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DANNY HELLER: Palm Springs Weekend
May 15 - June 12, 2021 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 15th, 4 - 7pm |
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
GBGLA is pleased to present “Palm Springs Weekend," the gallery’s sixth solo exhibition of paintings by Danny Heller. The exhibition features the artist’s most recent body of realist oil paintings of mid-century architecture around Palm Springs. The exhibition is on view through June 12th.
After a difficult year of quarantines and ‘safer at home’ orders, we’re slowly beginning to leave our homes to once again venture into the outside and the unknown. At no other time has the idea of ‘home’ been under such examination: your geographical home, your mental home, and the home you share with others.
Heller’s work has always focused on ideas of home, community, neighborhood, and urban design. Through his paintings, he observes and documents primarily residential design and architecture and its historical impact, focusing on the post WWII midcentury housing boom. It was a time of great growth, both in population and in ideals to improve quality of life. Heller thought about those ideals often during this past year of lockdowns and how those living in midcentury Modern homes had the benefit of their unique designs: open, airy floor plans; an attention to nature due to atriums and interior gardens; and an emphasis on leisure and comfort with swimming pools and outdoor patios. He has always felt that the city of Palm Springs embodies these principles above and beyond any others, and so he chose to focus on this location of optimistic architecture for the latest body of work.
These paintings transport the viewer to the sun-drenched landscape of swimming pools, swaying palm trees, manicured lawns, and colorful cars, not only as an escape during hard times, but also as a reminder that well-conceived architecture is timeless and has an enormous impact on our lives.
Danny Heller received his BA in paintings from UC Santa Barbara in 2004 and has exhibited extensively throughout Southern California as well as in New York City, Denver, Chicago, Washington DC, and Boulonge-Billancourt, France. His work has been published in CA Home + Design, American Art Collector, Southwest Art, CA Modern Magazine, Atomic Ranch Magazine, and was profiled on KCET. He currently lives and works in Desert Hot Springs, CA.
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After a difficult year of quarantines and ‘safer at home’ orders, we’re slowly beginning to leave our homes to once again venture into the outside and the unknown. At no other time has the idea of ‘home’ been under such examination: your geographical home, your mental home, and the home you share with others.
Heller’s work has always focused on ideas of home, community, neighborhood, and urban design. Through his paintings, he observes and documents primarily residential design and architecture and its historical impact, focusing on the post WWII midcentury housing boom. It was a time of great growth, both in population and in ideals to improve quality of life. Heller thought about those ideals often during this past year of lockdowns and how those living in midcentury Modern homes had the benefit of their unique designs: open, airy floor plans; an attention to nature due to atriums and interior gardens; and an emphasis on leisure and comfort with swimming pools and outdoor patios. He has always felt that the city of Palm Springs embodies these principles above and beyond any others, and so he chose to focus on this location of optimistic architecture for the latest body of work.
These paintings transport the viewer to the sun-drenched landscape of swimming pools, swaying palm trees, manicured lawns, and colorful cars, not only as an escape during hard times, but also as a reminder that well-conceived architecture is timeless and has an enormous impact on our lives.
Danny Heller received his BA in paintings from UC Santa Barbara in 2004 and has exhibited extensively throughout Southern California as well as in New York City, Denver, Chicago, Washington DC, and Boulonge-Billancourt, France. His work has been published in CA Home + Design, American Art Collector, Southwest Art, CA Modern Magazine, Atomic Ranch Magazine, and was profiled on KCET. He currently lives and works in Desert Hot Springs, CA.
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George Billis Gallery opened its second location in the Culver City area of Los Angeles in 2004 and marks its 22nd 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: [email protected]
www.georgebillis.com
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
T: 310-838-3685
F: 310-838-3438
email: [email protected]
www.georgebillis.com
