TAG Member Artists are showing art in Exalted One, a new exhibition with the Los Angeles Art Association. Check out works from our artists: Judy Zimbert, Elyse Wyman, Betzi Stein, Susan Price, David Stewart Klein, Sunhee Joo, Karen Hochman Brown, K Ryan Henisey, Pam Douglas.
Los Angeles Art Association proudly presents EXALTED ONE an all -media exploration of contemporary portraiture as viewed by our community's local emerging artists running August 12 - 28, 2020.
Judy Zimbert
GIRL POWER #2
Oil and Oil Stick on Canvas, 20 X 16"
“My Portrait, Girl Power II, depicts a time when power was conferred through the divine right of kings. Thing have changed or have they? This piece evolved over multiple applications of oil paint, thick and thin, applied and removed, like the sands of time.” –Judy Zimbert
Elyse Wyman
Up All Night
Ink, pastel, charcoal, acrylic on paper, 20x24”
"Remember the days when we could stay out all night? This charcoal and pastel drawing was done via Zoom of a seated woman dressed in a purple party dress, presumably from a previous night’s revelry.” –Elyse Wyman
Betzi Stein
April's Hair
Acrylic on Canvas 30X30”
“I was inspired to paint mixed media artist April Bey with her full head of natural hair when I learned that she was raised in the Bahamian culture where black women were expected to straighten their hair. She reported that until she grew up, she had never actually seen her hair in its natural state.” –Betzi Stein
Susan Price
yo
acrylic, acrylic pen on canvas, 24X20”
Susan Price describes her abstract vision of the world as "creative destruction." As the artist manipulates objects from real-life inspiration, she forms complex color fields to find beauty.
“This IS what I see when i look at my face" says Susan. "It was just one of THOSE days." –Susan Price
David Stewart Klein
If JFK died Young
ink on paper , 14.5x18"
“I came up with the concept of JFK dying before he changed the course of history. I took this concept and made very ephemeral strokes of ink washes on paper, leaving this a ghostly portrait.” –David Steward Klein
Sunhee Joo
My Son
digital art on paper ed. 1 of 10, 11 in x10 in UNFRAMED
“During this pandemic, I had not seen my son in person for a long time. One day he dropped by for a few minutes. I was very happy to see his smile in person. When he smiles his eyes look like my beloved mother’s. She passed away in 2013. The image is about pandemic, my son and my mother." –Sunhee Joo
Karen Hochman Brown
Neil
Archival print on paper ed. 1 of 3, 11 x 14”
“The idea of doing digital portraiture in a live setting has been a vision of mine for over fifteen years and I got to realize that dream at stARTup Art Fair 2019. I took weekend residence in a hotel room with full computer and lighting setup to create 20 ‘while you wait’ original artworks printed with archival materials.” –Karen Hochman Brown
K Ryan Henisey
Horus, the Paper God
Floating paper collage, insect pins, and fabric on canvas, 37 x 49 inches
“Horus, the Paper God, is a retelling of Queer mythology through contemporary media. Much of the ancient world's Queer history was hidden or suppressed from view. Each of the fine art objects in my Pantheon collection reexamines these old tales in visual form, illustrating the depth of Queerness within the human tradition.” –K Ryan Henisey
Pam Douglas
Meditation on a Bird's Nest
“Covered in real vines and leaves, she holds a real bird's nest with its petrified egg found in my yard. She's not a force of nature but one with nature as her soft face meditates in muted chalk and charcoal tones.” –Pam Douglas