This show will be both video and audio and reflects and reports on unique arts and culture within local and global communities. Interviews with artists, photographers, videographers, and other visual artists will be up close and personal talking about their work and where their passion comes from. The show will be both in your community and global highlighting the contrasts of art and culture in Canada and around the world.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contemporary portrait artist Lisa Penz opens Pop-up Gallery in Mount Pleasant
Vancouver, British Columbia – August 29, 2011
Lisa Penz, contemporary portrait artist today announced that she will open her own pop-up gallery for the month of October, in Mount Pleasant area of Vancouver. The pop-up gallery will be located at 196 Kingsway at 10th Avenue, Vancouver in the Cantu building. Here, Lisa will unveil her brave new series “Indulgence”, a provocative extension of her unique female portrayals. Lisa will use this “pop-up” forum to both expose the works of talented female artists and promote Vancouver as a player in the contemporary art world arena.
POP gallery will also be showcasing the works of other talented emerging female artists that will kick off with an elaborate opening reception — helping to shift Vancouver’s reputation of being a “no-fun” city to one that is more aligned with its cosmopolitan vision. “There is so much young artistic talent in this city without a lot of the opportunities available to demonstrate it. I want the experience for everyone that visits to the gallery to be fun, engaging, and visceral.”
Ms. Penz is recognized for capturing beauty in mysterious circumstances. On the surface, her portraits hint at fairytales, while thematically, they go much deeper. For POP Gallery, Penz continues to evolve her alluring style, combining her narratives with elements of indulgence in the form of confectionery to entice the viewer into realizing their own temptations and choices –leading the viewer down a dark path or to a pathway of enlightenment. According to Penz, “The viewer [of my paintings] always has a choice: they decide the outcome of the subject in the painting. I want them to choose their own adventure, that’s the really exciting part of the process for me. A painting becomes a unique story for each individual that they can own, and I want them to own that.”
Penz’s “Indulgence” collection will be available for viewing at POP Gallery October 4th – 30th. Opening night reception October 6th. To receive a link to the advanced online preview for the show and for all other details, email info@lisapenz.com
