Dan Quintana for Copro Gallery
A combined effort of LA galleries Thinkspace, Copro Gallery and C.A.V.E. Gallery and San Francisco’s Spoke Art, Beyond Eden Art Fair offered a vast offering of the kind of cavity-inducing artwork that is sweet to look at easy to binge on like candy. While the work presented by the four galleries different greatly in style and media — from Erik Jones’s Art Deco-influenced portraits to Crystal Wagner’s paper sculpture terrariums — the art fair was marked by the kind of easy reliability one can expect from mostly figurative, youth and pop culture-influenced work.
There was laughter, sex appeal and irony, but that’s not to say there weren’t more mature and sober pieces in the show, as well. Dan Quintana presented his largest oil painting to date: a captivating portrait of a mystical woman rendered in cool hues. Small-scale works by Joao Ruas and Andrew Hem, hung side by side, rang with a somber note and Chet Zar’s solo show, “Ego Death,” indulged viewers in its gothic underworld. The art fair opened the evening of October 12 at Barnsdall Park in LA and was on view on October 13. Take a look at our exclusive photos from Beyond Eden below.
Detail
Chet Zar with his work
Detail from Chet Zar’s elaborate framing
Model Kelly Eden with painting by Nikko Hurtado
Nikko Hurtado for Copro Gallery
Sugarpill Cosmetics founder Amy Doan with a friend
Garry Pressman and Erica Miller of Copro Gallery
Adam Miller for Copro Gallery
Erik Jones for Thinkspace
Joao Ruas for Thinkspace
“Bird’s Eye View” Installation View
Thinkspace co-owner L. Croskey
Thinkspace co-owner Andrew Hosner
Curiot for Thinkspace
Meggs with his piece for Thinkspace
Gallery guests
Scott Hove for Spoke Art/Hashimoto Contemporary
Serge Gay Jr. with his work for Spoke Art/Hashimoto Contemporary
Chrystal Wagner for Spoke Art/Hashimoto Contemporary
Gallery guests
Guests viewing work by Zach Johnsen for C.A.V.E. Gallery
John Park live painting outside