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NEW IMAGE ART PRESENTS NATURAL BALANCE
Opening Reception Saturday, July 12th, 2014
6pm - 9pm
7920 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
 www.newimageartgallery.com
  323 654 2192

 

New Image Art is pleased to present its forthcoming exhibition entitled Natural Balance
featuring the work of Lucien Shapiro, P-Jay Fidler, Jason Redwood, Mel Kadel, Travis
Millard, and Gosha Levochkin. Focusing on organic themes of mortality, alternative
existence, and outward growth, Natural Balance is an exploration within painting and
object making that embraces fantasy-like depictions of cultural ephemera and figurative
references that engage viewers by way of thoughtful inherent reaction. With an imbued
lineage stemming from both the surrealist and symbolist art movements, much of the work in
Natural Balance embraces similar concepts of metaphorical truth and disheveled reality.

About the Artists
Lucien Shapiro’s work, composed of elaborately constructed masks and ornately armored
weaponry, examines a relationship between modern waste and memories of ancient
cultural artifacts. Practices and customs from the past are brought back to light through
Shapiro’s revival of discarded materials, transformed into objects analogous with selfprotection.
Behind masks and armor, we’re enabled with the power to separate and shield
ourselves from reality, creating new identities through a deliberate opposition of our true
selves.


P-Jay Fidler's work takes the familiar and seeks to re-contextualize it to create non linear narratives.
What results is a conversation about the impermanent and circular nature of life, the ultimate death
that confronts every person and the physical, tangible ephemera that we create in our wake.
Dealing with creation, existence, absence, and transformation his imagery ranges from the surreal to
the ambiguous. Born in a small farming community in central California, Fidler left to attend and
graduate from the Art Center College of Design and now works and lives in Los Angeles.
Jason Redwood, southern California based artist, extracts from personal past references to
intertwine with contemporary undercurrents of pop culture. Other worldly images meld with icons
grounded in human nature.
Mel Kadel’s work is a colorful blending of something from the past, and bits of the future. It’s as if an
old pattern you’d see on grandma’s pillowcase was sent through a psychedelic blender. Within the
patterns and layers, you’ll find stories of nature, interconnectedness, strength, and solitude. Kadel is
based in Los Angeles, CA.
Travis Millard is a Los Angeles based artist known for drawings on paper. His work explores a
variety of themes including waking dream states, funny ultra violence, and other oddities of the
imaginative landscape.
Gosha Levochkin is a Los Angeles based painter who paints with a surreal, chaotic, detail-driven
style. Growing up in Russia, Gosha spent a great deal of his time drawing and immediately
identified with LA's contemporary art scene. In his latest series, Gosha uses guache and watercolor
to portray the raw, beautiful, yet polluted aspects of nature. His technique typically combines fine
line work with unique characters, and is constantly evolving while maintaining a distinct look.

Benny Gold brand will have a booth at the Agenda Trade Show. We will not be there to sell you anything —we won't even have the product line there with us. We want to share an awesome project with you that has been a long time in the making. We invited over 60 of our favorite artist from around the world to reinterpret our original glider plane. All the planes came out amazing and we are excited to finally share them with you! If you are in Long Beach for the trade show July 10 - 11th

Marcas Contemporary Presents Corrective Course, an inaugural group exhibition
Opening Reception Saturday, July 5th, 2014
7pm - 10pm
Marcas Contemporary Art
305 4th St. Suite 103
Santa Ana , CA 91020
714 760-4637

 

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