Thursday, January 20, 2011

LA ART SHOW Jan 19-23 LA Convention Center Features Special Program CHINA TODAY PhotoJournal by Ginger Van Hook

Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 presents FLORA KAO'S GHOST GROVE.
Referencing Chinese landscape painting, Ghost Grove employs fabric, paint
 and light to simulate the airy play of light and shadow
that is an integral component of the outdoor experience of trees.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
Flora Kao, Fine Artist and Creator of GHOST GROVE.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
Artist Elizabeth Tobias brings her friend and loyal cupcake project partner to support Flora Kao.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

Luke Van Hook attends LA ART SHOW to support Flora Kao and
her installation of GHOST GROVE.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

Flora Kao with her husband Justin Warerooke.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

 
Artist Luke Van Hook, Artist Jim Morphesis with
the Author of "How to Get Hung" as well as  Gallery owner, Molly Barnes of
Molly Barnes Gallery in Santa Monica, California
attend the LA ART SHOW January 19, 2011
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
David Datuna's art installation entitled CHAOTIC PAST
is a fervent expression of stacked dishwashers
with dishes spilling out onto the floor.
Although the assemblage appears chaotic, it is a commentary on urban archeology.
This exhibition is presented by the Westwood Gallery.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
David Datuna exhibits a creation involving the American Flag
made out of reading glass lenses to give the audience a magnification of our cultural landscape.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook
Flora Kao and Ginger Van Hook amid the trees
 in Ghost Grove at the LA ART SHOW
 Downtown Los Angeles Convention Center
 January 19, 2011 Photo by Luke Van Hook©2011
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Opening Ceremonies for the LA ART SHOW. Los Angeles, California
January 19, 2011. Photo By Ginger Van Hook©2011

Tom LaBonge holds up the Certificate of Recognition presented to
the 2011 Los Angeles Art Show at the opening ceremonies January 19, 2011.
The certificate is signed by three of the major supporters of the Los Angeles Arts Month,
Tom LaBonge Councilman 4th district, Eric Garcetti President of the LA City Council
and the Mayor, Antonio R. Villaraigosa.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

From Rembrandt to Ruscha And Beyond.
Painting, Sculptures, Works on Paper, Photography, Video
and over 100 Prominent Galleries from around the Globe
celebrate LA ARTS Month
in Los Angeles at the Downtown Los Angeles Convention Center
in WEST HALL A located at
1201 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California 90015
FEATURING SPECIAL PROGRAM
CHINA TODAY
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
 
Shelley Liu and Priscilla Liang announce the program at the
opening ceremonies for the LA ART SHOW
January 19, 2011. Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011




Shelley Liu and Priscilla Liang with ICN TV Network.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

Standing in front of Flora Kao's Ghost Grove,
Alexandra and a group of artists wearing white overalls
 conducted interviews about a project they were working
on with the J. Paul Getty Museum.
She asked attendants if they were in Los Angeles
involved in the art scene between 1945- 1980's
and to recount a story about artwork that inspired them.


Melissa Pugash, Peter Mays and Nancy Kaye
representing the Los Angeles Art Association and Gallery 825
discuss the billowing fabric of GHOST GROVE,
an installation by Flora Kao featured
at the LA ART SHOW in the Downtown Los Angeles Convention Center.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
Flora Kao with her husband Justin Warerooke.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011



Flora Kao with Photographer Ginger Van Hook.
Photo by Luke Van Hook @ 2011.

Melissa Pugash with Peter Mays support Flora Kao's Ghost Grove
presented by LAAA and Gallery 825
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
Flora Kao, Melissa Pugash and Peter Mays.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011
David Datuna prepares to throw more dishes in his installation
 entitled CHAOTIC PAST
featured at the LA ART SHOW January 19, 2011.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook















Preparing the meals for the throngs of art lovers attending the LA ART SHOW
at the LA Convention Center Downtown,
the Executive Chef Brett Lewis pauses for a photo.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011


















Louis Stern with Louis Stern Fine Art Gallery in West Hollywood promotes the artists
at the LA ART SHOW during the opening reception on January 19, 2011.
Photo By Ginger Van Hook©2011












Richard David Sigmund Fine Art Sculptor
exhibits his work at the LA ART SHOW January 19th, 2011
Project Space i213
 "Stupa": noun: a  usually dome-shaped structure (as a mound)
serving as a Buddhist shrine; meditation support symbolizing the formless body
of the Buddha and the essential structure of the cosmos.
Untitled #!, Stupas of the Body, 2010
36 x 21 x 21 inches MDF and magnamax lacquer
www.RichardDavidSigmund.com
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011