Wednesday, February 26, 2014

dnj Gallery: Featured Artist Laura Parker - now extended through March


Featured Artist: Laura Parker


For the month of February and now extended through Marchdnj Gallery is offering a 15% discount on photographs by dnj artist Laura Parker.


Laura Parker, Rotations (Landscape in Green & Red),
2009, chromagenic monotype prints, installation of 7 panels, unique, 51.5" x 72"



Laura Parker, Naked Eye Objects (Red),
2007, digital c-print, 20" x 20"




Laura Parker examines time, structure and similar themes in relation to insight and observation. She explains that, "Photography, whether moving or still, inevitably leads to issues of perception. While we use a variety of devices to frame or study an object, the act of looking -eye movements- can be broken down into the intentional and the random.” She asks her viewer to question the concept of truth and its relationship to perceived reality.  And, in the end, Parker’s work is as much about its installation.  “From the planetary to the simple hollow of a bowl, I find myself attracted to the circle.”  In much of her work, a circle reveals no end and brings the viewer back to the beginning, and creates juxtapositions within the work.

Laura Parker is collected privately throughout California and the United States. She earned her BFA, Magna cum Laude from UCLA and her MFA from CalArts, Valencia, CA. Most recently, her work was on view at the Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena and Kontor Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark. She currently lives and works in Pasadena.




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santa monica, california 90404
310.315.3551

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

dnj Gallery: Upcoming Exhibition - Dan Shepherd & Allan Gill


Dan Shepherd & Allan Gill

Artist Reception: March 8, 2014 from 6-8pm



Alaska/California Collection

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Dan Shepherd, Nevada City #2,
2013, Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle fine art parchment paper with a
hand torn deckle edge, 12” x 18”, 24” x 36”, or 36” x 54”




Xradiography

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Allan Gill, Hummer and Hibiscus Xray,
2009, archival inkjet, 16" x 20" or 24" x 30"


Dan Shepherd & Allan Gill

March 8 - April 26, 2014


dnj Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibitions, Alaska/California Collection by Dan Shepherd and Xradiography by Allan Gill.  Both exhibitions feature photographs that explore the interplay between science and art.  With years of training in their respective scientific disciplines, the artist both use their expert knowledge as a starting point for works that include not just scientific analysis but also very personal perspectives on the natural world.

Dan Shepherd develops a layered, formal view of our environment by focusing on colors, shapes, and textures.  As he explains, he seeks to “use the power of abstraction to filter out the science details in his head” so that he can focus on the purely visual elegance of nature and create almost portrait-like images of trees, plants and landscapes.  In this exhibition, he expands his breadth by photographing the characteristics of our landscape at two of his favorite botanical locations, Alaska and California.  With an M.A. in Environmental Science from Columbia University and an International Diploma in Plant Conservation from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, Shepherd uses his expert knowledge of plants to capture their most interesting and graphic features.  Shepherd’s series is fundamentally about his return to seeing, rather than scientifically analyzing, the natural world.

Dan Shepherd currently works as both a visual artist and as a conservation professional for organizations in Los Angeles.  His photographs have been exhibited in various locations throughout the country, and have been featured in several recent publications, including “The Orion Magazine,” “The F-Stop Magazine –Abstraction” and “Lenscratch.”  This is Shepherd’s second solo exhibition at dnj Gallery.

After practicing veterinary medicine for decades, Allan Gill turned his medical X-ray equipment on flowers and plants.  His glowing images depict both the internal and external structures of his subjects.  As he explains, “images are captured in much the same way as with conventional photography, with the difference being instead of utilizing reflected light, I am able to utilize another part of the electromagnetic spectrum….”  Gill’s technique may seem simple but in fact is the result of years of experimenting with different kinds of X-ray equipment to find the right combination of conditions that would allow him to record the level of detail he desired.

Gill lives and works in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.  In addition to establishing a growing audience for his photography, Gill is also a veterinarian.  His photographs have been exhibited in Canada and sold in the United States and have been featured in LensWork Magazine, Focus Magazine, American Art Collector, Color Magazine, ‘digitalis photo’ (Hungary), and Black and White Photography (Britain).  This is Gill’s first exhibition at dnj Gallery.



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santa monica, california 90404
310.315.3551

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Laboile is today's spotlight feature on LensCulture

Today on LensCulture, dnj artist Alain Laboile has been given the spotlight feature.



The article features a brief statement by Laboile, accompanied by 79 of his photographs. The LensCulture feature can be seen here.

More of Alain Laboile's work can be seen on his dnj artist page.
If interested in purchasing a photography by Laboile, please contact us.


Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Cynthia Greig featured on Huffington Post

It's been a good week for dnj artist, Cynthia Greig! After just having her work reviewed in Beautiful Decay, Greig's photographs have also been reviewed on Huffintgon Post.




"[Cynthia Greig] creates what appear to be simple, black-and-white drawings of ordinary, if not a bit outdated, household objects. A non-portable telephone, a clunky camera, a rotating fan -- Greig finds her inspiration in objects that hover dangerously close to obsolescence. But what look like two-dimensional sketches are actually three-dimensional sculptures." - Huffington Post



More images of Cynthia Greig's work can be seen on her dnj artist page. If you would like to purchase a print by Greig, please contact us.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Cynthia Greig featured on Beautiful Decay

dnj artist, Cynthia Greig, has been featured in an article by Jené Gutierrez on Beautiful Decay. The article discusses Greig's inspiration and process for her series, "Representations". The full article on Cynthia Greig can be seen here.

