ARTIST STATEMENT

“Waiting”
The painting series entitled “Waiting” depicts the urban individual’s yearning for presence and the seeming impossibility of attaining it. The paintings portray commuters in transit immersed in either a quiet, even hopeful state or, alternately, an anguish of unfulfilled anticipation.

At first, the series, begun in 2001, depicted travelers waiting underground. But as the paintings evolved, the people ceased to be exclusively travelers, and began to emphasize figures selected from anonymous snaphots of city streets. Although the experience of waiting remains, the perception of it has changed from one of mundane task to one leavened with transcendence.

The series has also charted the evolution of an artist—the reductive elements of the compositions provide an outward echo of the inner states of the figures.  By reducing the elements of the painting as far as possible, a frozen moment is extended.

Lastly, I have developed favored motifs in the series, a kind of visual music, such as repetition of a human image, to show not only the passage of time but of the human being through it.

Waiting#80 “24x”48 oil on wood panel

Waiting#92 “48x”48 oil on wood panel

Waiting#78 “48x”71 oil on wood panel

Waiting#86 “24x”24 oil on wood panel

Waiting#83 “42x”60 oil on wood panel

Waiting#81 “24x”48 oil on wood panel

Waiting#91 “24x”48 oil on wood panel

Also showing concurrently in our project room will be Happy Valley, an exhibition of new works from Ireland based artist Paul Barnes in what will be his first major solo exhibition in the States following numerous group show appearances with our gallery over the past few years.

Both exhibits on view: January 8th – January 29th

Thinkspace
6009 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310.558.3375
www.thinkspacegallery.com
www.sourharvest.com

Hours:
Wednesday thru Saturday
1 p.m. – 6 p.m. (or by appointment)

When he was 21 Brett moved to San Francisco to study motion pictures at the Academy of Arts. Soon after enrolling in school, Brett took his first drawing class and was introduced to his passion for the arts. Around the time Brett turned 24 he tried his hand in painting. In 2002 Brett switched his major to fine art and started his first body of work called “Waiting” a series of paintings about the anticipation of the next moment.

Brett graduated from the Academy of Arts in 2005 and has shown his work all over the country. In 2006 Brett along with five other artist published a book called “Convergence” and had book signings in New York, La and at the SFMOMA in San Francisco. Brett Currently works as a graphic designer at an environmental company in San Francisco and continues to show his work in galleries across the country.

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At the Think Space from June 11th – July 2nd.
6009 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 558-3375

More at Brett’s website

In addition on Saturday November 21, he will be opening ” WE HAVEN’T FELT THIS WAY IN YEARS” at Double Punch, San Francisco, CA.

Fabric8
3318 22nd Street San Francisco CA
415.647.5888

In addition Brett Amory will we showing 2 paintings at Sandra Lee Gallery. The show will be running from September 3-30th, 2009.

Opening Reception
Sandra Lee Gallery
September 10th 2009, 5-7:30pm
251 Post Street, Suite 310
San Francisco, CA 94108
art@sandraleegallery.com

Brett will be participating in Beyond Eden a multi-gallery event celebrating the new contemporay art scene in Los Angeles. The show will be running
the weekend of October 9th, 10th, 11th

LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90027

He also has donated a painting to Juxtapoz 15th Anniversary Art Auction. A benefit presented by Upper Playground in collaboration with Power House Project of Detroit, the art auction will help raise funds to purchase and renovate foreclosed and abandoned homes in the Detroit area. The show will be running from November 9-19, 2009.

Opening Reception
The Factory Place Arts Complex
November 14, 2009
FACTORY PLACE ARTS COMPLEX
1308 FACTORY PL, SUITE A, LOS ANGELES CA 90013

BRETT AMORY UPCOMING SHOWS

GROUP SHOWS
8 in July at Fabric
111 Minna in September

SOLO SHOW IN LOS ANGELES
ThinkSpace next summer.

More at HIS WEBSITE and his ABG page

Our collective is now formed by 15 artists and hopefully growing soon, with more talented emerging artists that believe our online home can help them to promote their work and to find new ways to collaborate with other artists.

As a team we look forward for the opportunity to create more spaces to ignite this creative spark and generate good and productive discussion about emerging art.

Cheers!
Claudia Sandoval + Alfonso Nieto

Brett Amory was born June 25, 1975 in Portsmouth, Virginia. His father, Harry Amory, was a mechanic at a shipyard. His mother, Sally Roebuck, was a nurse. Brett has two brothers, Chad and Jonathan.

When he was 21 Brett moved to San Francisco to study motion pictures at the Academy of Arts. Soon after enrolling in school, Brett took his first drawing class and was introduced to his passion for the arts. Around the time Brett turned 24 he tried his hand in painting. In 2002 Brett switched his major to fine art and started his first body of work called “Waiting” a series of paintings about the anticipation of the next moment.

Brett graduated from the Academy of Arts in 2005 and has shown his work all over the country. In 2006 Brett along with five other artist published a book called “Convergence” and had book signings in New York, La and at the SFMOMA in San Francisco. Brett Currently works as a graphic designer at an environmental company in San Francisco and continues to show his work in galleries across the country.

Waiting#26 by Brett Amory | Oil on wood | 48 x 48 in

Dave Singley lurks in BK and remembers his life while getting wrapped up in tons of art for art’s sake projects.

He left UC Santa Cruz as a painter in 2003 with a wealth of new mon frères to call friends and collaborators. Many ventures were launched as a result, but most failed to penetrate the stratosphere, with the exception of some of the group shows in California that represented DS and friends as FUN ARTISTS. He continues to work from the mean streets of the East Coast with the Lubin Brothers on Famous Class, a music collective that is welcoming Nurturer to it’s family. Nurturer is taking up a lot of space in my head says DS about his 2 piece band with the Woodman. The Woodman is also helping to co – pilot the newest loose structure collective called Tons Of Sons, a home for the wild ideas of DS and his mon frères.

Elvis by Dave Singley | Acrylic on board and flourescent tube | 2008