Robert Piser / Art opening

02/19/2012

02/18/2012

https://vimeo.com/36957879

A short documentary of the show of Robert Piser's art opening at the James Gray Gallery. Film footage by Darrell Costa. Edited by Robert Piser. Music, fair use, The Doors.

01/16/2012

click on " Robert Piser ", on gallery page.
http://www.jamesgraygallery.com/current_exhibits.php

01/14/2012

January 3, 2012

Press Contact: Tim Broughton

Tel. (310) 586-9789

EXHIBITION:
DATES: February 11 - March 11

RECEPTION: Saturday, February 11, 6-9 PM

LOCATION: James Gray Gallery

Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave., Bldg D4
Santa Monica, CA 90404

HOURS: Monday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, by appointment



SANTA MONICA, CA, ---The James Gray Gallery at the Bergamot Station Arts Complex is proud to present an exhibition of the works of renowned, contemporary artist Robert Piser from February 11 through March 11, 2012.

Entitled "Road Trip," the exhibition features works that embody Piser's inspired fascination with iconic Americana and its use in travel centric art.

Although he was born in Milford, CT, in 1952, Piser grew up in the San Fernando Valley, CA, and was influenced by classic Americana and the burgeoning Pop Art movement of the times. Piser's early works were primarily realistic portrayals in colored pencil, watercolor and gouache, although he soon moved to creating "Sculptural Paintings."

In the 1970s, Piser created his street-based art gallery, "The Daily Palette", a collection of newspaper vending machines installed outside art venues around the San Francisco Bay Area. The machines were supplied weekly with silk-screened prints, which sold for 25 cents. According to art blogger Matthew LeClair, "The idea of the vending machine as an alternative art gallery began in the 1970s with Robert Piser's Daily Palette." LeClair writes, "Piser's work was significantly different from the Fluxus artists." The Fluxus artists vended work by single artists inside a gallery. For Piser, the vending machine was the gallery, selling work by a variety of artists in locations not typically associated with art, such as on street corners.

The Opening Reception for this unique and impressive "Road Trip" collection will take place on Saturday, February 11, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

James Gray Gallery,
2525 Michigan Avenue, Building D4,
Santa Monica, California, 90404

For further information please contact Tim at (310) 586-9789

01/05/2012

Robert Piser is having an art opening and show at the James Gray Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, California. Opening reception from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Feruary 11, 2012. Runs from February 11 to March 11.

10/05/2011

James Gray Gallery on Google maps

10/05/2011

The James Gray Gallery (formerly BGH Gallery) is a Contemporary Fine Art Gallery in business for over 20 years in Santa Monica, California. We are located at the Bergamot Station Art Center, an international art destination that houses over 40 other galleries and the Santa Monica Museum of Art. We p

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