Cynthia Greig, Representation #69
(globe), 2008
 
C-print, Edition of 10 
24" x 20"

More images of Cynthia's work can be seen on her dnj artist page here. If you would like to purchase a print by Cynthia Greig, please contact us.

Friday, February 7, 2014

dnj Gallery: Current Exhibition - Robert von Sternberg & R. Dean Larson


Robert von Sternberg & R. Dean Larson

January 11 - March 1, 2014




Black & White Vintage Photographs

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Robert von Sternberg, Palisades Park, Santa Monica,
1975, silver gelatin print, 8 x 6.25 inches



HydroGraphics

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R. Dean Larson, HydroGraphic 94 (L) and Sketch 94 (R),
2013, digital inkjet print, sizes vary




Robert von Sternberg & R. Dean Larson



dnj Gallery is pleased to announce its first new exhibitions of 2014. Black & White Vintage Photographs by Robert von Sternberg will be in the main gallery. Gallery II will feature HydroGraphics by R. Dean Larson. Both exhibitions will run from January 11 through March 1, 2014.


Robert von Sternberg has been active in Southern California photography for several decades. This exhibition highlights samples of his black and white work spanning from 1962 through the early 2000s. All of the images in this exhibition were captured on traditional film. Some are classic gelatin silver prints. Others are carbon ink prints that were created by drum scanning negatives into digital files, then printing them with an ink jet printer retooled with special carbon ink jets to produce an extraordinary range of tonal qualities. Though the photographs cover a range of subjects, together they showcase von Sternberg’s talent for finding and capturing the exquisite, yet easily overlooked moments of everyday life. Using humor and wit, von Sternberg’s images ultimately lead his audience to the discovery that in a world saturated with images there is still a reason to look. von Sternberg states, “Images exist—waiting to be captured. Subliminally, I’m always looking for them. I encounter them everywhere—on my commute, while attending events and even while traveling.”

von Sternberg started taking photographs in his early years in Hermosa Beach and sold the very first image he took to Surfer Magazine. He has exhibited his work since the late sixties and has pieces in numerous private collections and 45 museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. von Sternberg’s work is currently on view at LACMA as part of the exhibition “See the Light – Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection.”

In HydroGraphics in Gallery II, R. Dean Larson uses digital tools to explore and extend his artistic vision beyond the capture of a frame. Larson, who taught traditional photography and darkroom technique for many years, turns to the newer tools of digital photography and Photoshop to emphasize the distinctive characteristics of ocean waves. This exhibition features photographs of subjects both before and after manipulation to demonstrate the differences between the captured image and Larson’s artistic vision. Drawing upon psychology’s concept of Selective Perception, he explains that he manipulates his images of the ocean in order to “isolate[ ] certain Elements of Design, such as Form, Color and Contour, and create[ ] a hybrid image of enhanced and virtual reality…In my Hydrographics series, I have set out to visually illustrate aspects of the ocean’s water.” Larson taught photography in the Los Angeles Unified School District for over 30 years. His photographs have been exhibited throughout the Southern California area, and his work has been published in numerous outlets. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in psychology, a subject that influences much of his work.



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santa monica, california 90404
310.315.3551

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Allan Gill - Bronze Award Winner of One EyeLand 2013 Awards


Allan Gill, dnj's newest artist, was recently selected as an One Eyeland
Bronze Award recipient in the category of Specialty Cameras.

His winning images and details on the awards can be seen here.

Allan Gill's exhibition Xradiography will open at dnj Gallery on Saturday,
March 8, 2014. The opening reception will be held from 6-8pm that Saturday.
The exhibition will run through April 26. More information about this exhibition
can be found here. You can also see more of Gill's photographs on his dnj artist page.

For more information regarding Allan Gill's work, please contact us.

Allan Gill, Peony Trio Xray, 2013, archival inkjet print
























Allan Gill, Rose Xray, 2013, archival inkjet print











Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Featured Artist: Laura Parker


Featured Artist


For the month of February dnj Gallery is offering a 15% discount on photographs by dnj artist Laura Parker.




Laura Parker, Rotations (Collecting Pool),
2010, chromagenic monotype prints, installation of 5 panels, unique, 82" x 48"



Laura Parker, Naked Eye Objects (Aqua),
2007, digital c-print, 26" x 26"


Laura Parker examines time, structure and similar themes in relation to insight and observation. She explains that, "Photography, whether moving or still, inevitably leads to issues of perception. While we use a variety of devices to frame or study an object, the act of looking -eye movements- can be broken down into the intentional and the random.” She asks her viewer to question the concept of truth and its relationship to perceived reality.  And, in the end, Parker’s work is as much about its installation.  “From the planetary to the simple hollow of a bowl, I find myself attracted to the circle.”  In much of her work, a circle reveals no end and brings the viewer back to the beginning, and creates juxtapositions within the work.

Laura Parker is collected privately throughout California and the United States. She earned her BFA, Magna cum Laude from UCLA and her MFA from CalArts, Valencia, CA. Most recently, her work was on view at the Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena and Kontor Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark. She currently lives and works in Pasadena.

Please contact the gallery for information.


2525 michigan avenue, Suite J1
santa monica, california 90404
310.315.3551

For directions to our gallery, please click here
dnj Gallery is now on Artnet, so be sure to check us out.
dnj Gallery is also on Facebook and Twitter.