“SOME PAINTINGS”
THE THIRD (2007) LA WEEKLY ANNUAL BIENNIAL
CURATED BY DOUG HARVEY
JANUARY 12–FEBRUARY
16, 2008
Opening reception on Saturday, January 12 from 7 PM to 11 PM
“Some paintings give me diamonds, some paintings, heart attacks
Some paintings I give all my bread to, I don’t ever want it back
Some paintings give me jewelry, others buy me clothes
Some paintings give me children, I never asked them for.”
– Jagger/Richards/Harvey
Track 16 Gallery
is proud to present “Some
Paintings,”
the third (2007) LA Weekly Annual Biennial, curated by Doug Harvey.
Featuring the work of over 70 living Los Angeles painters, the exhibition
is a long-overdue large-scale celebration of LA’s vital and ongoing
exploration of the longest-lasting, most constantly reinvented medium in
the fine arts. The show runs from January 12 through February 16, 2008,
with an opening reception on Saturday, January 12 from 7 PM to 11 PM with
refreshments and performances by The Spirit Girls, Wounded Lion, John
Kilduff of Let’s Paint TV, and others.
The exact list of participating artists will not be officially revealed until
the joint opening/publication of the annual LA Weekly Art Issue, but
“Some Paintings” will include works by the famous and the unknown,
and range from pure abstraction to photorealism, and include available
works from many of LA’s most cherished masters and hottest emerging
talents. None of the work in “Some Paintings” has been previously exhibited
in Los Angeles, and most of it will be barely dry. While not claiming to be
exhaustive, or even comprehensive, “Some Paintings” is an idiosyncratically
personal and optimistic love letter spelling out the potential inherent in the
world’s third-oldest profession and how it is currently manifesting itself in
our city.
TRACK 16 GALLERY & SMART ART PRESS
BERGAMOT STATION C1
2525 MICHIGAN AVE.
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 90404
P 310.264.4678 F 310.264.4682
reception@track16.com
www.track16.com