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Purely Abstract

May 6 - 29, 2021

Online + Gallery Exhibition

“Abstract art places a new world, which on the surface has nothing to do with 'reality,' next to the 'real' world.”
                                                                —Wassily Kandinsky
 

True abstract art not only utilizes flexibility and freedom; it also employs bold uses of color, line, pattern, form, process, mark making and composition.

There are several speculative ideas behind abstract art. While a few have taken the proposal of abstract being 'art for art’s sake' (that artwork should be simply about the creation of striking effects), other people  have proposed art can or should be similar to music; in that just as music is patterns of sound, art’s consequence should be created by patterns of form, color
and/or line.

For this Call for Entry Las Laguna Art Gallery asked artists to provide abstract works in a variety of mediums.

Selected from hundreds of local, national and international submissions, this unique collection of work provides a snapshot into the Abstract works being created today. This exhibition can be seen at our gallery located in Laguna Beach, California as well as viewed online.

Works in this show include Acrylic, Collage, Color Pencil, Digital Photography, Encaustic, Fiber Arts, Glass Art, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Pen and Ink, Printmaking, Sculpture, Traditional Photography, and Watercolor.

Featured Artists

Contributing Artists

Hila Abada, Linda Abbott Trapp, PhD, Callie Adams, Yuliet Aguilar, Patricia Aguilar, Christine Alfery, Dawn Allen, Lani Allen, Joan Alperin,

