Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (1888PressRelease)
June 13, 2008 - Hollywood, CA Photographer & Award-winning Filmmaker, Arlene Bogna’s Safari Americana: Scenes of Delight solo photographic exhibit to be held at Gallery 825 on Saturday, June 21, 2008 from 6pm – 9pm features large, special edition color photographs. At 4:30pm, Bogna will participate in Gallery 825’s "Conversations with the Artists" Panel Discussion along with Juror Peggy Fogelman and artists from the evening. The panel will be moderated by Gallery 825 Director, Peter Mays.
“In Safari Americana: Scenes of Delight, I created these photographs using toy cameras with experimental techniques, including cross-processing, light leaks, pushed colors, expired film, and custom printing to capture my memories with a sense of play and discovery,” says Photographer, Arlene Bogna. “In this series, I explored this instinct of ours, a strange impulse to connect with, or show dominion over, our fictitious animal friends.”
Bogna’s raw analog photographic exhibit explores our relationship with animals and our need for them in a whimsical, yet thoughtful fashion. Bogna’s past and present selected exhibitions include: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, ART & WINE AUCTION: UCLA-Santa Monica Medical Center, VS:(w/ Lynda Lester-Slack) Gallery 825 Jurors: Sugar Brown of George Billis Gallery, & Kent Twitchell; Art & Architecture: AIA award winning home/gallery of Michael Collins & Daniel Banchik; Crackerjack Exhibit, Juror: Jay Belloli, The Armory Center for the Arts; Get:Art, Bonhams & Butterfields (Project Angel Food).
An Award-Winning Writer/Director and Photographer, Bogna has received two KidsFirst! Awards for her screenplay, Earth Kids, and a Telly, Platinum Best of Show Aurora, Davey, and Remi, for her narrative PSA, Canvas, she created for the art non-profit, A Window Between Worlds. Bogna’s art and film background includes fine art classes in color, composition, painting and drawing at The Art Center and Otis Parsons, film and media at the Universita di Bologna, Italy, culminating in a Film and Italian Literature degree from UCLA. She continues to expand upon her art education. For more information, go to www.arlenebognafineart.com.
Gallery 825 is located at 825 La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Free to the public, Safari Americana: Scenes of Delight exhibition runs June 21 – July 18, 2008. Valet parking is available. Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 10 am - 5 pm. For a private tour, or for more information, please call: (310) 204-4665 or email: info ( @ ) arlenebognafineart dot com
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