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Situational Op Art. Floor and floor sculpture by Khalil Robert Irving at Kristina Kite Gallery Ceramic glazed and unglazed, sand, vintage decals, wood; #ihavethisthingwithfloors #khalilrobertirving @kristinakitegallery #sculpture #westadams #accidentalopart (at Kristina Kite Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnnvm8_LmAj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Just closed. @jennymos’s buyers had their sights set on a character home spacious enough for their big family and they were willing to wait for it. This beautiful, historic, giant craftsman came along and needed buyers as patient as they are. After a very lengthy escrow—during which loan limits increased and rates fluctuated in their favor—they get to call this place home just in time for Christmas. Huge congrats to all involved, especially our buyers and @jennymos who’s basically worked right up until her due date. And naturally a tip of the hat to @waleeddelawari for his lending expertise. DRE 01482283 . . . #architecture #design #westadams #historichomes #musicianshelpingmusicians #realestate #clarkliving (at West Adams) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXziuRuv0XE/?utm_medium=tumblr

Thank-you @cultured_mag and writer Maxwell Williams for including us in this piece “New Kids On The Blocks” #lowellryanprojects #alexandragrant @myles_standish 📷 #culturedmag #artspaces #westadams #westadamsblvd #westadamsdistrict #westadamsla (at Lowell Ryan Projects) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0m2AbZneZl/?utm_medium=tumblr

Opening Tonight!! Kumasi J. Barnett The Amazing Black-Man Opening reception: 7-9pm #kumasibarnett #theamazingblackman #lowellryanprojects #westadams #comics (at Lowell Ryan Projects) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz3cpM2nH0u/?utm_medium=tumblr

Alexandra Grant BORN TO LOVE Opening Reception: Saturday, June 1, 2019, 7-9pm June 1 - July 6, 2019 ✨ Lowell Ryan Projects is pleased to present Born to Love, a solo exhibition by Alexandra Grant. The title for the show stems from Sophocles’ play Antigone. In the ancient Greek tragedy, Antigone is brought before King Creon for disobeying his mandate against mourning the death of her brother, Polynices, who the King has labeled a traitor to the state. “An enemy is an enemy, even dead,” Creon says, to which Antigone replies, “I was born to love not to hate.” A blend of abstraction and text, Born to Love stands as an exploration of that radical stance—a stance that goes beyond its personal agenda to take on much greater social and universal implications. ✨ The show will feature large-scale works on paper from the Los Angeles-based artist’s Antigone 3000 series. These works simultaneously contrast and incorporate various forms of abstraction––geometric, gestural, color-field––with sepulchral wax rubbings of text. Through Grant’s painterly nods to abstraction, the works achieve their harmony by juxtaposing visual language with textual quotation, repeating the phrase “I was born to love not to hate” throughout the works. Born to Love is a visual proposition that Antigone, in choosing love over hate, rises above all opposition with her steadfast conviction. ✨ In creating each painting, Grant worked both on horizontal and vertical planes, ultimately giving both a feeling of mass and lightness to her forms. On the floor, she poured paint that both pooled and splattered, evidence of a natural, even violent series of events. The rubbings of Antigone’s voice also happened on the horizontal—echoes that refuse to be silenced. Moving the paper to the wall, Grant inserted rigid bands of color that drip down and compete with the pours and splatters of paint for dominance. The visual antagonism is palpable; each painting contains a battlefield of abstraction. ✨ #alexandragrant #borntolove #lowellryanprojects #westadams #antigone #grantlove #lovehouse #meetanartistmonday #artandcake #xartistbooks #shananysdambrot (at West Adams) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByBVUN4H9QC/?utm_medium=tumblr

Thanks @sam_jablon @maysha_mohamedi @spencerrusselllewis @shananys for an awesome talk at the gallery yesterday! If you missed it, check out our stories today for some highlights ✨ #friezeweek #artisttalk #painting #poetry #westadams (at Lowell Ryan Projects) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_jevXlawB/?utm_medium=tumblr