“The Back Room” Annual Group Exhibition Including Artists America Martin, Jane Maxwell and Rimi Yang

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JoAnne Artman Gallery, Presents in the Main Gallery:
“The Back Room” Annual Group Exhibition Including Artists America Martin, Jane Maxwell and Rimi Yang

August 1st, 2012 – August 31, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 from 6-8 pm to coincide with Laguna Beach Art Walk
Please RSVP: 949.510.5481 by August 1st  

JoAnne Artman Gallery
326 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, 92651
Contact:  JoAnne Artman
Telephone:  949-510-5481
E-mail, <mailto:joanneartman@aol.com>
Web site, <http://www.joanneartmangallery.com>

Open Wed-Sunday, 11-5 & by appointment; First Thursday of every month 6-9pm

Month after month, JoAnne Artman Gallery exhibits new work in our front gallery spaces by our featured artists in a thoughtful and thematic way.  However, each month many of our viewers are enthralled by the “Back Room” in our gallery which is why we have decided to unlock our hidden treasures and feature our Annual “Back Room” Exhibition featuring artists America Martin, Jane Maxwell and Rimi Yang!

America Martin is a Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. She is a traveler between mediums, insouciant in the conquest of new terrain.  Martin’s favorite landscape is that of the human form, her work is distinguished by a command of line and color, making playful reference to both classic and indigenous art forms.

Jane Maxwell is a mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Her current work largely focuses on women, body image and the feminine ideal. Her collages are deeply layered works, combining color, texture and text that surround and become the female figure. Jane's work is shown in major galleries throughout the country and has been collected by art patrons around the world. Recently, Jane was selected to be included in the 30th anniversary edition of 'Who's Who in
 American Art.'

International artist Rimi Yang portrays the Yin and Yang of life and its uncertainties.  Her emotional work explores the human psyche and its relation in connecting to polar opposites.  Yang’s paintings are both dramatic yet whimsical showing both Eastern and Western influences.  Stylistically, she illustrates an attraction as well as repulsion to abstract expression.  Her use of thick painted surfaces applied with gestural brushstroke point to the characteristics of abstraction; the attraction.  These stylistic elements are reminiscent of artists such as Diego Velasquez and Edouard Manet.  Yang’s portraiture is similar to that of Velasquez as both contain heavy use of paint and texture.  The same painterly quality is also seen between Manet and Yang. 

These artists will inspire, provoke, engage and mesmerize. With visual perceptions always changing, peek behind the stories told and you're sure to find the right artistic expression!

JoAnne Artman Gallery is located at 326 N. Coast Highway in Laguna Beach and is open Wednesdays-Sundays from 11-5, and by appointment. Visit the first Thursday from 6-9 pm of any month to coincide with the Laguna Beach Art Walk. Street parking is available directly in front of the Gallery as well as the Downtown Parking structure located at Glenneyre Street. Take a stroll through the galleries and studios. See art come alive in North Laguna!