{"id":7776,"date":"2017-10-14T07:36:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T07:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/?p=7776"},"modified":"2017-10-14T07:39:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T07:39:47","slug":"gimme-5-closes-at-muzeumm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/gimme-5-closes-at-muzeumm\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme 5 Closes at MuzeuMM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/muz10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7786\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/muz10.jpg\" alt=\"muz10\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/muz10.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/muz10-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/muz10-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/muz10-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closing this Sunday, October 15th at MuzeuMM in mid-city,\u00a0 don’t miss\u00a0<em>Gimme 5<\/em>, juried by gallery director Mishelle Moross, and Juri Koll, director of ViCA, the Venice Institute of Contemporary Art which partnered with MuzeuMM on this project.\u00a0 The international juried show is an exciting mix of mediums and artists, from the photographic to the sculptural, from paintings to drawings.<\/p>\n<p>The extremely well curated, tight show features a wide range of\u00a0incredible, museum quality pieces – so in\u00a0short, go to the closing, this Sunday at 3, and prepare to be dazzled.<\/p>\n<p>The longer version? See work such as a stunning slide triptych by Tracey Weiss;\u00a0 archival pigment prints such as <em>Sacred Steel<\/em> by Diane Cockerill, and <em>Boy on Trike – Niland, CA<\/em>\u00a0by Osceola Refetoff. While Weiss is working in sculptural form, all three artists are using photographic materials to create works that are astonishingly fresh, vivid, and meaningful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7785\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-9.jpg\" alt=\"Muz 9\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-9.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-9-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-9-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-9-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catherine Ruane’s astonishing graphite and charcoal work depicting the flora and fauna of the natural world as always amazes with detail and passion, here with <em>Gargoyle<\/em>. Working in mixed media, Steve Seleska’s\u00a0<em>Landescapism #2<\/em>,\u00a0 above, makes viewers want to literally and figuratively dive into his work.\u00a0 Frederika Roeder’s mixed media\u00a0 <em>Power of Sun<\/em>, dazzles with depth and color, below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7783\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-7.jpg\" alt=\"Muz 7\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-7.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-7-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-7-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7782\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-6.jpg\" alt=\"Muz 6\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-6.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-6-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-6-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the wall, above, Hung Viet Nguyen’s <em>Sacred Landscape #8<\/em>, is an oil on canvas work, one in a series of spiritually nuanced, brilliantly textured works that evoke something otherwordly as well as a state of grace. Here, the rich aqua of the water contrasts with a dark sky and dark trees. Randi Matushevitz’ <em>Dive In<\/em>, is a mixed media work that also evokes both darkness and light, with floating faces a potent metaphor for life itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7777\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-1.jpg\" alt=\"Muz 1\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-1-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-1-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We continue to be impressed with Scott A. Trimble, above, here with a somewhat ghostly, almost ethereal figure in <em>The wants of true #empathy<\/em>. Glenn Waggner’s oil on panel\u00a0<em>Pigs in Bumper Cars<\/em>, charms with a surreal edge; while Steven Fujimoto’s mixed media <em>Scratch Built<\/em> is an impressive large sculptural work that defies easy categorization. Bryan Ida’s vibrant acrylic enamel and urethane abstract, <em>China Basin<\/em>\u00a0(below) and Campbell Laird’s shimmery <em>Rain dream gray no.1, 016<\/em>, a resin film print are also stand outs. The large scale cast aluminum of Thaddeus Gesek’s <em>Hello & El Jefe,<\/em> is a terrific piece, full of motion, instantly iconic images, figures that look ready to spring into life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7781\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-5.jpg\" alt=\"Muz 5\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-5.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-5-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-5-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7778\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-2.jpg\" alt=\"Muz 2\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-2-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-2-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With so many other fine pieces too numerous to mention, an encompassing layout throughout the gallery and onto the patio space, and a mix of mediums as varied as the subjects portrayed, this is an exhibit that will resonate long after viewing.<\/p>\n<p>Go on, get out, go see. <em>Gimme 5<\/em> will get you at least a million’s worth of artistic pleasure and passion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7780\" src=\"http:\/\/diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-4.jpg\" alt=\"Muz 4\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-4.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-4-648x864.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.diversionsla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Muz-4-144x192.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Muzeumm is located at 4811 W Adams Blvd., Los Angeles<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genie Davis; 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