July 30, 2022 - September 10, 2022
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 30th, 2-5pm
Jacobite Silk (Silk Series) Acrylic on silk and LED
as-is.la is pleased to announce the exhibition “Paul Tzanetopoulos: Silk Series.” The show opens July 30 and continues through September 10. “Paul Tzanetopoulos: Silk Series” is presented in conjunction with “Katy Crowe: A Wrinkle in the Macula.” The artists’ reception is Saturday, July 30, 2 - 5 pm at as-is.la.
The centerpiece of “Paul Tzanetopoulos: Silk Series” is four hand-painted, rear-lit, wall-mounted painting constructions occupying two walls of the ever-so-slightly darkened main gallery. The show continues upstairs where similar plaid pattern imagery is presented in a wider array of “packaging,” so to speak: a vintage microfiche reader, video loops, a manual typewriter and, even, paint on canvas.
A famous and beloved Los Angeles artist once characterized Paul Tzanetopoulos as our city’s “best kept secret,” this both despite and because of early exhibitions at historically important institutions such as LAICA and the fabled Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, not to mention his co-authorship of the glowing light towers marking the entry to LAX. Is the Paul Tzanetopoulos secret safe with us? Maybe yes. Maybe no. Either way, this exhibition at as-is.la offers the wider audience fresh reason to recognize an achievement others have long appreciated.