OBSERVED: Q&A with Shana Nys Dambrot
Introduction by Nancy L. Meyer, catalog designed by Bill Bush
Saturday, January 23rd, 2 pm
Introduction by Nancy L. Meyer, catalog designed by Bill Bush
Saturday, January 23rd, 2 pm
We are pleased to announce a Q&A discussion between Bonita Helmer and Shana Nys Dambrot in conjunction with her new show "Observed." The discussion will be centered on the ideas and themes presented by Nys Dambrot in her catalog essay "Bonita Helmer: life, the universe, and everything." The catalog was produced and designed by Bill Bush.
Bonita Helmer explores scientific theories of physics, astronomy, the inner and outer realms of existence, and the unseen elements of our universe in her paintings. Helmer began her investigation of this work prior to 2000; she is authentically involved in the importance of physics, subatomic research, black holes, the birth of stars, supernovas, and Einstein’s “God Theory”, gravity, energy, heavy elements and collapsing gas and dust to name a few. Helmer began teaching at Otis College Art and Design in 1998 and continues to teach there present day. Helmer received her BA in painting, UCLA, Antioch.
Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Los Angeles. She is currently LA Editor for WhiteHot Magazine, Contributing Editor for Art Ltd., Art Editor for VS. Magazine, a featured arts writer and blogger at the LA Weekly, a contributor to Flaunt, Bluecanvas, and KCET’s transmedia culture program, Artbound. Formerly Managing Editor at Flavorpill.com and Art + Books Editor at LA CANVAS, other publications have included Modern Painters, Art Review, Artweek, ARTnews, the Believer, tema celeste, Angeleno, Art Asia Pacific, Coagula, and Juxtapoz. She has written essays for scores of exhibition catalogs and artist-monographs, curates a handful of exhibitions each year, and speaks in public with alarming frequency. A full account of her activities is sometimes updated at www.sndx.net.
Up until recently Nancy L. Meyer was in the Contemporary department at LACMA where she co-curated Variations: Conversations in and Around Abstract Painting with Franklin Sirmans. She also worked on award winning exhibitions such as Pierre Huyghe, Noah Purifoy Junk Dada and James Turrell: a Retrospective. Previous to LACMA she was a fellow at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Nancy has a MA in curatorial practice from California College of the Arts and a BA in Dramatic Art and Dance from UC Berkeley.
Bonita Helmer explores scientific theories of physics, astronomy, the inner and outer realms of existence, and the unseen elements of our universe in her paintings. Helmer began her investigation of this work prior to 2000; she is authentically involved in the importance of physics, subatomic research, black holes, the birth of stars, supernovas, and Einstein’s “God Theory”, gravity, energy, heavy elements and collapsing gas and dust to name a few. Helmer began teaching at Otis College Art and Design in 1998 and continues to teach there present day. Helmer received her BA in painting, UCLA, Antioch.
Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Los Angeles. She is currently LA Editor for WhiteHot Magazine, Contributing Editor for Art Ltd., Art Editor for VS. Magazine, a featured arts writer and blogger at the LA Weekly, a contributor to Flaunt, Bluecanvas, and KCET’s transmedia culture program, Artbound. Formerly Managing Editor at Flavorpill.com and Art + Books Editor at LA CANVAS, other publications have included Modern Painters, Art Review, Artweek, ARTnews, the Believer, tema celeste, Angeleno, Art Asia Pacific, Coagula, and Juxtapoz. She has written essays for scores of exhibition catalogs and artist-monographs, curates a handful of exhibitions each year, and speaks in public with alarming frequency. A full account of her activities is sometimes updated at www.sndx.net.
Up until recently Nancy L. Meyer was in the Contemporary department at LACMA where she co-curated Variations: Conversations in and Around Abstract Painting with Franklin Sirmans. She also worked on award winning exhibitions such as Pierre Huyghe, Noah Purifoy Junk Dada and James Turrell: a Retrospective. Previous to LACMA she was a fellow at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Nancy has a MA in curatorial practice from California College of the Arts and a BA in Dramatic Art and Dance from UC Berkeley.
George Billis Gallery opened its second location in the Culver City area of Los Angeles in 2004 and marks its 15th year in the Chelsea arts district in New York City. George Billis shows work by both emerging and established artists. For more information please contact the gallery at:
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
T: 310-838-3685
F: 310-838-3438
[email protected]
www.georgebillis.com
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
T: 310-838-3685
F: 310-838-3438
[email protected]
www.georgebillis.com
