🎉 EXCITING NEWS 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce the exclusive ARTSY online exhibition of CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL: RECENT WORK. This highly anticipated exhibition marks Russell’s return to Mark Moore Fine Art, featuring a selection of his “Mountains” series and pieces from his newer series, “The Explorers.” Each unique piece combines color photography and drawing for a one-of-a-kind experience.
Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Russell’s work draws inspiration from pioneer photographer, Carleton Watkins. But with a contemporary twist! His purposely hazy and abstract images challenge the traditional role of photography in capturing evidence, instead inviting reflection on our understanding of nature and the landscape. His work also incorporates historical plant patterns from the Arts and Crafts era, symbolizing the infinite within nature.
Russell’s art knows no boundaries, blurring the lines between photography, drawing, painting, and bas-relief. But it still maintains a sense of romanticism that will leave you in awe. Don’t miss your chance to view his work at this exclusive online exhibition on ARTSY. 😍
Rebekah Andrade Mind Map 7, 2022 Oil, acrylic, paper, and pastel on canvas 28 x 24 in COLLECTION OF THE FREDERICK R. WEISMAN ART FOUNDATION (Los Angeles)
Mark Moore Fine Art and the artist are pleased to announce the acquisition of a major work by artist REBEKAH ANDRADE, titled “Mind Map 7” from 2022 by The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation.
Rebekah Andrade (Canadian, b. 1980) is an abstract painter based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She holds a BFA in Visual Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Canada, and a Graphic Design Certificate from Parsons School of Design in New York City,Rebekah Andrade’s work explores the language of painting by way of expressionism, geometric abstraction, hard-edge painting, and pattern. Her process draws from past work, personal references, familiar forms, objects, textures, and symbols. This structured methodology is transmitted through selected colors of layered paint, collage, and mixed media techniques, always leaving traces of the process visible. Her intention with the work is to investigate and work through questions surrounding the history of representation, limits of perception, aesthetics, status, and reproduction of images, thus providing her insight and clarity into our contemporary visual culture and communicational trends.
In 2019, Andrade embarked on a transformative residency at Otis College of Art in Los Angeles, further expanding her creative horizons. Her innovative work has garnered attention across international borders, with exhibitions spanning Canada, the United States, and Chile. Her work has been published in Edeltraut, The Gathered Gallery, New American Painting #144.
The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation is dedicated to continuing the legacy and vision of Frederick R. Weisman, an extraordinary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and art collector. He held an uncompromising belief in the cultural value of art and understood the importance of both the individual artist and the creative process. In carrying out Mr. Weisman’s intentions, the Foundation seeks to preserve, collect, and make publicly accessible his collection of modern and contemporary art as a means to strengthen and contribute to the greater artistic and intellectual life of our time. In 1982, Frederick R. Weisman purchased the Los Angeles estate to serve as a showcase for his personal collection of 20th-century art. He and his wife, Billie Milam Weisman, an art conservator and curator, worked together to create a unique environment located within the Mediterranean-style villa. More than four hundred works of art are on display at the Foundation.
The collection includes works by European Modernists, including Cezanne, Picasso, and Kandinsky, and Surrealist works by Ernst, Miro, and Magritte. The holdings in postwar art include works by Giacometti, Noguchi, Calder, Rauschenberg, and Johns; Abstract Expressionist paintings by de Kooning, Francis, Still, and Rothko; Color-Field paintings by Frankenthaler, Louis, and Noland; and Pop Art by Warhol, Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, and Rosenquist. Contemporary California works include those by Ruscha and Goode and Super Realist sculptures by Hanson and de Andrea. These holdings are part of a larger collection that Mr. Weisman established as the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation in 1982.
Currently, under the direction of Billie Milam Weisman, the Foundation continues to make the collection available through loans to museums worldwide, docent tours at the Los Angeles estate, exhibitions in public-art venues, and the funding of several art museums, including the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University in Malibu, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, designed by Frank O. Gehry.
Jennifer Gunlock Bird’s Nest, 2016 Mixed media paper collage and drawing on 2 sheets rag paper, grommets 76 × 50 in / 193 × 127 cm COLLECTION OF THE LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
Mark Moore Fine Art and the artist are pleased to announce the acquisition of a major work by artist JENNIFER GUNLOCK, titled “Bird’s Nest” from 2016 by the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, CA.
