“OUT OF THIN AIR” Paintings, Photography and Mixed Media Curated by
Ginger Van Hook October 2013-2014
Location- Terminal 2 & 4 Ontario International Airport, CA
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| Shizuko Greenblatt |
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| Michael Giancristiano |
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| Yoichi Kawamura |
Ontario International
Airport. Ontario, California 2013
A magical and enchanting
landscape of diversity in the arts and culture exits at the center of a
burgeoning artistic, manufacturing and technological center in the Ontario
Airport community which spreads throughout the Inland Empire of Chino, Chino
Hills, Riverside, San Bernardino and some of the hottest desert destinations
like Palm Springs, bringing together artistic influences from across the world.
The exhibition titled “Out of Thin Air” reflects upon the cultivation of these fine arts in Southern California where the illustrious sunshine creates a unique ambiance and glow in which to paint, plein-air or in-studio, with traditional oils, wood carvings or emerging digital and analogue photography as well as film technologies; each are represented in a significant collection of Paintings, Photography and Mixed Media works exhibited in Terminal Two, and Four at the Ontario International Airport.
This exhibition group was originally shown in the United Airlines Terminal of LAX Los Angeles World Airports Gate 2 in April through October of 2012. In this traveling exhibition that has migrated over to the Ontario International Airport, new photographers and new artworks are featured as well as some of the original artists. Congratulations goes out to the entire group of "The Out of Thin Air" Artists which include the following artists that show and have shown in the Airports Arts Program for the Los Angeles World Airports:
The exhibition titled “Out of Thin Air” reflects upon the cultivation of these fine arts in Southern California where the illustrious sunshine creates a unique ambiance and glow in which to paint, plein-air or in-studio, with traditional oils, wood carvings or emerging digital and analogue photography as well as film technologies; each are represented in a significant collection of Paintings, Photography and Mixed Media works exhibited in Terminal Two, and Four at the Ontario International Airport.
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| Photo by PanicStudio LA |
This exhibition group was originally shown in the United Airlines Terminal of LAX Los Angeles World Airports Gate 2 in April through October of 2012. In this traveling exhibition that has migrated over to the Ontario International Airport, new photographers and new artworks are featured as well as some of the original artists. Congratulations goes out to the entire group of "The Out of Thin Air" Artists which include the following artists that show and have shown in the Airports Arts Program for the Los Angeles World Airports:
Mark X Farina, Renée Fox, Steve
Fujimoto, Michael Giancristiano, Shizuko Greenblatt, Scott Grieger, Michael
Massenburg, Kenneth Ober, Holly Tempo, Luke Van Hook, Hung Viet Nguyen, Carol Curtis, Siri Kaur, Yoichi Kawamura, Mona Lisa Whitaker,
Ann Marie Rousseau, and Ginger Van Hook, all artists helping to demonstrate the
diversity and complexity of creativity from the inspiration of practicing their
art in Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and Orange County.
In Terminal 2, Photographers reveal the nature of “Out of Thin Air” by exploring both obvious
clues and sometimes fanciful interpretations such as Air Show airplanes in flight, from Ann Marie Rousseau or the spacious empty sky containing a myriad of feeling and interpretation by Yoichi Kawamura and the breadth of outer
space from the perspective of powerful telescopes with magnification lenses beyond
the reach of the human eye shown by Siri Kaur.
In Terminal 4, Painters and Mixed Media Artists representing the immediate Los Angeles community and surrounding local
areas, are exhibiting their original Paintings and Mixed Media. These artists
derive a certain amount of inspiration, interpretation and motivation from the
concept, “Out of Thin Air”. Also these artists influence each
other by virtue of living, working, practicing and experiencing artwork in the
community of Los Angeles. These works, originally produced, include several alumni and faculty from Otis College of Art and
Design, the art school that borders the runway of one of the nations’ busiest
airports at LAX, the connecting destination for many passengers flying out of
Ontario. Some of these celebrity alumni and or faculty members include Scott Grieger, Holly Tempo, Siri Kaur, (Faculty Members) and Kenneth Ober, Renée Fox and Luke and Ginger Van Hook (Alumni and Faculty Members).
