Spotted on someone’s lawn in Lafayette, I’m not sure what the hand is holding behind the face, anyone know?
Spotted on someone’s lawn in Lafayette, I’m not sure what the hand is holding behind the face, anyone know?
Spotted in the backside of Broadway Plaza slated to close for redevelopment for the next couple of years, I think this topiary is quite apt. Anyone know what animal this was?
The Bedford Gallery, located within the Lesher Center for the Arts in downtown Walnut Creek is hosting a bright new exhibit called New Neon: Light, Paint & Photography through February 23rd, 2014. Admission is $5 but is free the first Tuesday of the month.
From the exhibition website:
To brighten our winter days, the Bedford welcomes New Neon. Taking its cue from the re-emerging popularity of this distinctly Californian medium, New Neon will examine the ways in which neon has been repurposed— in both painterly and sculptural practices—to reflect the cadence and drama of our media-saturated cultural landscape.
This was a really fun exhibit to walk around with dazzling neon artwork throughout.
More neon artwork photos after the jump…
Spotted in downtown Walnut Creek at the Second to None consignment shop.
If you saw this clown art hanging in someone’s house would you:
a. Smile
b. Contemplate the meaning behind the art
c. Run like hell
For a brief time last week the Fountain “Head” sculpture in downtown Walnut Creek stopped flowing but it’s already spouting water out its top the following day.
50 Lafayette Circle, Lafayette
A new art gallery called the Klein Gallery is opening at the space formerly occupied by the Lafayette Art Gallery (which moved to Mt. Diablo Blvd. next to Bo’s Barbecue and Artisan Bistro). This is located in half a building with the other half housing The Art Room studio which offers art classes to children. In fact, the owner of both The Art Room and the Klein Gallery are the same.
Another week or so and it’ll be all ready:
Recently I checked out a new exhibit at the Bedford Gallery in the Lesher Center for the Arts in downtown Walnut Creek and as expected it’s fascinating. Titled, Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, there are sculptures, paintings and other works of art that “investigates the role that home, habitat, and environment play in our modern lives.”
From the exhibit webpage:
From traditional notions of the hearth, to mobile, alternative, and eco-conscious abodes, this exhibition will address the way our interpretation of habitat has shifted over the past century.
This show features a national group of artists working in diverse mediums including painting, sculpture, video and photography. These works investigate everything from interiors and abstract concepts of what makes a home, to scenes of devastation and abandonment. Artists completely deconstruct the four walls we build around ourselves, producing art that is playful, surreal, familial and at times, disturbing.
No matter what form they take, our homes provide both physical shelter and emotional protection. They can comfort us, help define us, and in some cases become monuments to our lives after we’ve left.
Gina Tuzzi:
Check out more photos of the exhibit after the jump…
