‘BLENDER’: INAUGURAL OPENING
Cerasoli-LeBasse Gallery – Culver City, CA
10/11/08
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The Inaugural Exhibition will feature artworks by Melissa Haslam, Vincent Hui, Mari Inukai, Ryuichi Ogino and Deth P Sun in Gallery I, along with Jennifer Davis and Suzanne Sattler in Gallery II. Opening Reception: Saturday, Oct. 11th 7-10pm.

The selection of artists in Gallery I reflects the second wave of emerging Asian influenced painters. Hailing from Japan, China and Australia these artists are exploring the juxtaposition of cultures both in their daily lives and artwork. The five artists represent all ends of the artistic spectrum and from Mari Inukai’s classic-styled oil paintings depicting young girls frolicking with nymph-like characters, to Vincent Hui’s dark and emotion filled illustrations of cultural ambiguity. As a whole the group tests the boundaries of eastern and western influence by showing us vastly different techniques and approaches to crossing the cultural divide.

In Gallery II, the work of Jennifer Davis and Suzanne Sattler will be presented, two artists whose intimate, graphic works’ apparent whimsy belies a dark side in the relationship between nature and mankind. Jennifer Davis’ Fruitstripe-hued acrylic and graphite on panel pieces are breezy with a sparse purity to their folksy scenes. Suzanne Sattler’s drawings explore the symbiotic and at times parasitic relationships that exist between animals and human beings.

LOCATION:
Cerasoli-LeBasse Gallery
8530-b Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232

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You can view the preview online now at:  www.cerasoli-lebasse.com/current

via EM Staff, 10 October 2008 11:52pm | |