Please join us on zoom for a conversation between digital artists Karen Hochman Brown and J.T. Burke in conjunction with Karen's solo exhibition Digital Playground at TAG Gallery on view January 19 to February 12
Karen Hochman Brown
Digital Playground
Solo Exhibition
TAG Gallery
5458 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
TAG is open 1pm-7pm, Wed-Sun
On view: Jan 19 - Feb 12
Reception: Jan 22 4-8pm
Zoom conversation with JT Burke: Feb 8, 7pm PST
(zoom info below)
https://www.hochmanbrown.com/
https://www.jtburke.com/
https://www.taggallery.net/
(Wrapped car by JT Burke. Project with Georgeanna Ireland - Ethos Contemporary)
Being too young and possibly too sheltered as a child to actually be a hippie, I was still drawn to the visual esthetic of the bright colors and swirling shapes of psychedelic and op-art as well as their predecessors of geometric abstraction. Pop culture showed me Peter Max with his bright colors and bold shapes. Forays into the library introduced me to the geometric constructions and spatial distortions of Victor Vasarely. Later, I found Agnes Martin’s repetitive meditations.
High school geometry introduced me to the compass as a tool to create with precision, if only I had the discipline to keep my work neat enough to satisfy my perfectionist tendencies. A decade later, with the advent of the Macintosh computer, its accessible interface and immediate accuracy, I found my artist tool.
The vibrancy of color through a monitor outshines the real world, making my digital playground a place of personal experimentation and even joy. But a challenge presents itself when trying to take the artwork out of the computer and into a physical form. I watched the world of printing digital artwork go from the plotted output of Vera Molnár, to the dot-matrix printers of early home computing, to the sophisticated machines of present day. Archival inks can now load modern printers capable of turning digital experimentations into museum-quality prints, as well as outputs onto fabric and other tangible items.
I took this challenge on and am presenting my digital work in a variety of physical forms for this exhibition. There are large format tapestries printed with state-of-the-art technologies, animated pieces in digital picture frames, archival pigment prints and even a jigsaw puzzle!
About the Artist: Karen Hochman Brown is a Los Angeles-based photographer using software to manipulate her photographic images.
Hochman Brown received her B.A. in Art from Pitzer College, where she continued to study math. Then leading her to her post-graduate work at California College of the Arts where she received her Master’s introducing Construction Geometry via Art, a now Junior High School curriculum she taught at Pasadena Waldorf School.
Today, her work has been widely exhibited in California and throughout the United States.
About the Gallery: TAG is a fine art gallery located on Museum Row in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1993, the gallery represents award-winning contemporary Southern California artists working in all mediums and styles.
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