Showing: August 7-August 31, 2008

111 MINNA GALLERY presents
COMMON DESCENT: A GROUP EXHIBITION OF NEW PAINTINGS

A DEBUT EXHIBITION WITH RISING STARS BRETTY AMORY, SETH ARMSTRONG, ANDREW HEM, JOHN WENTZ!

A group show featuring works by four emerging California talents. The Gallery will host an art opening Thursday, August 7th at 6pm. The art opening is FREE and open to the public.

The exhibition will be on view from Thursday, August 7th through August 31st.  In a debut Minna exhibit, the four emerging artists navigate both interior and exterior landscapes to contemplate the notion of journey and observance within the framework of a dynamic cultural matrix.

FEATURED ARTISTS
Consisting of a provocative collection of new works in a debut exhibition of four emerging California artists.

BRETT AMORY, a San Francisco-based artist, tackles the cacophony and estranged anonymity of urban life in his “Waiting” and “Passport” series and collection of new works.
www.BrettAmory.com

SETH ARMSTRONG is a Bay Area artist whose painting layer diverse urban and exotic landscapes populated with citizens and tourists masquerading as nondescript superheroes.
www.SethArmstrong.com

ANDREW HEM, the exhibition’s sole Los Angeles artist, portrays thoughtful hipster geishas against the backdrop of iconic landmarks and exposes the urban landscape as fresh, real and complex.
www.AndrewHem.com

JOHN WENTZ, a Bay Area artist, features grey-scale illustrations of post-apocalyptical scenes transforming iconic scenes of childhood by punctuating the atmosphere with vintage superheroes.

Brett Amory available

Golden " Andrew Hem " 25" x 15" acrylic on panel available 1600$

Hey Jude " Andrew Hem " 12" x 19" acrylic on panel available 1000$

Alterations " Andrew Hem " 14" x21" acrylic on panel available 1100$

Imagination " Andrew Hem " 21" x 13" acrylic on paper available 1100$

No Smoking " Andrew Hem " 9" x 5" acrylic on panel SOLD

Rosen " Andrew Hem " 6" x 9" acrylic on panel SOLD

Cardinal " Andrew Hem " 6" x 9" acrylic on panel available 400$

Shoguns " Andrew Hem " 23" x 30" acrylic on panel available 2000$

Waiting #29 " Brett Amory " 12" x 18" oil on panel available 850$

Waiting #28 " Brett Amory " 12" x 18" oil on panel SOLD

August 26th " Seth Armstrong " 16" x 20" oil canvas available 500$

Pissing on Ireland " Seth Armstrong " 18" x 24" oil on canvas available 700$

Waiting #25 " Brett Amory " 32" x 24" oil on panel available 1600$

Brett Amory available

Brett Amory available

Best View in Town " Seth Armstrong " SOLD available 3500$

Apotheosis " John Wentz " 46" x 48" oil on canvas available 2600$

Woman with Boom " Seth Armstrong " 52" x 28" oil on canvas available 2500$

Adjust " John Wentz " 16" x 17" water color and colored pencil SOLD

Angels and Demons " John Wentz " 28" x 29" colored pencil SOLD

Accretion " John Wentz " 21" x 28" SOLD

Entropy " John Wentz " 35" x 45" colored pencil available 1500$

King Kill /33 " John Wentz " 27" x 34" colored pencil on paper available 1100$

Waiting #25 " Brett Amory " 32" x 24" oil on panel available 1600$

Waiting #29 " Brett Amory " 12" x 18" oil on panel available 850$

Ey Whussamatta You " Seth Armstrong " 22' x 29" oil on paper available 1000$

Heroes Wont Quality Urumler " Seth Armstrong " 30" x 20" oil on canvas available 2200$

" Requiem " John Wentz SOLD

Waiting #20 "Brett Amory " 24" x 24" oil on panel

Brett Amory available

Waiting #23 " Brett Amory " 48" x 24" oil on panel available

All the Saints Sing Melodies " John Wentz " 36" x 24" oil on panel available 1700$

" Escaping Parliament " Seth Armstrong SOLD

Undulate " John Wentz " 24" x 24" oil on panel available 1350$