Lois Lambert Gallery presents three exhibitions of the most recent work by Melissa Meier, Sasinun Kladpetch, and Dave Quick.
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 13th @6PM-9PM
Artist Talk with Melissa Meier: Saturday August 24th at 2pm
MELISSA MEIER: Nature’s Masquerade. Special Live Fashion Show during the opening reception: Saturday, July 13th @7PM-8PM
Meier’s first series in this exhibit, Skins consists of wearable sculptures made from fragile organic materials including grains of rice, dried pasta, pistachio nut shells, flowers, and porcupine quills, among others. A special fashion show will take place during the opening, with models wearing the intricate sculptures and walking throughout the gallery.
Alongside her wearable organic contructions, Nature’s Masquerade presents a collection of ceramic sculptures from Meier’s Masks series. Using clay, ceramics, and glass eyes, Meier fabricates oversized masks that convey a range of emotions. She then stages models with the masks and photographs them in unusual, dream-like environments. “My art work is an exploration of both the natural world and the self. The organic constructions are just another form of expression and revelation that needs to be peeled away, as are the masks. They look like different themes, but to me, they are telling the same story.”
Rosebuds, wearable sculpture, dried rosebuds, flexible metal screening, bicycle helmet, cardboard, foam, fabric, glue 55” x 20” x 30”
in the Project Room
SASINUN KLADPETCH: Echoes
Kladpetch is most known for her minimalist sculptures, using both industrial and organic materials to reflect the beauty of nature that is hidden among urban living. She combines clay, concrete, plaster, resin, and ceramics with dirt and moss that she’s collected from across the United States and even from her home in Thailand. With the creation of her multimedia sculptures, Kladpetch asks us to witness the beauty that occurs when Man and Nature co-exist rather than disrupt. For Kladpetch, the materials and the process of creating something entirely unexpected are most important in her work.
Echoes, mixed media, concrete, resin, moss, 20” x 20” x 2.5”
in the Upstairs Gallery
DAVE QUICK: Return from the Burn and Other Work
Dave Quick’s Return from the Burn and Other Work includes Quick’s 2024 wall-mounted, kinetic works from his Santa Monica studio, as well as three of his signature “white wall” museum satires and a collection of large scale kinetic/assemblage “backpacks.” Dave Quick, an alumnus of UCLA and a Santa Monica resident of over three decades, has been building, displaying, and even performing kinetic art since the 1970’s.
Loo Louvre, mixed media/assemblage found objects, static/wall-mounted - 120 vt plug in, 24” x 16” x 11”