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Gallery: LA Art Show

By Jacqueline Gerdne

Jan. 29, 2019 3:03 p.m.

The LA Art Show showcases the work of distinguished modern and contemporary artists featuring different mediums of art.

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Alex Bruhsef, a fourth-year English student and art enthusiast, admires the work of California-based artist Jeffrey Thomas Burke.

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Argentinian artist Cristian Castro repurposed discarded outboard motors, cat bowls, kitchen hinges, nails, electrical conduits, fiberglass and laser cut aluminum parts to create the 27 hybrid fishes. The installation, curated by the Museum of Latin American Art, comments on environmental issues such as ocean pollution and the destruction of natural habitats.

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Skid Row-based guerrilla public artist, S.C. Metro has a penchant to put her artwork on the streets of Downtown LA for everyone to access and enjoy. Her art is often disgusted as ordinary objects like this sculpture of a cone which is motorized and remote controlled.

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Attendees admire Sung Jae Lee’s ''Her Real Secret,'' a delicately layered work made of small pieces of material cut from intimate apparel from Victoria Secret.

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Maggie Ha, a second-year art and sociology major, stands in front of a light installation at the LA Art Show.

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Tokyo-born artist Minnie Yoshino has been using marionettes as a focus for her art over the past few years. ''There is so much madness and sadness in this world. Art is a way for me, and all of us, to cope,'' Yoshino said.

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Through her ''Goat Marionette'' the Yoshino wants to show there may be unknown powers controlling the world.

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LA graffiti artist RISK explores what makes a predator in his ''Shark'' series. This piece featured a police cruiser that has been cut in half to show the inner parts of the car.

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Ardmore Ceramic Art specializes in finding and training local artist from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. The ''King Cheetah Vase'' was sculpted by Thabiso Mohlakoana who grew up playing with clay and painted by Senzo Duma who developed his realistic painting style under the mentorship of his cousin.

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''Flightless wings,'' by Japanese artist Shintaro Ohata, depicts a girl leaping across a sunlit beach. By placing 3D sculptures in front of his canvases, he creates the feeling that the characters seem to live in the space between their painted world and the gallery showroom.

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