FOUND GALLERY: Return: Keith Perelli
Greetings!!!I hope all is well for everyone. The weather is getting cooler and for some, joint starts aching! That terrible heat wave during the Labor Day weekend is hopefully a history for us here in Los Angeles. It was excruciatingly hot that my air conditioning failed and the leaves of the indoor plants on my kitchen window dried up to a brittle state. My place was like an oven- reminiscent of that Fourth of July drive to the mountain state a few years ago.
Greetings!!!I hope all is well for everyone. The weather is getting cooler and for some, joint starts aching! That terrible heat wave during the Labor Day weekend is hopefully a history for us here in Los Angeles. It was excruciatingly hot that my air conditioning failed and the leaves of the indoor plants on my kitchen window dried up to a brittle state. My place was like an oven- reminiscent of that Fourth of July drive to the mountain state a few years ago.
Well, that was like the last hurrah of summer and cooler temps are back..and most off all, the fun of gallery hopping with friends on weekend nights is back!
First stop is one of my favorite neighborhood galleries- Found Gallery- which turned 1 year old last month. This is one small art gallery that could. For its season opener (it did not really take a summer off though), it brought in New Orleans native in the first maiden voyage of his new series of surrealistic work in mixed media of oil, charcoal, and collage.
Keith Perelli paints a surrealistic picture of how the force of nature ravaged a human habitat and reclaimed what it originally owned. However, amidst mud and wilted vegetation, the human form emerged and illuminated with the hope of rebirth and renewal. While a growth of leaves reaching out for air, a luminous arm descending into a body of water is an allegory for the natural pursuit to survive.
Notably occurring in this new series are the shotgun houses, very common in the State of Louisiana, hauntingly hovering or stacked on top of one another. The luminous work occupying the white gallery walls draws the sad and muddy misery brought in by the merciless calamity.
This is one show not to be missed!
Found Gallery
1903 Hyperion Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Keith is among my favorite artists and I am happy to see his work in the west coast. Also, Found Gallery throws one of the best party openings in town..and John, the owner/curator is the coolest. He rocks!!!
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