[DowntownArtists] Salerno and other exhibitions Saturday night

[Michael Salerno]

Greetings,

Hope you are well. As you may already know, I will be presented
three recent large paintings (7 feet) this coming Saturday night at
Katalyst Foundation for the Arts. The reception, 7-11pm, will inaugurate
Katalyst's programming in their temporary location in Downtown Los Angeles,
while their arrangements for permanent headquarters are being
finalized.

Looking forward to seeing you at this group exhibition,
"Unrestricted" featuring eight artists: Matt Aston, Dolores Guerrero, C.
Henry Kindlon, Solange Ledwith, Carrie McILwain, Michelle Prieto, Michael
Salerno and Dan Wooster. Mini bios and info may be found at the end of this
email.

(Katalyst) Foundation for the Arts
a 501(3) non-profit
organization
201 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Suite 207
Los Angeles, CA
90012
Contact: Martha Perez Mitchell, Director
213.604.3634
E-mail:
martha at kffta.org

Feel free to pass this along to friends and
colleagues.
Cheers,
Michael
323.223.6089

Also opening in the Downtown area
on Saturday:

Opening Reception: 6-8pm
Main Gallery- Panopti (con), a group
show curated by Martin Durazo
Project Room- Enrique Castrejon 
At Bank
125
W 4th St, Downtown LA CA 90013
213.621.4055 or visit


Opening Reception: 6-8pm
French painter Anne Laure Sacriste
At Chung
King Project
945 Chung King Rd, Chinatown LA CA 90012
213.625.1802 or visit



Opening Reception 6-9pm
Macha Suzuki and Christine Nguyen
At Sam Lee
Gallery
990 N Hill St #190, Chinatow LA CA 90012
323.227.0275


Grand Opening Reception: 7-11pm
Patrick Chapman
w/ live music and Art
Garden
At Edgar Varela Fine Arts (formerly known as Junglerush Gallery)
542
S. Alameda St, Downtown LA CA 90013 (Above Cirrus)


Opening Reception: 6-10pm
First Editions Print Show
featuring 25
international artists
At Poketo Studio
510 S Hewitt St, Downtown LA CA
90013

Opening Reception: 7-11pm
Susan Bolles: Paintings on Plywood and
Monoprints
At 410 Boyd St Bar and Grill
410 Boyd St, Downtown LA CA
90013
213.617.2491 or visit


Michael Salerno: “Michael strives for the purity of the simple mark,
the scratch, the unadulterated scribble, out of what I perceive to be a
desire for an authentic experience of markmaking free of any concern other
that its own self-exploration. Of course, Salerno has astutely modified the
more primal concerns to at least engage the viewer with a blunt presence,
almost calm and most importantly permanent. The Lines, still really marks,
are laid down by this artist as if they had wrought their own existence in
a quest to be unlike the ink of other, wordier pens”. -Mat Gleason,
Editor, Coagula Art Journal.

Matt Aston: “In many of his paintings,
Aston has managed to fuse the disparate influences of Close and Pollock in
unique works that draw upon the seemingly random dripped and strewn color
studies of Pollock and the carefully constructed large-scale portraits of
Close. From a distance, these portraits, usually composed on a large scale,
are stunning likenesses – but a closer inspection reveals they are
composed of deceptively random-appearing doodles of paint. His genius is
clearly in reconciling a technique that seems unforced into a composition
that is actually very carefully designed.” -Jonathan Jerald, Citizen
LA.

Dan Wooster begins a painting abstractly; relating lines, shapes, and
colors to each other, searching for a feeling of rightness. The forms that
emerge gradually suggest a subject to his imagination. The picture comes to
life as he crafts the image by instinct.

Solange Ledwith and Carrie
McILwain have been working together on various artworks since 2005. This
duo indulges in the infinite possibilities blending media. In some of their
more recent collaborations, Ledwith and McILwain have combined glass, video
and concept to powerfully focus their thoughts and ideas on the absurdities
of the social and economic infrastructure present in the USA. In addition
to the various materials they employ in their work, they participate in
performance as well as installation, and site-specific
installations.

Dolores Guerrero continues to play a passionate role as an
art-activist and commentator on society. Her impact on the Los Angeles art
scene is parallel with the historic foundations of the Latino art movement
and now has a revitalized meaning in the context of the politicized
atmosphere in 2008. Issues of gender, class and definition of culture
combine to create an art of charged messages and joy.

C. Henry Kindlon is
a graduate of Pratt Institute in New York. While there studying primarily
illustration she developed a love of working in 3D as well as drawing and
in turn taught herself mold making and casting skills. These skills led to
a freelance career in model making and puppet building in NYC, working with
such prestigious companies as Jim Henson’s, Julie Taymor and Eoin Sprott
Studios. Colleen was eventually relocated to Los Angeles with the Muppets
to build puppets and do set work for the TV show "Dinosaurs.” After the
show Colleen set up a studio to return to her first love as a fine artist
with the freedom to express her own ideas. The Bush/Cheney masks are close
to her heart as a need to express herself politically and satirically
through her art.

Michelle Prieto is a painter who lends a fresh and
insightful take on Contemporary Expressionism. There is an intended
dichotomy in her body of work that well represents the omnipresent duality
that exists in her own life. Her work in oils are personal studies
exploring the abnormalities of existence yet interestingly sprinkled with
bits of her sardonic humor.

(Katalyst) Foundation for the Arts is
dedicated to the advancement of individual voices impacting society through
programming designed to strengthen the creative spirit and provide the
catalyst for change. Katalyst Foundation's service will be focused
primarily on women and youth in under served communities. (Katalyst)
Foundatation for the Arts is a non-profit 501[c]3 nonprofit
organization.

Please feel free to invite your friends and colleagues to
this event.
 

This message was sent by: Michael Salerno, 600 Moulton Avenue, Suite 404, Los Angeles, Ca 90031

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