Cecilia Anastos, Kersteen A Anderson, Yulia Ani, Madison Anidjar, Kara Anton, Susan Arab, Syl Arena, Andrew Armas, Abraham Aronovitch, Lish Atchison-Roeder, Drew Austin, Chasin Autumn, Nurit Avesar, Giliane Bader, Holger Baehr, Jane Baldridge, Rita Barbano, Diego Barrientos, Madeline K Barry, Roger Bass, Lisa M Batchelder, Wallace Bayne, Sharon Beal, Petra Maria Bernstein, Bryana Bibbs, Debrah Block Krol, David Bloom, Harlow Blum, Jessy Blume, DU (Jessy Blume & Tamaji Hata), Kristine Bogdanovich, Chelsea Boyd, Annalisa Bradshaw, Jon Braun, Juan Bravo, Nancy Breakstone, Jordyn Brennan, Kent Broadbent, Lindsay Brown, Susan Bruce-Feinsod , Tyler Brumfield, Maygun Gauge, Christopher Bruneaux, Val Buckingham, Lynn Burnes, Bonny Butler, Taskin Butt, William Bybee, Shuang Cai, Pat Calabro, Peggy Carroll, Bill Carson Photography, Konrad Carter, Cee, Christopher Chaffin, Robert Chambers, Anastasios Chasandras, Kim Chase, Kristy Chen, Susan Paulson-Clark, Diane Clay, Angelica Nicolle Clemens, William Cleveland, Ricardo Cobian, Ashley Cole, Ashlyn Collins, Charles Compo, Carey Conaway, Christopher Conroe, Richard Cork, Conrad A. Cox M.D., Sharon Crary, Sarah Cruse, Annie Cunningham, Julia Reid Curtis, Karine d'Arlhac, Jaren Dahlstorm, Lisa Daniels, Lees Datin, Camilla David, Jeffrey Davis, Stacy Day, Nicholas Decker, Garret Demarest, Gayle DeMatoff, Katie Denisova, Carlos Diaz, Amie Dignan, Barbara Dill-Varga, Danielle Dinstman, Dean DiStasio, Michael Doering, Irene Dogmatic, Hyunhee Doh, Chris Doran, Neha Dubey, Gary Duehr, Terri Louise Durham, Betty Efferson, Mattie Egerter, Jennifer Eisenberger, Jeff Ellis, Kassandra Ellison, Alexandra Farber, Rachelle Farber, Michael Patrick Farmer, Felisa Federman, Marta Feinstein, Patty Flauto, Daniel Franc, Rose Freeland, Deco Freeman, Anne Gaffey, Helen Gaitanis, Ayelet Gal-On, Rachel Galing, Joseph N Garcia, Elizabeth Garrett, Kelsey Gavin, Brianna Gerrish, Armen Ges, Paul Michael Glaser, Malcolm Glass, Malcolm Glenn, Sarah Glinka, Daniel Edward, Kent Gordon, Sylvia Hamilton Goulden, Jon Grass, Janet Griffiths, Kobie Griggs, Nick Gripp, Yana Grishchuk, Theresa Groff, Karl Grusendorf, Chris Hagie, Brian Hallas, Jennifer Hallock, Janet Hamilton, Oenone Hammersley, Christina Spann Hammond, Jan Hamrin, Alexandra Harley, Susan Harmon, Joha Harrison, Aditya Harsono, Susan Hartman, Leah Hattendorf, Luke Heimbigner, Lee Heintze, Hella1982 Creative X, Derrick Helphenstine, Elaine Henderson, Michelle Hernandez, Kristen Herrington, Kimberly Hess, Bridie Hinton, Frank R. Hockett, Alina Holodov, Hongmi Kim Hoog, Tara Horton, Marguerite Houseworth, Yiwen Hu, Ann Huang, Eva M. Hunter, Rick Hurst, Gerald Hushlak, Saneun Hwang,Ioana Lidia Ilea, Sydney Inez, Randall Inkelas, Samantha Inman, Geralyn Inokuchi, Veronique Ivanovic, John E. James, Joanna Jompan, Jose Gonzalez, Amanda June, Tuesday "Kirby" Kahl, Alan Kaminsky, Natasha Kanevski, Michael Alan Kaskel, Zahra Kassam, Tati Kaupp & Stefan Prosky, Deb Kazenelson Deane, Katie Kerst, KO Tat Kuen, Brigitte Kolloch-Russell, Cindy Kosek, Karhy Kosins, Ayushi Krishna, Gary W. Kuroki, Natalia Kutova, Adam Land, Damen LaPalm, Diamante Lavendar, Barbara Lawrence, Stacey Lawrence, Sang Lee, Sam Lee, Stacy Leeman, Stuart Lehrman, Sarah Lilja, Lynn Little, Julie L Lloyd, Rosa Lok So Fun, Aly Lopez, Terry Luc, Lynlee Lyckberg, Carol Mack, JC MacQueen, Samantha Magaña, Clari Maldonado, Sharon Malgire, Brian Maly, Janet H Manalo, Mariposa Marangia, Sam Marks, Harry W. Martinez Diaz, Peter Martori, Kenneth Marunowski, Steve Mason, Anna Kristina Mattsson, Alyssa Maurin, Patricia Maus, Ann Baldwin May, Victoria McBride, Lester McCurtis, Elias Medici, Katia Meisinger, MILEMILE, Ralph Miller, Stephanie Segal Miller, Christina Mitterhuber, Li Mo, Marian Morris, Mary K Murphy, John Nascimento, Cecelia Newbauer, Michael Newheart, Austin Noftz, Lynda Obershaw, Rebekah Okpoti, Frank Oliva, Katie Olson, Valerie Pagliuca, Michael O'Reilly, Sandy Palasti, Joe Papagoda, Pat Pecorella, Julie Pelaez, Cheri Peters, Michael J Peterson, Dutch Pink, Maryse Pique, Dr. Arlette Poland, Carlos Ponce, Misty Potter, Jennifer Pretzeus, Annie Prezas, Leslie Printis, Michael Puente, Manaz Raiszadeh, Marc Raphael, Austen Rawle, Jeanne Ray, Rebollo, Jon Rees, KAREN REID, Jack Reilly, Joanna Revel, Sandra Richardson, Lori Rivera, James Bruce Robertson, Rafael Robinson, Lorna Ritz, Jeff Robinson, Dan Rocha, Kathy Rodriguez, Emilio Hector Rodriguez, Frederika B. Roeder, Karen Romani, Robert M Romano, John Roscigno, Julia Ross, Daniel Rothenberg, Laura Roux, Judy Row, Roxanne Rubell, Lisa Gabrielle Russell, Jaleh Sadravi, Dixie Salazar, Lyle James Salmi, Hilary Saner, Marcia Santore, Cecile Sarruf, Bill Schahfer, Alexander Schutt, David Shannon, Michael Sharber, Rich Sheaffer, Kim Shuckhart Gunns, Karen C Sion, Dana N.A. Sirois, Ian Siso, Marni Alyse Sloves, Rachel Crockett Smith, Daniela Soberman, Steve Solop, Fabienne Sowa-Dobkowski, Joan Sowada, Roberta E Speight, Carolyn Springer, Carol Starr, Lindsey Steelman, Jeanne Steers, Anna Marie Steffenson, Anastasia Steinke, Ellen Stern, Emilia Stern, Jack Straton, Angela Su, Kathy Suprenant, Brandon Sutliff, Viviana Svidler, Katy Tackes, Meghan Tatuskar, Tiffany Tempest, Jason Thompson, Martina Thompson, Sharon Thompson, Vanessa T.R, Debbie Tracey, Penelope A. Treat,  Lisa Trevino, Uzomah Ugwu, Elizabeth Unruh, Rohaan Unvala, Michael Usher, Bill Usher, Robert Vahle, Minnie Valero, Cedric van Eenoo, Tara Verkuil, Luc Villard, Philip Viola, Trisstah Brittany Wagstaff, Laura-Lee Walker, Jacqueline Warren, Linda Ann Weber, Jocelyn G Weeks, Scarlett Weissman, Daisy Henriquez Welch, Howard Weliver, Rodrick Whetstone, Ed Whitmore, Eric Wilson, Lindsey Witting, Patricia Wood, Dan Woodard, Beka Wueste, Doreen Wulbrecht, Runyu Xia, Emil Yanos, Jiachun Zheng, and Susie Zol.

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