Monday, November 26, 2018

dnj Gallery Artist Ellen Cantor Upcoming Exhibitions

Exhibits for December 2018

 “Prior Pleasures”
Dec. 11, 2018-May 11, 2019
West Hollywood Library, 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069






“VISUAL DNA…the language of photographs”
Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 Open Show
Opening Reception: Sat. December 15 from 6-9
Exhibit dates: December 15, 2019-January 11, 2019





Monday, November 19, 2018

Opening Reception

Current exhibition:

"What's New?"
(2)
Featuring:dnj Gallery artists

Gallery II 
"Artificial Memories"
Corey Grayhorse

Opening reception
Saturday, November 17th, 2018




Click here for the press release.


Tuesday, November 13, 2018

"Dichotomy" Opening Reception

Ellen Cantor
Saturday, November 10, 2018






Ellen Cantor (Through November 16) examines light and time, and their fusion with an object through interplay.  She looks at colors and shapes, and, accordingly, notices the passing of a period.  This body of work, “Dichotomy” focuses explicitly on light as a meaningful element her artwork.

Monday, November 5, 2018

Ellen Cantor's feature

dnj Gallery artist Ellen Cantor's 'Prior Pleasures' images featured in Harper's Magazine:


'The Printed Word In Peril'
Reading, Writing, and the Tyranny of the Virtual
By Will Self







Currently "Dichotomy" by Ellen Cantor is on view in Gallery II through November 16th.

Monday, October 29, 2018

Solo Exhibition - Catherine Asanov


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"Lightness Through Dark"
October 22 - November 3, 2018








As a fashion photographer, it if often dismissed that there is a constant story to tell. I was captivated by the Badgley Mischka Fall/Winter Collection not only as beauty and elegance in fashion but as also seeing all the elements of art in fashion. The campaign not only begins to tell a story of the renowned designers Mark & James but also fashion as an art form. After seeing such an embellished and sophisticated collection, my vision for the campaign was inspired by Caravaggio.

Seeing his work around Europe and other Baroque period artists, I was able to bring painterly elements into the perfect setting of the Historic Chelsea Mansion in Long Island. Blending together a place of history that had a strong sense of mood, elegance and charm with European and Asian influences pulled me to see the collection come alive in “Lightness through Dark”- a celebration of Caravaggio-inspired glamour.

The plays on light and shadow as well as creating mysterious moments really began our story. Caravaggio himself used live models as a painter and found the profound nature of the human state, both physical and emotional. Juxtaposing and incorporating his rather harsh approach in his personal work to a very glamorous and luxurious setting makes this fashion story not just about the attire but rather about the mood and mystery.








Solo Exhibition - Ray Carofano

"Close at Hand"
October 8 - October 20, 2018








"Close at Hand" is a body of photographs, which again highlights man’s participation
in his environment, depicting how a specific region is observed. As Ray Carofano
defines his process to others as, “knowing it has little to do with the things you see
and everything to do with the way you see them." This time, he examines the port
towns in Southern California: San Pedro and Harbor City. People helped transform
this area of Los Angeles into a recognizable place, but Carofano emphasizes
mundane spots that are often overlooked. His images have a quiet, painterly
attention to light and space, which translates beautifully into the tones of the scene.
Carofano employs graphic elements, playing with the strange visuals created by the
photograph’s geometry, colors, and reflections. Both stunning and historic at the
same time, this artist has discovered the brilliant and modern in the empty and
everyday.

Ray Carofano’s career in photography spans over fifty years, with his photographs
have been shown extensively throughout the United States, with several exhibitions
abroad as well. He has published three books of his photographs, and his work has
been reproduced in various publications. His pieces can be found in the permanent
collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, Santa Barbara Museum of
Art, Santa Barbara, CA., Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA., Fototeca de
Cuba, National Archives, Havana, Cuba, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
and other private and corporate collections. Carofano lives and works in San Pedro,
CA.

