Media Contact: Juan Garcia (323) 663-2787

juan@metrogallery.org

 

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Solo Exhibition: “Finished Wood”

Paul Guillemette’s New Works on Display

 

          Los Angeles, CA – Metro Gallery presents Paul Guillemette’s solo exhibition, “Finished Wood.”  Sculptor, ceramicist and painter Paul Guillemette’s arresting new work is a wholly original commentary on the process of transformation.  The wall-hung works begin with pieces of discarded packing wood, pressed thin and marked with the signs of practical use.  Guillemette assembles these pieces in striking patterns, and then seals them with smooth, transparent resin so that they seem to be cast in honey.  The result contains its own narrative: from living tree with an intricate grain of capillaries, to a cheap and useful material, to useless trash, to a rich and eloquent work of art.  Transformation is central to Guillemette’s representational work, too, and the current show includes figures from the artist’s intimate history: a solemn, watchful guardian; a flying, waterborne child; and an all-embracing, Sumo-like embodiment of love.

         

The exhibit will be on display from February 16^th to March 15^th, 2008.  Please join us for the opening Saturday, February 16^th, 2008, from 6-9pm. 

 

About Metro Gallery

          Metro Gallery is a full service contemporary art gallery located at 1835 Hyperion Avenue in Silverlake, California.  Gallery hours are from 12pm – 7pm Wednesday through Saturday.  For more information on this exhibit and opening, or on upcoming exhibitions, please contact the gallery at (323) 663-2787 or visit www.metrogallery.org.

 

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