This work will be included in the museum Permanent Collection and will be included in the upcoming New Acquisitions exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum spanning the breadth of LAM’s collection from the 19th century. The artworks, spanning over a century of creation, encompass a diverse array of mediums including sculpture, mixed media, film, painting, and large-format color photography.
The exhibition, titled Latest and Greatest: New Workat Laguna Art Museum will feature works by: Mark Bennett, Charles Percy Austin, Sergei Bongart, Carole Caroompas, Jedediah Caesar, Rosson Crow, Woods Davy, Fannie Eliza Duvall, John Frost, Jennifer Gunlock, Grace Carpenter Hudson, John Humble, Roger Kuntz, Jimi Gleason, Tom Lamb, Robert Landry, Malorie Marder, Carter Mull, Evan Nesbit, Deborah Oropallo, Phil Paradise, Astrid Preston, Rozeal, Richard Roth, Heidi Schwegler, Millard Owen Sheets, Robert Standish, Craig Stecyk, Jay McCafferty, Patrick Wilson, and Jennifer West.
IMAGE: Jennifer Gunlock Bird’s Nest, 2016 Mixed media paper collage and drawing on 2 sheets rag paper, grommets 76 × 50 in / 193 × 127 cm COLLECTION OF THE LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
Five Mark Moore Fine Art Artists Featured In The Current Art Exhibition at Laguna Art Museum
The Laguna Art Museum “LATEST AND GREATEST” is showcasing its newest acquisitions featuring the works of Mark Bennett, Jennifer Gunlock, Jimi Gleason, Heidi Schwegler, and Robert Standish. This exhibition includes almost 50 pieces that have been added to the museum’s permanent collection, highlighting influential California artists, the connection between art and nature, and a diverse range of California-based artists. The collection also aims to increase representation of women and contemporary themes with a focus on artwork created after 2000.
Visit the Laguna Art Museum before March 30, 2025 to view these “latest and greatest” additions. For more information, visithttps://lagunaartmuseum.org/exhibitions. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the best of new California art! #markmoorefineart #lagunaartmuseum #markbennett #jennifergunlock #heidischwegler #jimigleason #robertstandish
IMAGE: Mark Bennett, The Pritchett Family Plans (Modern Family), 2017 Archival pigment print on Hot Press Cotton Rag 29 × 40 in / 73.7 × 101.6 cm / Edition of 10 + 2AP COLLECTION OF THE LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
Five Mark Moore Fine Art Artists Featured In The Current Art Exhibition at Laguna Art Museum
The Laguna Art Museum “LATEST AND GREATEST” is showcasing its newest acquisitions featuring the works of Mark Bennett, Jennifer Gunlock, Jimi Gleason, Heidi Schwegler, and Robert Standish. This exhibition includes almost 50 pieces that have been added to the museum’s permanent collection, highlighting influential California artists, the connection between art and nature, and a diverse range of California-based artists. The collection also aims to increase representation of women and contemporary themes with a focus on artwork created after 2000.
Visit the Laguna Art Museum before March 30, 2025 to view these “latest and greatest” additions. For more information, visithttps://lagunaartmuseum.org/exhibitions. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the best of new California art! #markmoorefineart #lagunaartmuseum #markbennett #jennifergunlock #heidischwegler #jimigleason #robertstandish
ARTSY Featured Exhibition – THE CREATIVE PROCESS: Inside The Studio Of Dennis Ekstedt
Experience the art world like never before with “The Creative Process” series, revealing new works straight from the studio of DENNIS EKSTEDT. Gain a personal look at the artist’s studio practice and discover exciting new art in this exclusive series of ARTSY online exhibitions.
