HOKUM

Hokum : Things and materials are not always what they seem — cleverness, deceit and the unexpected in contemporary art.

Juror: Lauri Firstenberg, Director/Curator, LAX

Exhibition runs: April 26th– May 30th, 2008

Reception: Saturday, April 26th, 6 - 9p

Gallery 825

825 N. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, 90069

www.laaa.org gallery825@laaa.org

(Valet parking available)

Solo Shows:

Dylan Palmer Not From These Parts: Objects and images burst from the chemical reaction caused by subtle shifts of material and context. Everyday forms of basketballs are cast in glass, creating an interesting juxtaposition between art, functionality and America’s favorite arena past time.

Kim Tucker Neighbors: Kim Tucker’s narrative ceramic portraits of her neighborhood respond to the larger state of the world. The nightly struggles of opossums to find food, chain smoking men and noisy exuberant children are the characters of her play. Tucker blurs the lines between the imagined and the real, recording what is around her and at the same time creating narratives.

Sophia Allison Germination Station: Soft sewn works that resemble intestines and things that slither, Sophia’s work is made completely out of common recycled materials such as tea bags and used coffee filters. Sophia uses the mundane, and in some cases the distasteful and transforms into the beautiful although no less disturbing.

For more information:

Contact: Jessica Curtaz

Program/Gallery Coordinator

Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825

jessica@laaa.org www.laaa.org

310.652.8272