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Opening | Duality

11/5/2017

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Duality
A Solo Exhibition by Amabelle Aguiluz

Branch Gallery
1031 W. Manchester Blvd #3
Inglewood, CA 90301

Exhibition Dates | November 11th, 2017 - January 5th, 2018
Opening Reception  Saturday, November 11th, 3pm -6pm
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​Inglewood, CA ­– Branch Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, Duality, featuring new work by Amabelle Aguiluz. Aguiluz is a local fiber artist incorporating clothing and textiles in her fiber sculptures and installations. Duality will consist of several site-specific installations, exploring the concepts of light vs. dark and creation vs. destruction. The installations will be constructed from upcycled knitwear and previous yarn installations by Aguiluz.
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Free Form
Aguiluz’s method of unraveling existing garments and re-knitting them into different forms breathes new life into the material. This process provides a coherent rhythm of making that Aguiluz refers to as “a journey of transformation.” The repetitive motions of unraveling and re-knitting allows her to meditate on notions of self exploration, especially rebirth. The work in Duality references this rebirth, urging the audience to examine the material transformations in each installation.
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The opening reception on Saturday, Nov. 11 will have a dance performance around 5pm. This reception also coincides with Inglewood’s Open Studios 2017 event, in which Branch Gallery is participating for the first time.
The Branch Gallery is a fiber art space in Los Angeles dedicated to exhibiting local artists. We provide opportunities exclusively for the fiber arts, lending a platform for artists to share their work and techniques with the broader L.A. arts community. The gallery is owned and operated by The Knitting Tree, L.A., a local yarn store located next door. We hope to bring more attention to  
fiber as a fine art, along with its presence as a craft, between the two spaces. Branch Gallery has recently received the 2017 Best of Inglewood award in the Art Gallery category (“Branch Gallery Receives 2017 Best of Inglewood Award”). The Branch Gallery is a project of The Knitting Tree, L.A., a fiber retail space located next door.

The Knitting Tree, L.A. is Inglewood's local sanctuary for fiber arts enthusiasts of all skill levels. We offer an extensive selection of high-quality yarns and supplies for knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, and needle felting, as well as hands-on instruction by skilled artisans of diverse backgrounds. Our passion is contagious, inspiring beginners to embrace new skills, while challenging more advanced fiber artists to expand their creative horizons. Fertile soil for yarn enthusiasts of all strands to "Grow Here"! 
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Changes II
Amabelle Aguiluz lives and works in Los Angeles. Her practice incorporates clothing, textile, fiber sculpture, and installation processes that are presented as free form sculptures and are often incorporated into live performance, video, and photographs. She studied at Politecnico di Milano, Italy and graduated in 2011 from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York BFA in Fashion Design. Aguiluz’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including the La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles in Outaouais, Canada.

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Gathering: Artist Skye Livingston

8/6/2017

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​Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm 
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm




​www.skyelivingston.com

@skyeliving
Skye Livingston joins Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective with Not Quite a Mountain View, on view at Abrams Claghorn through August 31st!

Read Jennifer's interview with her in our Spring 2015 issue where they discuss her delicate works inspired by the body.
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Not Quite a Mountain View //wood, milk paint, silk organza, artist's hair, gravel, pins, nails, tracing paper, tape, thread, shrink wrap // 5.75" x 2.75" x .75" // now on view at Abrams Claghorn
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Not Quite a Mountain View //wood, milk paint, silk organza, artist's hair, gravel, pins, nails, tracing paper, tape, thread, shrink wrap // 5.75" x 2.75" x .75" // now on view at Abrams Claghorn

Bio:

​Skye Livingston is an interdisciplinary artist working with textiles, paper, and organic materials. She has received several awards for her work, including “Best of Show” in the Kansas City Art Institute’s 2012 BFA Exhibition, an ​award juried by ​artist Andres Serrano and director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum Julian Zugazagoitia. Her work is included in the collection of The Wichita Center for the Arts in Wichita, KS as well as numerous private collections. She has completed several residencies including the Artist in Residence program at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. She received her BFA in Fiber, and BA in Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute and is currently maintaining her studio practice in Ashland, W
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Citrus Paradisi: of flesh & skin // including: grapefruit liqueur, grapefruit soda, grapefruit juice, slices of grapefruit, grapefruit flavored candy balls, and candied grapefruit peel

Artist Statement:

My work utilizes skin-like materials and recognizable motifs to rearrange the concept of home. Through elements oftranslucency, fragility and repetition, I investigate the idea that our homes and our identities are enmeshed within each other, aswell as individually faceted: we create and discard them through a psychological process of growing and shedding skins. Byutilizing repetitive processes and creating collections of subtly unique multiples, I aim to depict and memorialize this overlapbetween mental and physical space, and consider each piece a small monument, both personal and universal.

