The GroupLA2008 show was recommended by Edward Goldman on ArtTalk. Hidden in plain sight at the beginning of the long, narrow street leading to Bergamot Station is Minarc, the office of two young architects from Iceland, Erla and Tryggvi, whose last names I don't dare to pronounce. They have always loved art and recently decided to dedicate a portion of their office space to showing contemporary art, which they do with considerable flair.
Currently on display is an ambitious exhibition of thirty LA-based documentary photographers, each mapping a different part of the city, creating as a result ‘An Intimate View of Los Angeles.' In collaboration with the well-known LA photographer Helen Garber, who served as the exhibition curator, the architects came up with an ingenious way of presenting the portfolios of these thirty artists. Take a look at the images on the Art Talk page of KCRW website. Thirty small flat screens are arranged in unusual clusters, and each has a loop of photographic images, so the whole exhibition consists of almost one thousand photos. I made some startling discoveries there – and trust me, so will you, if you give yourself the chance to see this exhibition which taps into the creative energy of the Los Angeles community.
Water Sign, Third Street, Cental LA, 2009
Carrying Water Home, LA 2009
Watering the Grass at Big House, LA, 2009 ,
New Self-Portrait,Broken Sprinker, LA, 2009
