Photography Exhibit & Fundraiser for the victims of the L’Aquila Earthquake

At the Jeanie Madsen Gallery, 1431 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401

October 3-10, 2009, open Daily from noon – 10pm

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Schedule of Events

Saturday, October 3^rd 5:00 -10:00 p.m.

Opening Reception

Join us for the premiere of the Save L’Aquila exhibition and the beginning of our Silent Auction. Enjoy music by cellist Daniela Arbizzi, and refreshments by Moretti and Zonin.

Tuesday, October 6^th

Empower Yourself: Are you prepared for a 7.8 earthquake?

6:00 p.m. Margaret Vinci, Office Manager of Earthquake Programs at CalTech, will lead a revealing talk on what to expect from the next big quake in Los Angeles, and discuss earthquake preparedness and the upcoming October 15^th Shake Out drill.

7:00 p.m. Mariana Amatullo, Co-founder and Director of Designmatters at Art Center College of Design, and author of the LA Earthquake Source Book, will present the short Preparedness Now.  This film depicts the realistic outcome of a hypothetical, but plausible, magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in Southern California.

Wednesday, October 7^th

Seismological and Engineering Aspects of the 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake

7:00 p.m. Dr. Jonathan Stewart, Ph.D., P.E, Professor and Vice Chair of the UCLA Civil & Environmental Engineering Department and Chief Editor of the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering led a group that performed reconnaissance in L’Aquila after the earthquake. He will provide a seismological and geological perspective on the L’Aquila earthquake, and why this information is important both for those in Italy but also for us in California.

Friday, October 9^th

Life After: A Journey Through L’Aquila After the Earthquake

6:00 p.m. Kit Miyamoto, M.S., S.E., President and C.E.O., of Miyamoto International will discuss findings from his reconnaissance mission to L’Aquila; and his dedication to developing awareness of advanced technological engineering solutions for earthquake-prone areas.

7:00 p.m. Alessio Zampaglione and Elena Acefalo, Architects at StudioAZA, and William Taylor, Director of LAIAD, will share “Cubes for Life,” structures that can be utilized and easily modified for multiple purposes in emergency situations.

Saturday, October 10^th

Closing Reception

Silent auction results!

For more information, visit www.savelaquila.org

SAKAI RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES

Opening October 1, 2009 at LOOK Gallery

Los Angeles-based Japanese artist Katsuhisa Sakai has worked for decades in a wide variety of media, from drawing and sculpture to film and video. For the first time in over a third of a century, “Katsuhisa Sakai: Four Dimensions” brings together important examples of his work in time and space.

Click on image to view hi-res: Facing Flow, 46x18x11", granite,stainless steel, 2006.

Click on image to view hi-res: Incurve Right, 34x46", oil on canvas, 2007.

Click on image to view hi-res: F Frame, 34x19x15", acrylic on chinese elm, 2008.

WHAT:
Katsuhisa Sakai: Four Dimensions

WHEN:
Opening Reception
October 1, 2009, 6 to 9pm

WHERE:
LOOK Gallery
1933 S. Broadway, Suite 111
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-748-1113
www.LookArtists.net

MEDIA CONTACT:
Brent Turner
the Campbells public relations
brent@thecampbellspr.com
323-300-6132

Samuel Freeman Presents “Masami Teraoka: Works on Paper – 1960s to 1990s”

October 29 to December 5, 2009

Christopher Russell Exhibits New Work in the Chapel

Click on image to view hi-res version: Masami Teraoka, "New Vews of Mount Fuji/La Brea Tar Pits" (1974) Watercolor on Paper, 14.75" x 21.5", Courtesy of Samuel Freeman.

(August 2009 – Santa Monica, CA) Opening October 29, 2009, Samuel Freeman presents “Masami Teraoka: Works on Paper – 1960s to 1990s,” a month-long museum-level survey of works on paper including prints, original drawings, watercolors, fragments and studies.

Born in Japan, educated in Los Angeles, and currently residing in Hawaii, Masami Teraoka is a cultural outsider by circumstance, but as an artist who came of age during the 1960s he is a cultural observer by birthright.  Teraoka’s career has been marked by pronounced moments of cultural critique: Ukiyo-e style visions of the American fast food empire invading Japan in the 1960s; the threat of AIDS and its accompanying specter of death in the 1970s and 1980s; exploration of globalization, environmental and gender issues in the 1990s; crises of conscience within modern politics, religion and sexuality in his current work. In each of these periods Teraoka’s work has invoked a profound opposition of forces: political vs. sexual; humiliation vs. titilation; technocracy vs. prophecy; consumerism vs. tradition.

“Masami Teraoka: Works on Paper – 1960s to 1990s” presents exceptional examples of Teraoka’s work from these periods, including the 31 Flavors Invading Japan, New Views of Mount Fuji, McDonalds Hamburger Invading Japan, Hanuama Bay and Snorkel Series. Teraoka last exhibited “The Cloisters Confession” at Samuel Freeman in April 2008.

Click on image to view hi-res version: Masami Teraoka, "31 Flavors Invading Japan / Today's Special" (1982) 35 Color Woodblock , 11.0625" x 16.5625", Courtesy of Samuel Freeman.

Christopher Russell will exhibit in the Chapel Gallery. Russell employs photography, bookmaking, writing, drawing, and digital-media printmaking to illustrate his explorations of the darker side of the human psyche. Investigating, and sometimes fabricating, the reasons people live or behave outside of socially acceptable margins, his work offers visions of what many would deem dirty, broken, useless, or criminal. Through the lens of a present-day flâneur, viewers are made privy to Russell’s observant, analytical wanderings along the physical and emotional outskirts of society. Russell most recently exhibited at the Hammer Museum in early 2009.

Click on image to view hi-res version: Christopher Russell "Untitled" (2008) Ultrachrome print hacked with meat cleaver, 24" x 36", Courtesy of the artist, Photo by Brian Forrest.

WHAT:
Masami Teraoka: Works on Paper – 1960s to 1990s

Christopher Russell: New Work

WHEN:
October 29 – December 5, 2009

Opening Reception on Thursday, October 29th

WHERE:
Samuel Freeman
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Avenue, B7
Santa Monica, California 90404

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For more information, the public should call 310-449-1479 or visit www.samuelfreeman.com

PRESS CONTACT:
Brent Turner
the Campbells
mobile: 323-244-5058
office: 323-300-6132
brent@thecampbellspr.com