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Gathering: Artist Samantha Rausch

8/3/2017

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​Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm 
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm




www.samantharausch.com
@sambinarausch
Read about Samanta Rauchs's interactive works that address space, by creating playgrounds on and off the wall in our Summer 2015 issue and see what she's up to now by following her work on Instagram @sambinarausch
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Her piece ZERO, is up for viewing at Abrams Claghorn as part of ​Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective through August 31st!
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work in progress by Samantha // image via Instagram
"If my art practice were to have a band name I would call it Storm Rider. When I begin any piece, I am acutely aware of the space where the work will exist. This is where the build-up starts, I am instantly drawn to an area and/or the architecture of the space and work towards warping one’s initial perception of the space in order to alter his/her experience of interaction. I aim to create a heightened awareness of our bodies moving through space. " - Samantha Rausch, Summer 2015

Bio:

Samantha Rausch is a conceptual artist whose interdisciplinary practice fuses installation, sculpture, painting, performance and public art together. Her work deals with creating immersive & interactive environments in relation to cosmic narratives Rausch devises. She currently lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Rausch received her MFA from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art and her BFA & BA in Art History from the University of South Florida. Rausch has participated in a number residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, group shows around the country, and has multiple works as part of permanent public art works collection.
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ZERO // Burch Wood, Metal, Plastic, Cold Press Archival Watercolor Paper, Ink, Acrylic Paint // 12" X 12" 4" // on view at Abrams Claghorn
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ZERO // Burch Wood, Metal, Plastic, Cold Press Archival Watercolor Paper, Ink, Acrylic Paint // 12" X 12" 4" // on view at Abrams Claghorn

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Gathering: Artist Meline Höijer Schou

8/1/2017

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Abrams Claghorn Gallery
1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706

​​Showing July 5 - August 31, 2017
Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 - 7 pm 
Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 - 7pm




​www.melineart.com
​@melineart
Swedish multimedia artist Meline Höijer Schou has been stirring the pot with her work, exploring the role of an artist, decision making and confronting thoughts, feelings and actions. Learn about her work in our Winter 2015 issue, where you can also watch her short films. 

Her film, see you in my art, based off of our interview with her, was nominated in several film festivals just last year! We're thrilled she's joined our retrospective with Artist is injured - state of our affairs, now on view as part of Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective​!
"I also love the idea that artwork can be truly versatile. Conditions and people change and so do my paintings apparently, as of lately. They evolved and thus survived." - Meline Hoijer Schou -Winter 2015
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Inside out - an interpretation of Andreas Vesalius. On commission from the Board of culture in Uppsala, Meline was one of eight selected artists to interpret the marvellous Andreas Vesalius, the father of anatomy, as an hommage on the 500th year of his birth // 2015

Artist Statement:

​About my art It is important that my work contains a vibrant energy.
Of sorts.
I want to capture the critical moment before the explicit outcome of a decision is possible to ascertain. I want to leave room for a great deal of ambivalence in the spectator. We don´t always make it easy on ourselves. But we communicate. Somehow. Autonomous from spatial realities.
Art as interactive speech bubbles. I adore the beauty of the uncouth and the slightly crude. I guess that´s why the knife is my tool when painting. I find knives easy to control and I love the sharpness, the edginess of its proceedings within the texture of the paint. To control it I have to hold my breath, so we´re both under an equal amount of pressure. Truce as an art form. When working with photography or making short films, I pretty much behave in the same way, I don’t look for absolute cleanliness. I want a certain amount of edge to remain. To cause some trouble. To stir something.
​I want to pose questions, I don´t provide answers.

Meline Höijer Schou
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Artist is Injured - state of our affairs // photograph // 12 x 12 x 1.5" // now on view at Abrams Claghorn
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Found wanting // oil on canvas with dymo // 39x39 inches
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Cordlessness (what if I open my eyes and find out for real) // oil on canvas // 39x39 inches

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