Oil Derricks, Santa Barbara, CA 1999

CURRENT EXHIBITION

Landscape

JUNE 12, 2010 - AUGUST 7, 2010

The artist reception for Rolfe Horn's "Landscape" is Saturday, July 24, 7-9 pm. Horn's photographs exemplify the peace and simplicity of the natural world, images that capture a transcendental sense of euphoria at the joy of being alive.

Horn's exhibition is the fourth in the series of revolving solo shows from four San Francisco-based artists. These are the first solo exhibitions for each of these artists in Los Angeles.

Amy Auerbach's series of photographs entitled "Vanishing Waterfront" encompasses both surrealism and abstraction, merging the elements of light and water to create beautifully rendered disjunctive realities that simultaneously reveal and conceal the living world.

Monica Denevan's "Songs of the River: Portraits from Burma" are at once stark and revelatory and capture both the complexity and inherent splendor of the Burmese landscape. These images suggest Denevan's own deeply personal investment in Burmese culture and the complex relationships she has forged over time with its people.

Ben Nixon's "Surface Tension" photographs describe a connection to history that is both geological and photographic. Utilizing the 19th century "collodion technique" Nixon's photographs reference the nostalgia of the American West. The chance nature inherent in the wet-plate process suggests a distinctive mood and atmosphere steeped in the history of American lore. The collodion process is delicate and precise and Nixon's imagery captures this quiet fragility combined with the fierce elegance and grandness of the American landscape.