MELISSAHERRINGTON

Art LA 2011

"All day I've built
a lifetime and now
the sun sinks to
undo it. "
— Anne Sexton

Melissa Herrington

EVENT
ANNOUNCEMENT

Melissa Herrington, "Through my travails and yet my good care, my hands have grown back. II," Acrylic, resin, and mixed mediaon wood, 40 x 40"

Melissa Herrington:
"HANDless"
at the Los Angeles Art Show

January 19 - 23, 2011
Opening Gala:
Wednesday, January 19, 7-10:30pm.

Los Angeles Art Show
Los Angeles Convention Center
West Hall A, Project Space 1-240
1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90015

Phone: (208) 720-5457
Email: info@gallerydenovo.com
Website: www.gallerydenovo.com
Show Hours:
Thursday, January 20, 11am-8pm
Friday, January 21, 11am-8pm
Saturday, January 22, 11am-8pm
Sunday, January 23, 11am-5pm

Gallery DeNovo features Melissa Herrington’s "HANDless"
at the Los Angeles Art Show

Project Space 1-240
January 19 – 23, 2011
Los Angeles Convention Center
West Hall A, 1201 South Figueroa Street

Los Angeles artist Melissa Herrington has created a powerful allegory in her abstract concept of her latest exhibition Handless to be featured at the Los Angeles Art Show in project space 1240. Herrington creates within each painting a repetition of lines and unrecognizable shapes that reveal an atmosphere of clusters and abundance, giving off an impression of complexity and expansion. Her acrylic mixed media, resin on wood, plaster, moss, and found objects create a series of paintings and sculptural installation entitled HANDless.

“My recent paintings physically protrude beyond two dimensions,” says Herrington. “The [wood] support and the painted image are inseparable, encased in a thick layer of resin.” Inspired by the poetry of Anne Sexton and Margaret Atwood, Herrington blended the narratives of their poems with her own aesthetic to conceive a body of work exploring the subterranean world of transformation.

In this exhibition, viewers can expect a subtle and familiar color palate inspired by the natural world, yet freshly presented through Herrington’s perspective. Combined with her unique layering technique and amorphous, symbolic language, these paintings work in concert, to invite further consideration.

Gallery DeNovo features the unique and compelling contemporary paintings, sculpture, photography, and printmaking of internationally recognized artists. The gallery was established by collectors with the objective of gaining exposure in the United States for these exceptional artists. The gallery is located in Sun Valley/Ketchum, Idaho, 208-720-5457.

To preview the works online visit www.gallerydenovo.com
For directions, hours, and additional information please visit: www.laartshow.com

Melissa Herrington, "All their lives they kept their silver hands. Polished daily. A kind of purple heart. A talisman. A yellow star XVIII"
Acrylic resin, and mixed media on wood, 15 x 30"

Artist's Studio

Melissa Herrington in front of installation of her work.

melissaannherrington@yahoo.com