Art Show: NOUAR “Internally Yours” & Joshua Petker “Celluloid Constellations”
Corey Helford Gallery
presents new works by
NOUAR “Internally Yours”
Featuring a Special Mini-Exhibition in the Upstairs Gallery
by Joshua Petker
“Celluloid Constellations”
Opening Reception Saturday, June 11, 2011 from 7-10pm
On View June 11 – June 29, 2011
On Saturday, June 11, Nouar will unveil “Internally Yours”, the Los Angeles artist’s first solo exhibition at Corey Helford Gallery, and her most avant-garde to date.
The works in “Internally Yours” feature three-dimensional sugary confections, gelatin dessert molds and a bright, beguiling color palette that lure the viewer in. However, like Jeff Koons’ brightly-colored balloon animals, the characters have a significance beyond their deceptively innocent appearance. “For this show,” Nouar says, “I used food as a visual metaphor to symbolize how dangers are hidden, and how we don’t see them coming until it is too late.” For example, in her painting “Sweet Entrapment,” a bright-pink gummy bear smirks at the doe-eyed brunette trapped inside its stomach.
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