Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Hothouse Flowers: New works by Ian O'phelan
Ian O’Phelan (b. 1982, a Pisces) hails from Toledo, OH. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati, where he pursued a Frankenstein curriculum of fine art and graphic design classes. Mr. O’Phelan currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
“I think of my artwork as a meandering study and description of natural objects. My portfolio, an ever growing Wunderkammer, is a collection of the ironic and the sentimental. It provides a means of reconciling a bubbling unconscious spiritualism with the mundanities of daily life.”
Hothouse Flowers
This upcoming exhibition is a collection of drawings and collage which capture the outgrowth of the transcendental in a world of banalities. Stills from cartoons and commercials burst forth with bouquets of fresh cut flowers. Parking tickets and porn provide the rich compost for new growth. Featuring O'Phelan's unique linework this show revels in human mark making in an era of computer rendering. In eager anticipation for spring, Hothouse Flowers opens...
FREE
Opens Thursday Feb 12 (7pm–midnight)
Feb 12 – Mar 2
Mondays–Fridays (9am–6pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (1–6pm)
Ghettogloss (2380 Glendale Blvd)
323.912.0008
http://www.ghettogloss.com/events/
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