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WILDING CRAN GALLERY
939 South Santa Fe Unit A Los Angeles CA 90021 www.wildingcran.com [email protected] 213 453 9000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INAUGURAL SHOW #1 April 12 - May 10, 2014
Vikky Alexander Martin Bennett Chris Cran Alexandra Lakin Michael Wilding John Will
INAUGURAL SHOW #2 May 17 – June 7, 2014
Bill Anderson Michael Cran Christian Eckart Herald Nix Hap Tivey
Los Angeles (March 25, 2014) - Wilding Cran Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of the gallery’s space at 939 South Santa Fe Avenue in the Arts District of downtown Los Angeles with INAUGURAL SHOW #1 and INAUGURAL SHOW #2. The pair of exhibitions introduce Wilding Cran’s roster of contemporary artists and represents the foundation of the gallery’s program. INAUGURAL SHOW #1 will be on view April 12 through May 10, 2014. The opening reception will be on Saturday, April 12 from 6 – 8pm. Artists featured in the show include:
• Vikky Alexander, a photographer, sculptor, collagist and installation artist based in Vancouver. Alexander is a leading practitioner in the field of photo-conceptualism.
• Martin Bennett, a painter who divides his time between Canada, England and Italy.
Bennett is recognized for his Static Image Paintings, which are part of the exhibition, and explore the relationship between abstraction and image making.
• Chris Cran, a painter based in Calgary. His work investigates perception and illusion,
and the viewer’s role in how images are formed. Cran will be unveiling a new work in INAUGURAL SHOW #1.
WILDING CRAN GALLERY
939 South Santa Fe Unit A Los Angeles CA 90021 www.wildingcran.com [email protected] 213 453 9000
• Alexandra Lakin, a Los Angeles based artist and illustrator. Lakin's recent work
explores her experimentation with wood to create 'statuettes’ inspired by vintage German Erzgebirge figurines. Her work pushes color relationships while investigating the female figure and identity with a semi-narrative approach.
• Michael Wilding is a sculptor based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Through sculpture,
Wilding is able to combine all of his passions - art, music, and performance. His large-scale stone, marble and steel sculptures take on abstract form, using the stone’s natural shape as a guide.
• John Will , an experimental artist based in Calgary; Will’s work in painting and
printmaking deals primarily with issues of mortality, death, politics, religion and spiritual enlightenment.
INAUGURAL SHOW #2 will be on view May 17 from June 7, 2014. The opening reception will be on Saturday, May 17 from 6 – 8pm. Artists featured in the show include:
• Bill Anderson, a Vancouver based photographer. Bill’s current work explores the interpretive potential of digital photography after twenty-five years working with traditional large-format photography and alternative printmaking techniques such as Gum Bichromate, Cyanotype, and Platinum.
• Michael Cran, a sculptor and painter based in Northern California. In his current
series, “nice package” he uses post-consumer packaging with cement and wood, transforming the nature of the object from temporary to permanent, trash to treasure. Selections from this series will be included in the exhibition.
• Christian Eckart, a painter based in Houston, Texas. A self-described fin-de-siecle Icon Painter, Eckart works in a variety of medium such as wood mouldings, Plexiglass, Formica, gold-leaf, brushed aluminum lacquer and found images.
• Herald Nix, a painter and musician living in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. For the
last 40 years Nix has painted his native landscape. His current work demonstrates his investigation of abstraction and his reflection of the land.
• Hap Tivey, a New York based artist. For more than thirty years, Tivey's work has
investigated the phenomena of light. In installation, painting, sculpture and projection, he pursues the concrete experience of light as well as the emotional and theoretical implications it holds for the human condition.
Image credits: (left) Vikky Alexander, Zola's Room, 2007, 48"x68," archival inks on canvas. (right) Christian Eckart, Polychrome Paintings series, 2013/2104, 69”x42”x3” acrylic urethane on aluminum.
### About Wilding Cran Gallery Naomi Wilding and Anthony Cran established Wilding Cran Gallery in 2012 as a virtual platform committed to supporting the practice of contemporary art by emerging, mid-career and established artists. In early 2014, the gallery will launch a physical space in the Arts District of Los Angeles to connect with the growing art community and be a platform to present the gallery’s expanding roster of contemporary artists. Wilding Cran Gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 12– 5pm, Saturday from 12- 7pm and also by appointment. Visit http://www.wildingcran.com for more information. Media contact: Jessica McCormack, 213-453-9000 /[email protected]
