Days of Reverie
Sturt Haaga Gallery, Descanso Gardens,
La Cañada Flintridge, CA
October 25, 2024 – January 26, 2025
Participating artists: Catherine Ruane, Debbie Korbel, Jason Jenn, Jill Sykes, and Joseph Carrillo
Curated by Vojislav Radovanović
Opening Reception November 2, 2024, 3 – 5 PM
Enjoy complimentary admission to Descanso Gardens and the Sturt Haaga Gallery on the day of the opening, starting at 3 PM.
Plenty of free parking is available on-site.
See the main page for Days of Reverie here: https://www.laartdocuments.com/curatorial/days-of-reverie
Descanso Gardens presents Days of Reverie showcasing new bodies of work by four Los Angeles-based visual artists: Catherine Ruane, Debbie Korbel, Jason Jenn, and Jill Sykes. Accompanying these visual works is a specially composed musical score by Joseph Carrillo, the exhibition’s guest artist.
This project was initiated and curated by Vojislav Radovanović, who envisioned each artist creating entirely new works inspired directly by the beautiful environment of Descanso Gardens. Over the past 12 months, the artists have been creating new artworks, resulting in captivating exhibition and art-installations that reflect and celebrate the essence of the Descanso Gardens.
The works presented in this project vary from paintings, drawings, and sculptures to interactive site-specific installations, sound, and video.
From the Genie Davis’ essay about the exhibition:
“With Days of Reverie, Radovanović has curated a powerful group of artists who revel in the perfection of nature’s grandeur and the gardens in which it is allowed to flourish. Compelling and visionary, the exhibition explores the eternity of change through all seasons and hours during the passage of a year, presenting a compelling cultural dialog about the sensorial, spiritual, and visceral experiences of gardens.”
“It connects the natural beauty of Descanso Gardens itself with artistic renderings of its flora and fauna in a museum-quality show. The fragility and resilience of our Earth are here, too; the endless, rich dichotomy of its precious and fraught balance. Descanso Gardens provides the ideal setting for this show’s exploration of our natural world, the soothing promise of quiet hours spent listening to the rustling of wind in the leaves and the songs of birds, drinking in the fragrance of flowers, trees, and grasses, and experiencing the caress of branches and sunlight.”
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