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Suda House and Santa Monica College

A dnj Gallery educational event, on Wednesday, October 3, 2018:

A class of photography students from Santa Monica College came to the gallery for an educational visit with dnj artist Suda House. Suda spoke with the students about her recent work, which they saw on display in "Whats New", and her solo show, "Women Bleed". She addressed the themes of her work including the difficulties women face in today's political climate, poignant current events, and depictions of suffering on the front pages of newspapers. Suda also explained the process behind her work, giving students a demonstration of how she transfers her photographs onto the sanitary napkins used in this series, and allowing them to try it for themselves.




Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Suda House- Aperture Magazine


Suda is featured in the September issue of Aperture Magazine #232:

"Reviewing the catalog, one is struck by the variety of forms and subject matter, as well as the humor, the lively energy, and the insouciance of much of the work.  The exhibition contained everything from a Kienholz sculpture made from a salvaged car door, where a silk-screened print from a photograph, rather than glass, fills the window frame; a bundle of snapeshots tied together with a string like a stack of newspapers (George Blakely's A Cubic Foot of Photographs, 1978); abstracted image fragments of female body parts sourced from porn and printed on maxi pas (Suda House's Stay Free Series, 1976);" 
- Erin O'Toole
For the entire article see below:


Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Inaugural Exhibition Opening Reception

"What's New?"

Saturday, September 8th, 2018



Featuring: Sia Aryai, Catherine Asanov, Ellen Cantor, Ray Carofano, Darryl Curran,
Corey Grayhorse, Suda House, Gil Kofman, Clay Lipsky, LA Marler, Rick Risemberg,
Annie Seaton, Dylan Vitone, Melanie Walker.

Monday, August 13, 2018

dnj Gallery artist Catherine Asanov

dnj Gallery's artist Catherine Asanov recently shot Badgley Mishka's Fall campaign.
 She was recognized as The Best Fashion Ad Campaign of Fall 2018 on WWD.  
Click link to read more.

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Eminent Domain Exhibition

dnj Gallery artist LA Marler to be featured in NYC's Eminent Domain Exhibition



SHE is the new Buddha2018
Print is archival inks on canvas, unframed
40 x 50 inches
$2995

“SHE is the new Buddha"


This mixed media artwork is photography based. I took the photos in Maui (while celebrating my parents’ 50th anniversary) and digitally collaged them. It is printed using ultrachrome archival inks on canvas stock. This creates a final image that textured and flexible. Then the photo collage print is hand-painted with acrylics for a unique art piece. Ramon builds the frame and stretches the canvas. 

Buddha’s eyes are #rainbows with ultra violet light flooding through.

The Holy Ghost is symbolically at her third eye.

She gently holds the powerful swordfish on it back as a reminder of infinite wisdom and balance that are always in play.

Lovely pink flowers hanging from Hawaiian trees grace the heroine! BTW Heroine became a negative over a drug that blames women for the problem!

Swordfish pattern is an original photograph that I created a mandala-style pattern to symbolize flow and force of unseen energy in the air.

Thursday, June 14, 2018

"What Would Stanley Do?"

A reading of a new play by dnj Gallery Artist Gil Kofman
"What Would Stanley Do?"

Sunday June 24th, 2018 at 6:30pm


Tuesday, May 29, 2018

dnj Artist Melanie Walker Awarded

dnj Gallery is pleased to announce that artist Melanie Walker has been awarded the honorable mention in the alternative process category for the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards.







"I decided to work with some of my father's [Todd Walker] destroyed negatives found in his archive and I see it as a posthumous collaboration." - Melanie Walker

Friday, May 11, 2018

Hung Liu's work at SFMOMA

Hung Liu's work is currently being displayed now 
thorough early September, 2018 at SFMOMA
















Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Our New Location

WE'VE MOVED!
Opening September 2018.  Details TBA.



Our New Location:
3015 Ocean Park Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405


Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Transparent Falsehood: An American Travesty

dnj Gallery Artist Gil Kofman's recent play write project will be running in New York City, April 27th - May 19th, 2018.  





Monday, February 5, 2018

Hung Liu Exhibition

"Hung Liu in Print"







Hung Liu is dnj Gallery director, Pamela Schoenberg's former professor from Mills College.