Dennis Ekstedt (Canadian, Born 1961) is a painter based in Vancouver, Canada. He received his Diploma in Fine Arts from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C in 1986, and his M.F.A from Concordia University in Montreal in 1993. In 2002, Ekstedt was awarded the Eastern Canada prize in the RBC Canadian Painting Competition, and his work can be found in numerous public, corporate, and private collections. Over the years, he has held many exhibitions and received multiple artist grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec. Ekstedt’s work has also been featured in publications such as Carte Blanche Vol 2-Painting (2008) and The RBC Painting Competition: 10 years (2008). He has collaborated with art consultants, including Soho Art Consulting, Kalisher, Art and Objects, and Tatar Art Projects. Currently, Ekstedt is represented by Herringer Kiss Gallery in Calgary, Alberta, Mark Moore Fine Arts in Los Angeles, and Nancy Toomey Fine Art in San Francisco.
🎉 EXCITING NEWS 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce the exclusive ARTSY online exhibition of CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL: RECENT WORK. This highly anticipated exhibition marks Russell’s return to Mark Moore Fine Art, featuring a selection of his “Mountains” series and pieces from his newer series, “The Explorers.” Each unique piece combines color photography and drawing for a one-of-a-kind experience.
Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Russell’s work draws inspiration from pioneer photographer, Carleton Watkins. But with a contemporary twist! His purposely hazy and abstract images challenge the traditional role of photography in capturing evidence, instead inviting reflection on our understanding of nature and the landscape. His work also incorporates historical plant patterns from the Arts and Crafts era, symbolizing the infinite within nature.
Russell’s art knows no boundaries, blurring the lines between photography, drawing, painting, and bas-relief. But it still maintains a sense of romanticism that will leave you in awe. Don’t miss your chance to view his work at this exclusive online exhibition on ARTSY. 😍
Amy Elkins Akuuragna/Pasadena, Huntington Library Parking Lot (Fruiting Almond Tree)
We are thrilled to share that two pieces from the AMY ELKINS photography series, A Place Where We Are in The Sun have just been acquired by Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. One of these works, Akuuragna/Pasadena, Huntington Library Parking Lot (Fruiting Almond Tree) from 2021 is pictured above for your reference.
Amy Elkins (American, b. 1979) is a visual artist and educator based in Northern California. She received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts and her MFA in Art Practice from Stanford University. She works primarily in photography and installation and has been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally, including at The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA; South Bend Museum of Art in South Bend IN; MSU Broad Museum in Lansing, MI; Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna; the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, AZ; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; North Carolina Museum of Art and more. Her photographs have been published in American Photo, Conveyor, Dear Dave, EyeMazing, Financial Times, Harpers, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, NY Arts, New York Times, New Yorker, PDN, Real Simple, Stella and Vice among many others. She was recently awarded a Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship and Kala Media Arts Fellowship. Past awards include the Aperture Portfolio Prize, Peter S. Reed Foundation grant, Cadogan Award and more. Her work is in permanent collections at The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Newcomb Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Light Work, Syracuse, NY; Aperture Foundation, New York, NY; Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Roanoke, VA; RISD Museum, Providence, RI and more.
Most recently Elkins’ work pivots to include explorations of self as well as her family’s deeply rooted and complex history in Southern California as an 8th generation traceably born on Tongva/Gabrielino land in the greater Los Angeles area with the ancestral blood of both colonized and colonizer. Her approach is series-based, steeped in research and oscillates between formal, conceptual and documentary.
A Place Where We Are In The Sun uses family archives, historical documents and early Alta California maps to trace the land loss, assimilation and resilience of Indigenous, Mexican and multiracial ancestors in Southern California from the perspective of an 8th generation Angeleno. Taken by trekking into land between what is now known as Lompoc and the Greater Los Angeles area, these physically manipulated and rephotographed archives work to unearth historical conditions permeating the soil my ancestors lived on: the enclosure of land under European notions of private property and the resulting displacement of indigenous/BIPOC communities from such spaces.
The Cantor Arts Center plays a leading role in the cultural life of the Stanford campus and greater community, welcoming some 200,000 visitors a year to its 24 galleries. The Cantor Arts Center’s collection houses over 38,000 items, including African Art, American Art, Ancient Art, the Andy Warhol Photography Archive, Art of Asia and Oceania, Art of the Indigenous Americas, Auguste Rodin, Eadweard Muybridge, European Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, Photographs, Prints and Drawings, Richard Diebenkorn Sketchbooks, Sculptures on Campus, and collections and memorabilia of the Stanford Family. Penelope Umbrico is proud to be a part of their permanant collection.
