Glass Garage 3 Artist Reception.
Jan 14th, 2004
by Marc Warring
In West Hollywood's Glass Garage Gallery a rag tag culmination of Artists, Punks, Business men, and collectors
have come together. Dash30dash30dash.com's own Luis Sanchez is on display along side Texture mastress Stephanie Gardner and Sculpture Luis Efe Velez.
The Glass Garage is a pretty standard sized gallery and it
fills up pretty quickly with the scenesters trying to grab glimpses
of the new work on display. I get there early, earlier in fact
then Luis Sanchez or any of the -30- tagalongs. I wander about Stephanie's ominous
texture works. Even the smallest pieces are only small by comparison
to the other pieces. The 5 by 5 foot 'Constellation'. I over hear the artist herself talking to a viewer.
She studied chemistry, she makes her own paint… She urges
the viewer to touch the painting, and cautiously he does. With
this knowledge I roam around the hall once again and notice the
amazing differences in her paint (not just the paintings.) She
has translucent blue's ('Liquid Blue' ) and gold's almost some kind of lacquers -- She throws down might
globs of thick Silver clay like paint -- This paint is almost
pure amber from tree sap -- this paint an acrylic you might actually
find at the local art store. The chemistry of her paint is at
times more interesting then the composition of the paintings.
In a world of abstract texture tests it is only human aesthetic
that you pick out a favorite here and there. The two massive canvas's
that compliment each other 'Parpallo' and 'Constellation' hold dark and gold contrasts to themselves and each other, and
in your head you think "If only I was a millionaire and had giant
blank walls I would buy these as a set and hang them here to intimidate
people as they enter my world".
Scattered about the Glass Garage, tucked away in the corners, hidden just out of the peripherals
you'll find the detailed work of sculpture Luis Efe Velez. It is flawless brass casting, with ornate details. Each sculpture
captures the human form beautifully. The series are futuristic
humanoids, with little brass screws lining every possible human
seam. Half the head is cut off to revel a flat surface with a
bar code. The figures are an awesome and unique work and a wonderful
contrast to the texture work of the paintings in the main room.
Down the stairs to the lower level you are greeted by the little
statue of 'Women X' a personal favorite. A combination of futurism and bondage gear
and little brass screws everywhere. The detail is shocking.
The lower level also contains the work of our friend and this
issues featured dash30dash artist Luis Sanchez. It is as if a culmination of the texture work and human form
seen in the other work. Luis has been developing something amazing.
In the past year he worked and cranked and slaved to get these
9 pieces done and up. (Actually there were to be 14 pieces but
the lower level did not allow for all the pieces to be hung, so
if you stop by the Glass Garage, ask if they will pull these magnificent
pieces out so you can take a peek. Included is the amazing 'Sister Sin'. (see Fig. 1))
The crowd brings in all sorts of folk, including Luis himself
who, though sporting a faux-hawk, fur coat, mink purse and all
sorts of eye catching jewelry and do-dads (not to mention being
featured in his work in two or three self portraits) hides among
the crowd to get a feel for the viewers honest opinions. One of
the models, Leslie (Featured in 'Threshold II') is roaming around as well as -30-'s own Samuel Proof and Art Director David Wilson (who himself is featured in a painting riding a large red' (Games of the outer Realm'). CSI's 'Sara Sidle' (Jorja Fox) is among the crowd and Gallery Director Evin Lurie wanders through the crowd smiling and looking sharp. Artist Helen Garber and boyfriend Ricky Rocket in toe make their way around the gallery and at the last possible
minute Artist/Gallery Director Mike Russek from the Transport Gallery shows up to grab a glimpse himself.
Part Two - the after party (click here):
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