Artist Jessika Cardinahl was born and raised in Hamburg, where she is highly regarded as an actress in her native Germany due to her early success in two of Germany’s highest grossing, commercially released comedic films: “OTTO, DER FILM”, and OTTO, DER LIEBESFILM”. Following her graphic design studies in Germany and acting career she revived her love of art and studied at Parsons and UCLA Arts and today finds wildlife a major source of inspiration for her work. Her often large works on paper and canvas include pastel, oil stick, ink, pigment, watercolor, charcoal and gouache.
Los Angeles’ own Courtney Raney’s works in this show feature graphically shadowed depictions of celebrities to which she adds her signature splashes of color; a playful contrasting layer of chaos over the highly controlled imagery of iconic beauty. Her small wood block paintings are popular with local aficionados as well as with tourists seeking original artworks as Hollywood mementos.
German artist Bernhard Zimmer has created a positive stir at major international art fairs such as Art Basel and Kunst Koln. This latest series of paintings are excerpts from a book of Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa, which he considers extremely profound. The text excerpts are painted over and removed until the images retain its mysterious color gloss and the letters starts to shimmer, transforming and enlivening the image surface. This creates the impression that, depending on the light, the images transform again.
Artspace Warehouse, one of the world’s leading galleries for savvy contemporary art collectors, combines American and European artists in this new exhibition focusing on the mystery of Enduring Beauty in various media.
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