As we featured in the latest volume of Hi-Fructose (on stands now, or available here,) the Los Angeles-based institution, La Luz de Jesus, opened its doors this past weekend to commence the beginnings of its twenty fifth year anniversary celebration. In an unprecedented showing, the gallery has enslisted every single artist it has ever shown for the past two and a half decades for a massive group showing so large it spans two months and is accompanied by its own book release. With over two hundred and sixty artists on view at the space the next eight weeks, we aren't even able to get all of our favorite works fit into a single post! Get a look at the first half of our favorite pieces after the jump, and stay tuned for our continuing coverage on the show next month.
Michael Hussar è u pittore americano dallo stile realistico e gotico.
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It's a beautiful fall night as I stand waiting outside the Last Rites Gallery in NYC. The air is cool, a light breeze..the perfect autumn weather. It's November 17th and I am hoping to catch a glimpse of the great & elusive American artist, Michael Hussar. It is said that he will be signing copies of his new book tonite at the gallery and I eagerly wait. Not much is known about Hussar. He is a mystery to many, but I have been drawn almost hypnotically to his works since I first saw them 10 years ago. It was his oil painting "Saliva" which drew me in. I could not take my eyes off it, both horrified and excited at his creation.I guess it was an excitement more comparable to that of an adrenaline rush..a rush of fear? Of something..not necessarily good at all. I had never felt that way about a piece of art, about anything at all really, and many of his works still give me the same feeling to this day. Tonite's opening reception is vastly different than his oil paintings though. It is a collection of his figure drawings, which show a softer and more sensual side to the artist. They are exquisitely delicate & beautiful and not in the slightest way horrifying at all. His drawings, gentle pencil stokes on paper, are renderings of his models, companions of past..all seemingly created lovingly and beautifully. Such a different experience, yet equally as moving, although in complete opposites. Crowds are streaming in as they wait for the man many consider the new Salvador Dali, calling him one of the greatest painters of the 21st century. Hussar arrives and does not disappoint. He is humble, patiently listening as each guest approaches him, many meekly, so touched by his work. He listens and rushes no one as they tell him their private stories, whispering even, sharing how he has touched their lives through his works.I am honored to be here, witnessing what is enfolding before me. There is so much of the invisible, made visible tonite. Like magic, his true art..the only thing thats real in this world. Michael's Show "LA Women" is an exhibition of drawings by Hussar, who also signed copies of his new book “Figure Drawings 2009-2014" Drawing are on display at Last Rites Gallery until January 13th at Last Rites Gallery. For more on Michael Hussar, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hussar