About the Artists-
Painters, Photographers and Mixed Media Artists
Painters, Photographers and Mixed Media Artists
Ontario International
Airport Terminal 2
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| Siri Kaur |
Siri Kaur
Yoichi Kawamura
Ann Marie Rousseau
About the Curator-
Ginger Van Hook is a photographer, writer, curator and artist with an M.F.A. Degree
from
Otis College of Art and Design and a Bachelor’s degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism. Ginger Van Hook is a faculty member at Otis College of Art and Design where she teaches Color Photography, Fine Art PhotoJournalism, and the popular class, "Photographing Los Angeles" in the Continuing Education department in conjunction with the Skirball Cultural Center, Learning for Life Program. Ginger Van Hook practices photography and documentary filmmaking throughout the county of Los Angeles and lives with her husband, artist Luke Van Hook, and their dogs Sasha and Pyro. www.gingervanhook.com www.gingervanhook.com
Otis College of Art and Design and a Bachelor’s degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism. Ginger Van Hook is a faculty member at Otis College of Art and Design where she teaches Color Photography, Fine Art PhotoJournalism, and the popular class, "Photographing Los Angeles" in the Continuing Education department in conjunction with the Skirball Cultural Center, Learning for Life Program. Ginger Van Hook practices photography and documentary filmmaking throughout the county of Los Angeles and lives with her husband, artist Luke Van Hook, and their dogs Sasha and Pyro. www.gingervanhook.com www.gingervanhook.com
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| The Space Shuttle Endeavor Arrives and wheels through Sepulveda Eastway and La Tijera in Los Angeles on its way through Inglewood to its permanent home at the Museum of Science and Industry across from the University of Southern California Campus, highly guarded by and surrounded by security. Photos by Ginger Van Hook©2012 |
Ontario International Airport Terminal 4
Mark X Farina lives in Santa Monica and has a studio
in Venice Beach, California. http://www.mxfarina.com/
The art works of Renée Fox celebrate the nature of the seed, the propagation of the
flower, the appreciation of the minuscule forms of life and the realization of
dreams. http://www.reneeafox.com/
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Michael Giancristiano. His work has exhibited
internationally and can be found in many private and corporate collections.
SHIZUKO GREENBLATT
Shizuko Greenblatt creates art which is based on Japanese culture; Japanese Characters and Ikebana flower Arrangements. She Exhibits her work globally and the collections are found in Europe, Asia and USA.
Shizuko Greenblatt lives and paints in the West Side of Los Angeles. www.shizukogreenblatt.com
Shizuko Greenblatt lives and paints in the West Side of Los Angeles. www.shizukogreenblatt.com
Scott Grieger, an instructor having earned the recognition of a lifetime achievement
award for the education and propagation of the fine arts, is a celebrated local
Inglewood artist and teacher on the faculty at Otis College.
http://scottgrieger.com/
Kenneth Ober
lives and paints in the community of Inglewood, California. http://kennethober.com
Michael
Massenburg is about the sounds of music and how we
feel it through colors and movement. Michael’s artwork is
represented by M Hanks Gallery in Santa Monica California.
Holly Tempo joined the faculty of the School of Fine Arts at Otis College of Art & Design in 2001, where she serves as Associate Professor of Painting. www.hollytempo.com
Luke Van Hook, lives, paints and collaborates in the City of Inglewood, California
with his wife, curator, photographer and artist Ginger Van Hook.
Hung
Viet Nguyen was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1957 and lives and
works in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.
Carol Curtis
Steve Fujimoto works in sculpture often using resin and wood as well as explores moral themes in oft-explosive political caricatures and experimental works. An active member of the Los Angeles Art Association (L.A.A.A)/ Gallery 825 Steve Fujimoto has exhibited locally and statewide in California. http://greeniearts.com/home.html
