For Immediate Release
HOMEIRA GOLDSTEIN and TIME4ART
to PRESENT
Lynn Aldrich
"Fly High Dive Deep"
October 21, 2022 – January 1, 2023
Manhattan Beach, CA, April 1, 2022–Homeira Goldstein and TIME4ART with support of the Manhattan Beach Art Center are thrilled to present “Fly High Dive Deep” an exhibition featuring abstract works by Los Angeles-based artist, Lynn Aldrich, alluding to conservation of our environment, addressing the vast realms of sky and sea. From the flights of birds to the growth of corals, the lift-off of wings to the flow of ocean currents, viewers are invited to consider the wonder and fragility of life in these spaces.
Altar Wings: Birds of America
1993
This installation begins with a large grid of gold painted pages from Audubon's famous 19th century folio of American bird species. Only the wings are still visible. In the center of the space, a tree stump supports binoculars for "bird watching". Nearby, a list of birds currently tracked by the Audubon Society rises from a suspended cage to form a cloud of paper loops hanging from the ceiling. A framed poster found by the artist, advertises modern day airline flights to South America with enticing pictures of endangered birds.
Cumulative sculptures of manufactured brightly colored objects
2008-2022
Works refer to the power, beauty, and diversity of life beneath the waves. Two sculptures are constructed from twisting steel and plastic rain downspouts, suggesting our attempts to control bursts of water or streams of ocean currents. Other works are made by attaching aquatic cleaning tools to form oddly organic looking, endangered coral reefs. In a famous Romantic poem, the Ancient Mariner gazes on the immensity of the ocean and laments, "Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink." In our time, we again long for the physical and spiritual wellbeing received from the blessing of water -- a call to clean up our warming seas.
Aldrich states:
“I'm excited to show these artworks together in Southern California, under the skies of the Pacific Flyway, one of four major bird migration routes in the world, and near the Pacific Ocean, deepest of our planet's oceans. Over thirty years in the making, the juxtaposition of a 1993 installation about soaring birds with newer works about deep sea gardens gives me a fresh experience of awe at the extravagance of Creation.”
Growing up everywhere, the daughter of a medical research scientist in the Air Force, Lynn Aldrich was born in Bryan, Texas. As a child, she dreamed of being a marine biologist and was influenced by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring which made a noticeable impact on the environmental conservation movement. She later moved to Los Angeles where she now lives and works. She received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and took a while to surrender to a love of visual arts when in 1986 she received an M.F.A. from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. She has exhibited extensively in Los Angeles, New York, other cities around the U.S. and in Europe. Museum exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the U.C.L.A. Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles; the Memorial Art Museum, Rochester, NY; the Museum of Biblical Art, NY; and the Kampa Museum, Prague.
Aldrich is a recipient of a City of Los Angles Fellowship Award from the Department of Cultural Affairs, a Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Arts. In 1999, her sculpture was acquired by Los Angeles County Museum of Art through their Art Here and Now Purchase Award. Other public collections include MOCA, Los Angeles; Calder Foundation, NY; Portland Art Museum, and Neiman Marcus Inc., Dallas, TX. Public art installations include Blue Line Oasis, a station for the Los Angeles Metro Transit Authority. Her works are in prominent private collections such as Cheney Family Collection, Houston; Peter Norton Collection, Los Angeles; Henry and Lisille Matheson Collection, Miami; Alain Servais Collection, Brussels; and Ahmanson Collection, Irvine, CA. Reviews of her artwork have been featured in Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, New York Times, Sculpture, Artforum, and Art in America among other publications.
This exhibition is presented by TIME4ART, a non-profit arts education organization in Manhattan Beach, California with a mission to enhance cultural art awareness in the South Bay and Greater Los Angeles.
“Our heartfelt thanks to
Manhattan Beach Art Center
for their spirit of comradery and community.”
Homeira Goldstein
TIME4ART (310) 379-5800 www.TIME4ART.us
Fly High Dive Deep , October 21, 2022 – January 1, 2023
Exhibition Opening:
Friday, October 21, 2022
Reception 5-7PM
Program at 6PM
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Manhattan Beach Art Center, 1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm
Exhibition Opening:
Friday, October 21, 2022
Reception 5-7PM
Program at 6PM
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266