Koplin del Rio Gallery
6031 Washington Blvd
310.836.9055
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Kenny Harris: Nesretiye Mosque (2009, oil on linen). Courtesy of Koplin del Rio Gallery
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Jan 9, 2010 – Feb 20, 2010
Tuesdays–Fridays (10am–5:30pm)
Saturdays (11am–5:30pm)
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There will be a closing reception at the gallery on Saturday, February 20, 3-5pm.
LA painter Kenny Harris is a modern update on the archetype of the peripatetic plein air school, an artist whose frequent travels to exotic (read: remote and/or forbidden) locales from South America to Cuba — and most recently, Turkey — result in what in other hands would be volumes of prose or lush documentary films. Taking slightly off-axis viewpoints on receding sweeps of rooftops or coastline, Harris renders architecture, nature, and atmosphere with a consistently loose hand, making no attempt at realism, instead getting at a deeper truth that takes into account what it feels like to be in a place. The famous delicacy and majesty of Istanbul's minarets, markets, and gardens make for Harris' perfect muse.
