What is one gallery with an incredible fan following, one worth braving the crowds on opening night to view stunning exhibitions? That would be KP Projects, and as an extra incentive, upstairs is the smaller and equally well curated Launch.
Above, Edward Walton Wilcox creates spooky, light drenched abstracts that resemble chandeliers or crowns lit with candles. Melting, thrumming with color, and with a dimensional aspect that makes the work seem to leap off the wall, Wilcox creates a memorable signature look in this exhibition, Haunted.
The Rube-Goldberg contraptions and fascinating visual play of Wendy Marvel & Mark Rosen’s Momentoscope led viewers into a miniature wonderland of animated magic. Combining marvels of engineering and steam punk design with a richly voluptuous landscape of images is no mean feat.
Hope Kroll’s delicate, disembodied visuals in her Looks Good on Paper created the perfect contrast, with images as layered and connected, as ritualistic and divine as they are surreal homages to life itself.
We are offering up this review a tad late, post closing, but just in time for a new opening at the gallery, on Saturday October 8th. Surely you’ll want to join us in exploring these works:
TRAVIS LOUIE – VIEWS FROM A NETHERWORLD (MAIN GALLERY)
SALLY DENG – WOMEN WORK (SQUARE GALLERY)
and don’t forget to check out the always innovative and exciting works one floor above, at Launch. Both galleries are located mid-city at 170 S. La Brea Ave.
- Genie Davis; Photos: Jack Burke