Winslow Garage
Opening October 25th/ 3-6 pm. Holly Topping/ Djinn, Sirens, and Other Troubles
Holly Topping
Djinn, Sirens and Other Troubles
Opening October 25th
Winslow Garage is pleased to present Djinns, Sirens, and Other Troubles by Los Angeles artist Holly Topping. In this exhibition, Topping presents an installation of painted hanging gourds, small paintings on wood crosscuts, and a selection of watercolors on paper. Known for her highly skilled paintings of figures with cheeky contemporary concerns, this work presents the artist in full play mode. Naughty sprites cavort through air and sea causing the occasional disaster and disembodied arms elegantly smoke cigarettes in fantasy landscapes. Drawing from mythology, memory, and contemporary experience, these works reveal the strange ways we adapt to uncertainty and catastrophe.
Holly Topping is a Los Angeles–based artist and educator whose paintings explore the strange intersections of personal history, cultural memory, gender, humor, and unease. She received her MFA from the University of California, Irvine, and has exhibited extensively in Los Angeles and nationally, including solo exhibitions at Angles Gallery and Orange Coast College. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Bass Museum of Art, Torrance Art Museum, and the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, and is held in the collections of the Bass Museum of Art and the Museum of Sex in New York. Topping has been a tenured professor of art at Orange Coast College since 2008.
Night Watchers
Night Watchers, a video presentation curated by Michele Mano
with work by Rodney Austin, Tucker Bennett, Mark Boswell, Seth Childs, Kalissa Conlon, Patricia Esquivias,
Dale Hoyt, Gabrielle Jennings, Alex Killough, Lynn Marie Kirby, Kent Long, Katina Papson, Jose Ruiz, and Samantha L. Stowe.
Winslow Garage in collaboration with Mechele Manno announces, "Night Watcher's, a Night of Video on the Lawn. Tthe residence at Winslow Garage in Los Angeles will be transformed into an outdoor video extravaganza. In the spirit of the drive-in movie theater--reaching it's peak popularity in the late 1950's and early 1960's, particularly in rural areas--combined with the tailgate party, a supercharged, urban picnic centered around a sporting event sets the tone for non-narrative video to wipe out any memory of the Hollywood Blockbuster.
The pieces selected for Night Watchers centers around a consistent theme of performance and gesture. Many of the artists perform literally, in front of the camera, while many use moving image to convey their positioning in an extended reality. The camera can become the eye as they see, and video technology carries a personality through editing processes. No matter what angle, tool or approach they chose to take, their presence is inherently obvious. The artists curated for this show come from different cities and varied degrees of experience. Some have long-standing careers and are recognized internationally and some are self-taught. No matter age or education they are serious and committed to their medium using humor in all possible iterations. Come out to the "lawn" they'll put a smile on your face and we'll feed you. (Drinks and refreshments will be available for purchase.)
The screening begins at 9:30pm and is in no way designed for classic viewing. Building on performance and gesture, all work will be delivered "live" in a vj style format by VJ M.MANNO. There will be two segments with a thirty-minute intermission