 15 – November 5, 2023

Opening Reception:

Saturday, July 15, 4-6pm

California Art League (CAL) presents “The California Scene,” an exhibition showcasing quintessential California scenes in a variety of media. The show is CAL’s 2023 Gold Medal Exhibition and features 59 works of art by 44 members of the long-established league.

CAL was founded as The Valley Artists Guild in 1948 by sculptor Henry Van Wolf (1898–1982). Van Wolf’s vision was to unite artists in the San Fernando Valley to form a fine arts community that would make its members stronger. VAG flourished and changed its name to California Art League in 2012 to promote the guild's progress and reach.

Santa Paula Art Museum

117 N 10th St., Santa Paula, CA 93060

(805) 525-5554

info@santapaulaartmuseum.org

www.santapaulaartmuseum.org

Wednesday – Saturday, 10am-4pm; Sunday, 12-4pm

Joseph Henry Sharp, “Pueblo of Laguna,

New Mexico,” c. 1940, oil on canvas-board

Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953)

July, 2023

Born in Bridgeport, Ohio, Joseph Henry Sharp was regarded as the "father of the Taos Art Colony," and was known for his figure and genre painting as well as for exquisitely colorful landscapes.



He was one of the first Caucasian artists to visit New Mexico, arriving in Santa Fe in 1883. He was also a visitor to Alaska, being one of the early artists who visited there after the purchase of the territory. Although Sharp was completely deaf from a childhood accident, he reportedly had a cheerful nature and was an avid traveler, always seeking learning experiences about other cultures.

Addison Rowe Gallery

229 E. Marcy Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

(505) 982-1533

addart@addisonrowe.com

addisonrowe.art

By appointment only

Poet Cindy Rinne will read “The Universe is Within and Without” inspired by Vanitas, a painting by Melissa Reischman.

SCWCA presents 

An Afternoon of Poetry & Art

Sunday, July 16, 2-4 pm 

“Ancestral Connections”

Continuing through July 29, 2023

Closing Reception and Artist Talks”

Saturday, July 29, 2-4 pm

A collaboration between the written word and visual art featuring work by ten local poets: Lynne Bronstein, Jessica Ceballos, Nicelle Davis, Jasmine Minchez, Robbi Nester, Hanna Pachman, Cece Peri, Cindy Rinne, Marilyn N. Robertson and Alicia Viguer-Espert. Ancestral Connections exhibition explores the rich presence of remembered people, places, spiritual practices and artistic traditions.

Avenue 50 Studio

131 N Avenue 50, Highland Park, CA 90042

www.avenue50studio.org

Monday-Thursday, 1-5pm, Saturday, Sunday, 1-5pm

Southern California Women's Caucus for Art (SCWCA)

Creating community through art, education & social activism

socalwomenscaucus@gmail.com

scwca.org/ or scwcaexhibitions.org

Join us!

Bergamot Station Arts Center Summer Block Party

Saturday, July 15, 2023, 12-8pm

Bergamot Station Arts Center invites you to attend our Summer Block Party on Saturday, July 15th. Bergamot’s 18 fine art galleries will be hosting special artist talks, walk-thrus, and openings plus live music, family-friendly shows + activities, food trucks and so much more, beginning at 12 noon and lasting ALL DAY.

+ FREE parking (you’re welcome, Los Angeles) available in our large lot at: 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Or take the Metro right to our front doors! Overflow parking located at Kite Pharma (1800 Stewart St.), just next door.

Don’t miss this FREE + family-friendly event. Check out the individual gallery programming and full schedule of events below.

Click here to see what all the action is about

Bergamot Station Arts Center

2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404

nicole@crowcomedy.com 

bergamotstation.com

CONTACT INFORMATION:

231 Cedar Heights Dr.

Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

(213) 482-4724