From info at montevistaprojects.com  Mon Sep 22 19:58:39 2008
From: info at montevistaprojects.com (Monte Vista)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:58:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Opening Saturday, September 27: "Psychogeometry"
Message-ID: <53766.149.142.130.227.1222127919.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com>

Dear friends,

We'd like to invite you to our next exhibition, opening this Saturday
evening from 7-10 pm and continuing through October 25th.

"Psychogeometry"
September 27 ? October 25, 2008
Opening Reception September 27, 7-10 pm

Various recent group exhibitions have articulated a preoccupation with
more primary elements of artistic production. Whether iterated as
formalism, objecthood, "thingness," or sculptural assemblage, these
exhibitions attempt to frame a renewed interest in visual exuberance and
focus on materiality. The relationship of primary elements to psychology
is often under-examined. "Psychogeometry" picks up on another primary
construct?geometry?and presents three artists whose work exists in the
peculiar personal, cultural, and historical intersections between
psychology and geometry.

Including work in a variety of media by David Hatcher, Laura Riboli, and
Brian Sharp, the exhibition takes a nod from Guy Debord's notion of
psychogeography?especially his focus on its effect "on the emotions and
behavior of individuals." Instead of closing off or articulating a
distinct relationship between geometry and psychology, "Psychogeometry"
will function more as a drift through possibilities.

David Hatcher creates hallucinatory prints on perforated blotter paper by
re-purposing diagrams from Western philosophical texts. In Laura Riboli?s
videos, objects take on totemic, science-fiction qualities through their
suggestive geometry and re-animation. Brian Sharp's abstract paintings
take the notion of abstraction as language to its logical extreme,
oscillating between recreational linguistics and formalism.

The exhibition will also feature a rotating selection of research
materials, visual references, and other ephemera.

"Psychogeometry" is organized by Matthew Thompson, Associate Curator,
Aspen Art Museum.

The exhibition opens at Monte Vista (5442 Monte Vista St., Los Angeles, CA
90042) on September 27, from 7 to 10 pm, and will be on view through
October 25, 2008. Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday, 12 to 5pm. Please
visit montevistaprojects.com for more information.

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Monte Vista
5442 Monte Vista St
Los Angeles, CA 90042
www.montevistaprojects.com
open Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 pm