A contemporary art exhibition by a group of distinguished artists is kicking off its inaugural pop-up art exhibition on Saturday, March 29, at 6 pm, at the gallery at 6033 Paseo Delicias in the Rancho Santa Fe village. The exhibition is curated by the Ryan Campbell Garrett Art Advisory and will run in the Ranch until April 25. It is the first of many upcoming art presentations featuring works by artists Whitney Bedford, Kim DeJesus, Lynne Mapp Drexler, Sam Gilliam, Claire Milbrath, Ed Ruscha, and Lily Stockman.
The exhibition serves as a unique opportunity to present a distinguished array of contemporary visual artists in the Ranch, bringing high-caliber artworks directly to the community without the need for trips to major cities like New York, Los Angeles, or London.
The pop-up exhibition will feature a diverse range of contemporary artworks created by a multigenerational group of artists who work across various media and genres, highlighting various approaches to color, landscape, portraiture, abstraction, and overall creative practices. The lineup includes some of the most influential figures in American art over the past sixty years, as well as mid-career and emerging artists.
The exhibition showcases a vibrant and saturated watercolor abstraction on washi paper by the late Sam Gilliam, highlighting the artist’s impactful and extensive career. It also features a small-scale yet dynamic painting by Lynne Mapp Drexler, which is filled with clusters of colorful strokes that evoke themes of contemplation, music, and nature. A key lithograph titled “That Was Then, This Is Now” by Ed Ruscha — which the exhibition is named — features the artist’s familiar typeface floating on an ominous, smoky sky that conveys a sense of wit, uncertainty, and confidence.
The exhibition also features a selection of cheerful pastorals, interiors, and portraits by Claire Milbrath. Her works are rich in dreamlike symbolism and capture the vitality of life’s everyday moments. Additionally, paintings by Whitney Bedford blend the natural, historical, and imagined, serving as portals that depict contrasting times, emotional states, and climate realities. The exhibition further includes the vibrant gestural abstractions of Kim DeJesus, whose atmospheric works delve into the non-representational complexities of nature, perception, and the human psyche. Also on view are two limited edition prints by Lily Stockman, who draws inspiration from her experiences with California light and nature to create abstract compositions where organic shapes glow and vibrate with the energy of heightened colors.
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