Dec 9, 2009

lifetime companions, travis louie

travis-louie

Travis Louie‘s Lifetime Companions (it’s wedding portraits) opens this Saturday, December 12th at ShootingGallery in San Fran. It will be his first solo show at the gallery. The reception is from 7-9 pm.

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Runs
Through:
January
2
2010 The
Shooting
Gallery
is
proud
to
present
“Lifetime
Companions”
new
works
by
 Travis
Louie.
This
will
mark
Louie’s
first
major
solo
show
at
The
Shooting
Gallery
 with
fifteen
intimate
portraits.
Please
join
us
for
the
opening
reception
of
“Lifetime
 Companions”
on
Saturday,
December
12th
2009,
from
7‐11
pm.
 
Travis
Louie’s
portraits
are
develop
from
another
time
and
reality.
They
entice
the
 viewers
bringing
them
a
step
closer
to
the
imagination
of
a
man
whose
stories
are
as
 wondrous
as
his
paintings.
Referencing
bits
of
particular
moments,
journal
entries
 and
obscure
facts;
Louie
creates
haunting
dreamlike
creatures.
Dressed
in
pea
coats,
 top
hats
and
other
Victorian
fashions
the
otherworldly
beings
possess
odd
human
 characteristics.
Some
of
their
origins
are
a
complete
mystery
while
others
are
hinted
 at.
A
man
is
cursed
by
a
goat,
an
engine
driver
can’t
seem
to
stop
vibrating
in
his
 sleep,
a
man
overcomes
his
phobia
of
spiders,
or
a
groomsman’s
head
mysteriously
 shrinks
on
his
wedding
day.
In
this
particular
collection,
most
of
the
paintings
are
 family
portraits
of
people
attending
weddings
and
formal
events.
 
The
visual
style
of
Travis
Louie’s
work
is
strongly
influenced
by
the
lighting
and
 atmosphere
of
German
Expressionist
and
Film
Noir
motion
pictures
from
the
Silent
 Era
to
the
late
1950’s.
Films
from
directors
like
F
W
Murnau,
Fritz
Lang,
Orson
 Welles,
Robert
Siodmak,
Robert
Aldrich,
Jacque
Tourneur,
and
cinematographer,
 Greg
Toland,
had
a
great
effect
on
the
way
he
wanted
his
paintings
to
look.
To
 achieve
the
dramatic
“mood”
he
sets
for
his
paintings,
the
works
are
produced
 primarily
in
black
and
white
or
limited
color.
He
uses
acrylic
paints
over
tight
 graphite
drawings
on
smooth
grounds,
such
as
“plate”
finish
illustration
board
or
 finely
sanded,
primed
wood
panels.
When
he
is
not
painting,
his
time
is
spent
 writing
in
his
notebooks
and
journals.
Many
little
drawings
and
sketches
are
made
 from
those
writings,
most
of
which
are
less
than
ten
centimeters
square.
 
Please
join
us
for
the
opening
reception
of
“Lifetime
CompanioDecember
12th
2009,
from
7‐11pm.
This
event
runs
through
Jaopen
to
the
public.

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