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Gallery Expo gets Earth-y with its art in new show, extends well-received LA River photo exhibit

bySignal Tribune
April 19, 2012
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<strong>“Flowers for Vitas,
“Flowers for Vitas,
In celebration of Earth Month, Gallery Expo will host an exhibit titled Earthly Treasures from April 20 to May 5. The exhibit features 18 artists from the Long Beach and Los Angeles area showing more than 50 works, from an oil painting named “Chambered Nautilus” by 93-year-old Long Beach artist Rosemary Taggart to a life-size surfboard covered with thousands of pieces of colored plastic trash found on Long Beach beaches created by Long Beach artist Claudio Garzon.
<strong>“Warhorse,
“Warhorse,
Assemblages created from cast-off trash constitute about 50 percent of the show, with works such as Marcus Smith’s “Tribute to Whitney Houston,” created from a tossed-out TV set, and artist Paul Samenfeld’s piece “Starlite,” which features a discarded Therm-a-jug cooler robot lamp.
The opening reception for Earthly Treasures will be Saturday, April 21 from 6pm to 9pm. The event will be free, and young people will be welcome with adult supervision.
According to the gallery’s curator, Douglas Orr, the previous two-day-only exhibit Along the LA River, which features photographs of debris found in and near the local riverbed, received so many great comments and requests to keep the show up longer that it has been moved to the main hall and will be open for viewing for three additional weekends, ending with the Earthly Treasures exhibit on May 5.
Gallery Expo is located in the Expo Arts Center in Bixby Knolls at 4321 Atlantic Ave.
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galleryexpo.net

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