Monday, September 24, 2012

Paper or Plastic? Luke and Ginger Van Hook Solo Show Opened in Los Angeles September 7, 2012. Los Angeles Art Association and Gallery 825 Presented Five Solo Shows!


Executive Director of Gallery 825, Peter Mays, congratulates
 Luke and Ginger Van Hook
 on their solo show opening of their Exhibition: Paper or Plastic?
At Gallery 825/LAAA September 07, 2012.
Photo by Marjan Vayghan©2012



Luke and Ginger Van Hook pose for pictures beside "LARGE PORTAL"
at the opening reception of their Solo Show Exhibition Paper or Plastic?
which opened at Gallery 825/LAAA address:
825 La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90069
Photo by Ingrid Dietrich©2012

2) Title:                        “Strange Fish”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled medical baggies, 
Found & recycled paper and plastics.
Dimensions:            48” x 120”  inches installation
Price:                        $100.—each fish. Delivery after show closes. ~ 40 Fish
Year:                        2012




4) Title:                        “Large Portal”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, tape and acrylic.
Dimensions:            18” x 3” x 18”  inches
Price:                        $7500.—
Year:                        2012


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Paper or Plastic? Luke and Ginger Van Hook Solo show at Gallery 825

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Paper or Plastic?”


A collaborative Solo Show by Luke and Ginger Van Hook September 2012
Presented by Los Angeles Art Association Opening at Gallery 825

The exhibition, titled “Paper or Plastic?” seeks to extend the dialogue of the light and space movement by showcasing small intimate works normally reserved for recycling or disposal.
Light as life becomes the focal point of the exploration. The ephemeral qualities exhibited by inanimate objects becoming living works of art are where the exploration of light and space in the sciences and arts intersect and this theme opens a portal into a new dimension of art.

This exhibition/installation hopes to raise new questions about the human condition and the functionality of recycled materials. “Paper or Plastic?” additionally explores the unique phenomenon of refracted light in the confines of a dark space. This investigates how physical materials can transcend their mediums generating further dialogue about reincarnation via the metaphor to do with the decay of light interacting with recycling.

The evolution of their collaborative process drives their artistic direction to combine the elements of painting with oils (as the medium of plastics) and painting with lights (utilizing the medium of LED lights) thus merging two distinct art practices of an oil painter, Luke Van Hook and a photographer, Ginger Van Hook, a husband and wife team.


LIST OF ART :

1) Title:                        “Ralph-Albertson”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled grocery bags, 
recycled polycarbonate.
Dimensions:            48” x 4” x 48”  inches
Price:                        $4500.—
Year:                        2012

2) Title:                        “Strange Fish”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled medical baggies, 
Found & recycled paper and plastics.
Dimensions:            48” x 120”  inches installation
Price:                        $100.—each fish. Delivery after show closes. ~ 40 Fish
Year:                        2012

3) Title:                        “Enlightened Letters”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled envelopes, 
recycled paper & plastics.
Dimensions:            54” x 144”  inches installation
Price:                        $100.— each envelope. 
(~59) Delivery after show closes; not including letters marked “NFS”
Year:                        2012

4) Title:                        “Large Portal”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, tape and acrylic.
Dimensions:            18” x 3” x 18”  inches
Price:                        $7500.—
Year:                        2012

5) Title:                        “Small Portal”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled polycarbonate, plastic bags.
Dimensions:            12” x 1” x12”  inches
Price:                        $1700.—
Year:                        2012


1) Title:                        “Ralph-Albertson”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled grocery bags, 
recycled polycarbonate.
Dimensions:            48” x 4” x 48”  inches
Price:                        $4500.—
Year:                        2012
5) Title:                        “Small Portal”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled polycarbonate, plastic bags.
Dimensions:            12” x 1” x12”  inches
Price:                        $1700.—
Year:                        2012 




2) Title:                        “Strange Fish”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled medical baggies, 
Found & recycled paper and plastics.
Dimensions:            48” x 120”  inches installation
Price:                        $100.—each fish. Delivery after show closes. ~ 40 Fish
Year:                        2012

3) Title:                        “Enlightened Letters”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled envelopes, 
recycled paper & plastics.
Dimensions:            54” x 144”  inches installation
Price:                        $100.— each envelope. 
(~59) Delivery after show closes; not including letters marked “NFS”
Year:                        2012 







Paper or Plastic? Installation Photos of Show 
at Gallery 825/LAAA
Documentation and Process photos
Photography by Ginger Van Hook





















5) Title:                        “Small Portal”
Medium:            LED’s, coin cell batteries, recycled polycarbonate, plastic bags.
Dimensions:            12” x 1” x12”  inches
Price:                        $1700.—
Year:                        2012

































Karen Frimkess Wolff with Ginger Van Hook at Gallery 825.
Paper or Plastic? Luke and Ginger Van Hook solo show Exhibition.
 Photo by Karrie Ross 9.7.12

Mark X Farina attends the opening of Paper or Plastic?
A Luke and Ginger Van Hook Solo Show Exhibition
 at Gallery 825/LAAA in Los Angeles, California 9.7.12.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook

PAPER OR PLASTIC? LUKE AND GINGER VAN HOOK
OPENING RECEPTION 9.07.2012
RECEPTION PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF 
the following professional artists, photographers and friends:
Ingrid Dietrich, Hung Viet Nguyen, 
Marjan Vayghan & Jesse, Steve and Cathy Fujimoto
 & Karrie Ross.
Special thanks to all our guests and friends who attended
 Paper or Plastic? We appreciate all your support!



Scott Grieger and Alexis Smith attended the opening of Paper or Plastic?
Photo by Ginger Van Hook ©2012







And the after party too!  
Included red velvet chocolate cake with sweet vanilla cream cheese frosting!
The serving plate was Plastic and the wrapping was Paper!


Edibles, not Paper, nor Plastic!

Gina Genis and Tm Gratkowski attend the event Paper or Plastic?
In support of Luke Van Hook.



Steve and Cathy Fujimoto with Ginger Van Hook
 Photo by Hung Viet Nguyen

Linda Kunik and Raksha Parekh join Ginger and Luke Van Hook for Paper or Plastic?
Five Solo Shows at Gallery 825/LAAA. Photo By Hung Viet Nguyen.






















Photographer Ingrid Dietrich. 9.07.2012












Ginger Van Hook with mom and dad! Thanks for coming!!!!












Rousanna Berberian attended the opening reception for
PAPER OR PLASTIC? Luke and Ginger Solo Show Exhibition
at Gallery 825/LAAA







Large Portal. Photo by Ingrid Dietrich. 9.7.12







Paper or Plastic? Luke and Ginger Van Hook