Carnegie Art Museum update for Jan. 29 — Artist’s Gallery Talk — Luther Gerlach on Jan. 31

Thursday, January 31

6 pm.     $5  / members free

Reservations appreciated 805-385-8254 or lhoran@carnegieam.org

Photographer Luther Gerlach works in a variety of historical photographic processes, highlighting the role of constraints in creative production and the hand-made, tactile connection between the artist and his work. Known for nude portraits and urban scenes of downtown LA in his early career,
more recently Gerlach has pioneered the re-emergence of plein air wet plate collodion landscapes. His work distills detailed images of the natural world, particularly the trees, seaweeds, and grasses of Southern California, to emphasize pure light and line, endowing his images with a subtly abstract quality.

Luther Gerlach was born in Blayne, Minnesota in 1960. He apprenticed withBrett Weston in Carmel and Hawaii in the 1980’s, before learning the wet plate process which he still works in today. Gerlach has led lectures and demonstrations at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles since 2001. He
has exhibited at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Ventura Museum of Art, the Schaknow Museum of Fine Art, Miami, the Denver Art Museum, and The Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe. Selected permanent collections
include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Michael G. Wilson Centre for Photography, among others.

The artist lives and works in Ventura, California.

image: Skeletal Remains, unique silver gelatin print by Luther Gerlach, 2018.

Can’t make Luther Gerlach’s  Artist’s Gallery Talk at the Carnegie? Experience Photo L.A. for a one night and three day photography collect and connect event!

Fri. Feb 1 : Luther Gerlach lecture Handmade Photography in an Instagram World: Wood + Brass + Silver + Light  

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On View through February 17

recent landscape paintings by Karen Kitchel

Karen Kitchel © 2016 Waterway #8 (Lake Casitas), asphalt emulsion, tar, wax, powdered pigments, shellac/canvas; 50″x50″ courtesy the artist.

In the aftermath of the 2017 Thomas Fire, Luther Gerlach turned his camera on the destruction and regeneration spanning Ventura county, using chemical elements gathered from the landscape to bring the power of these natural forces to life.

image: Skeletal Remains, unique silver gelatin print by Luther Gerlach, 2018.

COLOR FLOW
February 1 -March 3, 2019

ANDY LEPE’s recent geometric abstract paintings created during his guest artist studioship on exhibit along with other of  his works.

Reception
Friday, February 1   5:30-7:30 pm      free admission

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 20% discount on listed prices for CAM members!

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