Glenn Barr
"Faces"
June 3 - 26, 2011
Artist Reception: Friday, June 3rd; 8-11 PM
Book Signing to precede at 7 PM


"FACES" explores the images that permeate our collective consciousness and define the iconic. Like the painting of a poised face looking out at us, hidden from the light in a dark pub, or the tattered advertisement hanging forgotten in the back of a garage, they've always been there... and not there. We tend not to see things that have lived with us day in and day out. Once these iconic images of the "ideal" are gone, we miss them, as though trying to remember an old friend whose name escapes us.

Glenn Barr felt the paintings for this show needed something other than canvas to rest on, so he used found lumber, scavenged from the Detroit landscape, much as he used to do when he started out in the art world. He's always liked painting on found objects that have history and personality, like tired, sun-bleached panels from some collapsed building, or discarded cabinet doors lying alongside the road. By discovering them and painting on them, he's infusing these wood remnants with new life, which gives his work a natural aesthetic of familiarity and creates a permanent visual of the iconic ideal.

This exhibition will also celebrate the special, advance release of Glenn Barr's new art volume, FACES.

Contact the Gallery Director for availability and purchase info: (323) 666-7667

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The Rec Room Acrylic on wood 63" x 35.5" $14,000.00		Kinski Acrylic on wood 36" x 36" $7,000.00
Tomorrow Acrylic on wood 28.25" x 30.25" $5,500.00	Episode 9 Acrylic on wood 33.25" x 30" $7,000.00 Sold	Vinyl Acrylic on wood 17.25" x 29.25" $4,000.00
Highland Park Acrylic on wood 27.25" x 16.75" $4,000.00	The Killing Room Acrylic on wood 35" x 24" $7,000.00 Sold	Starr Acrylic on wood 11.75" x 17.50" $3,500.00
Louise at the Rink Acrylic on wood 9" x 12" $2,800.00	Bronx Bar Acrylic on wood 9" x 12" $2,800.00 Sold	Anime Nan Acrylic on wood 9" x 12" $2,800.00
The Mansion Acrylic on wood 9" x 12" $3,000.00	CEO Acrylic on wood 9" x 12" $2,700.00	Mondays Acrylic on wood 12 " x 9" $2,900.00
Muffy's Ghost Acrylic on wood 9" x 12" $2,600.00	Trudy Acrylic on wood 9" x 12" $2,600.00	Jet City Acrylic on wood 9" x 12" $3,000.00 Sold
Waiting Again Acrylic on wood 12" x 9" $2,800.00	Organic Mechanic Acrylic on wood 13" x 20" $1,200.00	Crest Lounge Acrylic on wood 12" x 9" $2,900.00 Sold
August Acrylic on wood 9" x 12" $2,800.00	Tonight Acrylic on wood 12" x 9" $2,800.00 Sold	Faces 96 pages (color) 6" x 6" $15.95