George Billis Gallery
2716 S La Cienega Blvd
310.838.3685
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Josh Dorman, Big Gear, 2007, Courtesy George Billis Gallery
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Oct 7, 2008 – Nov 15, 2008
Tuesdays (10am–6pm)
Wednesdays–Saturdays (11am–6pm)
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There is an opening reception on Sat Oct 11 (5-8pm).
Modern mix-masters Josh Dorman, Carol Es, and Julie Speed are art historians of sorts: all three borrow imagery from recycled sources such as obsolete textbooks, vintage clothing, and discarded signs in order to create multi-layered surfaces where past meets present. Dorman's technique involves drawing and painting on antique ledger pages, with the ghost-like lines of the original text peeking out from underneath, while Speed weaves complex story lines using collages of disparate found objects. Es' work is highly personal — she excavates childhood memories through craft learned from her days as a cutter in the garment industry and literally reconstructs them with thread and embroidery on canvas.
