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October 3, 2014
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Preview: “Foundation” Group Show at Marcas Contemporary Art

Opening tomorrow at Marcas Contemporary Art, "Foundation" is a group show that celebrates the part of an image rarely seen or appreciated. The gallery invited New contemporary artists to elevate the unished aspects of their art, including Jeff McMillan, Kevin Peterson, Steven Daily, Bob Dob, Jasmine Worth, Jason Limon, Thomas Garner, and Jamie Schene to name a few. By revealing the bare bones structure of the painting, viewers are given a better understanding of the processes behind these mastered techniques.

Jeff Mcmillan

Opening tomorrow at Marcas Contemporary Art, “Foundation” is a group show that celebrates the part of an image rarely seen or appreciated. The gallery invited New contemporary artists to elevate the unished aspects of their art, including Jeff McMillan, Kevin Peterson, Steven Daily, Bob Dob, Jasmine Worth, Jason Limon, Thomas Garner, and Jamie Schene to name a few. Fundamentally speaking, ‘foundation’ refers to a finished paintings’ under painting method, monochromatic umber or “dead color”. Each applied layer facilitates the next layer. Their techniques combine Flemish, Baroque, and Dutch master influences. By revealing the bare bones structure of the painting, viewers are given a better understanding of the processes behind these mastered techniques. Co curator and contributing artist, Steven Daily, shares, “Sometimes I like the underpainting better than the finished product. The foundation of a work is just as important as the finished result.”

“Foundation” opens on October 4th, at Marcas Contemporary Art in Santa Ana, CA.

Thomas Garner

Steven Daily

Jasmine Worth

Jamie Schene

Julia Sonmi Heglund

Jason Limon

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Bob Dob, Jeff Mcmillan, Marcas Contemporary Art, Steven Daily, Underpainting

Corrective Course, Marcas Contemporary Art

July 4, 2014

The brain child of artist Steven Daily and curator Dana Jazayeri, Marcas Contemporary Art is a brand-new art space in Santa Ana, CA gearing up for their inaugural show, "Corrective Course." While LA usually gets all the shine in the Southern California art scene, Daily says that he is excited about the burgeoning Santa Ana creative sphere. The show will feature some of the big names and emerging artists-to-watch in street art, Pop Surrealism, illustration and more, including Ben Eine, Dan Quintana, Travis Louie (cover artist of our latest issue, Hi-Fructose Vol. 32), Sylvia Ji, Ekundayo and many others. Take a look at our preview of the exhibition before the gallery opens its doors for the first time tomorrow, July 5.

Bob Dob’s Recent, Punk-Infused Paintings

Bob Dob, painting, Pop Surrealism

January 4, 2019

Bob Dob's punk rock roots still shine through the artist's paintings, including these recent pieces. Works like “Golden Punk God Made of Clay,” with a statue inspired by Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge and the band’s ongoing influence. Elsewhere in the painting, the work shows "various mischief and local South Bay culture and folklore," the artist says. Dob is featured in the Hi-Fructose Collected 3 Box Set.

On View: “Smoke & Mirrors” Group Show at Marcas Contemporary Art

Fumi Nakamura, Marcas Contemporary Art, Tim Musso, Tom Garner, Tristan Eaton

September 24, 2014

Closing this week at Marcas Contemporary Art, "Smoke & Mirrors" (previewed here) highlights largely figurative works and portraits whose subjects appear in a dreamlike state. Generally, "Smoke and Mirrors" refers to where magicians make objects appear or disappear with mirrors amid a distracting burst of smoke. Although there is unity in the approach, this is an exhibition that embraces diversity. As the name suggests, there's an otherworldly, sometimes "magical" quality to the artwork.

Opening Night: “Perverse Foil” by Karen Hsiao and Dan Quintana at Marcas Contemporary Art

dan quintana, Karen Hsiao, Marcas Contemporary Art, Realism, Romanticist

August 6, 2014

When we visited Karen Hsiao and Dan Quintana in their Los Angeles studio last month, they were hard at work on their collaborative show, “Perverse Foil”. It is a project that have been brainstorming about since 2009. On Saturday, they finally celebrated the opening at Marcas Contemporary Art in Santa Ana. At the event, attendees were treated to a live reenactment of their collaboration through a photoshoot by Hsiao in front of a backdrop by Quintana. She compliments Quintana’s surreal world with new black and white photographs and notably, her first figurative oil paintings and graphite.

Preview: “Foundation” Group Show at Marcas Contemporary Art

Preview: “Corrective Course” Inaugural Group Show at Marcas Contemporary Art

Bob Dob’s Recent, Punk-Infused Paintings

On View: “Smoke & Mirrors” Group Show at Marcas Contemporary Art

Opening Night: “Perverse Foil” by Karen Hsiao and Dan Quintana at Marcas Contemporary Art

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