Gallery/Dealer Photos (2)
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| José Bellver, Cindy Craig, Marianela de la Hoz, Guy Diehl, John Frame, Steve Galloway, Robert Ginder, Lawrence Gipe, Scot Heywood, Ruth Grace Jervis, Laura Karetzky, Adonna Khare, Patsy Krebs, Laura Lasworth, Brian Mains, Kimberly Merrill, Christopher Murphy, Enjeong Noh, Masayuki Oda, Robin Palanker, Sarah Perry, Raymond Saunders, Richard Sedivy, Cynthia Joy Sitton, Jon Swihart, Alan Wayne, Patty Wickman. |
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Brian Mains "Purification and Renewal"
Paintings and drawings
Sept 8 - October 27, 2007 |
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Toys
Group Show
November 3 - December 22, 2007 |
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Selected solo shows:
Laura Karetzky
Robert Ginder
Lawrence Gipe
Guy Diehl
Adonna Khare
Richard Sedivy
Christopher Murphy
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Exhibition Photos (4)
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BRIAN MAINS
Purification and Renewal
September 8 - October 27, 2007
Created over a period of seven years, Purification and Renewal is a continuation of the artist's extensive exploration into the human condition and desire for transcendence. Faces of the figures are obscured, allowing them to become universal human forms. The light source is a spiritual dimension, at times a divine glow and others a burning, consuming inferno. Compositionally, the work is often symmetrical, containing circular geometric elements. These circular aspects suggest everything from mysterious portals, to the Buddhist wheel of life, to the bondage of this mortal coil and they pull the viewer in with an almost dreamlike sensation of vertigo.
Born in Binghamton, NY, Brian Mains currently lives and works in Monrovia, CA. He graduated in 1973 with a BFA from the University of Houston. His work has been shown in The San Jose Museum of Art and in museums and galleries in Houston, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, and Raleigh. Personal experiences as well as literature, philosophy, music, and psychology provide raw material for the arti... [ Read all ] |
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Location And Getting There |
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave #T3
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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Director: Lora Schlesinger
Assistant Director: Leslie Reed |
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| Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 5:30 PM |
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