Christopher Russell The Explorers #6, 2017 Pigment print sliced and scratched with a razor 36 × 24 in | 91.4 × 61 cm COLLECTION OF THE CROCKER ART MUSEUM
Mark Moore Fine Art and the artist are pleased to announce the acquisition of a major work by artist CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL by The Crocker Art Museum.
Each piece by Christopher Russell (American, b. 1974) is unique and combines color photography and drawing. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Russell has long been taken with the majesty of Carleton Watkins who photographed in that area and others 150 years ago. Russell photographs in some of the same land but from the opposite end of the history of photography. He makes fuzzy or hazy color photographs by limiting the functionality of the lens. The resulting abstract images form the foundation for his own imaginary vistas. He then manipulates the resulting prints, scratching into the emulsion, and sometimes painting over the scratches, creating an artwork that is at once a photograph, a drawing, a painting and a bas-relief.
Russell’s work challenges the traditional conception of photography as producer of evidence and provokes reflection on our understanding of nature and the landscape. He uses historical plant and floral patterns from the Arts and Crafts era of the late 19th to the early 20th Century as source material for his drawing, and thus alludes to the concept of the infinite within nature. Though he pushes conceptual and art historical boundaries, Russell remains a Romanic, and his artwork is a way for the viewer to experience the wonder that he has found, and that continues to inspire him.
Christopher Russell was born in Sacramento in 1974 and received a BFA from The California College of Arts and Crafts and an MFA from the Art Center College of Design. He has had a solo exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and his work has been featured in group exhibitions at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Norton Simon Museum, Berkeley Art Museum, Armory Center for the Arts, White Columns, Tokyo Institute of Photography, and De Appel Arts Center, The Netherlands, among others. Russell also produces his own unique books in addition to his ‘zine Bedwetter. His first novel is Sniper, and other books include Budget Decadence (2nd Cannons Publications), Pattern Book (Insert Blanc Press) and Landscape (Kolapsomal Press) which was included in Phaidon’s The Photobook: A History Vol 3 edited by Martin Parr. His work is included in numerous museum collections including the Brooklyn Museum, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Los Angeles County Museum, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Hammer Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.
The Crocker Art Museum features the world’s foremost display of California art and is renowned for its holdings of European master drawings and international ceramics. The Crocker also holds permanent collections of Asian, African, and Oceanic art, ceramics, and photography. The Museum offers a diverse spectrum of exhibitions, events, and programs to augment its collections, including films, concerts, studio classes, lectures, children’s activities, and more. The Museum has also dedicated the historic building’s entire first floor as an education center, which includes four classrooms, space for student and community exhibitions, the Gerald Hansen Library, and Tot Land. Discover it all at: crockerart.org
Jimi Gleason Landline, 2023 Silver nitrate & acrylic on canvas 56 x 80 inches COLLECTION OF THE LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
Mark Moore Fine Art and the artist are pleased to announce the acquisition of a major work by artist Jimi Gleason, titled “Landline” from 2023 by The Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, CA.
This work will be included in the museum Permanent Collection and will be included in the upcoming New Acquisitions exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum spanning the breadth of LAM’s collection from the 19th century. The artworks, spanning over a century of creation, encompass a diverse array of mediums including sculpture, mixed media, film, painting, and large-format color photography.
The exhibition, titled Latest and Greatest: New Workat Laguna Art Museum features works by: Mark Bennett, Charles Percy Austin, Sergei Bongart, Carole Caroompas, Jedediah Caesar, Rosson Crow, Woods Davy, Fannie Eliza Duvall, John Frost, Jennifer Gunlock, Grace Carpenter Hudson, John Humble, Roger Kuntz, Jimi Gleason, Tom Lamb, Robert Landry, Malorie Marder, Carter Mull, Evan Nesbit, Deborah Oropallo, Phil Paradise, Astrid Preston, Rozeal, Richard Roth, Heidi Schwegler, Millard Owen Sheets, Robert Standish, Craig Stecyk, Jay McCafferty, Patrick Wilson, and Jennifer West.
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