Sullivan Goss Exhibitions, 2008

Hecho En Mexico

Sullivan Goss presents an exhibition examining the connections between the art and culture of Mexico and the development of the American aesthetic in the twentieth century.

Alia E. El-Bermani: Beautiful Vessels

For her second solo exhibition at Sullivan Goss, contemporary realist Alia El-Bermani paints an evocative series of new paintings about about women as vessels for beauty and as beautiful vessels.

Small Works: A Selection of Portable Treasures

Sullivan Goss presents a broad selection of small works from its vast inventory. Expect thought-provoking comparisons and compelling collages of small works.

Aldo Casanova: Selected Sculptures

For its debut exhibition of sculptures by Aldo Casanova, Sullivan Goss will feature important works from the past thirty years. This exhibit will showcase of the West Coast's most important voices in sculpture.

James Haggerty: New Ceramics

Sullivan Goss presents their debut exhibition for Santa Barbara ceramist, James Haggerty. Marrying special glazes with archetypal forms, Haggerty is one of the up and coming stars in contemporary ceramics.

Bill Dewey: In the Footsteps of Orpha Klinker

To accompany an exhibition of paintings of historic structures by Orpha Klinker, photographer Bill Dewey placed his tripod where she would have placed her easel. This is his photo essay of Klinker's landmarks of California.

Jeff Sanders: The Aqueous Inquisitor

Sullivan Goss presents a politically-charged new installation by artist, Jeff Sanders, that explores torture in the context of a trade show diorama with the debut of a new water boarding machine.

Orpha Klinker: Landmarks of California

Sullivan Goss presents a historic exhibition of plein air paintings by Orpha Klinker and contemporary photographs by Bill Dewey documenting the history of California architectural landmarks.

Jack Smith: New & Selected Work

For Jack Smith's second solo exhibition at Sullivan Goss, curator Susan Bush assembled a collection that shows the breath and depth of the artist's production with paintings from ten years ago to paintings that have just dried.

10 Under 30

In honor of Off-Axis, a biennial contemporary art event in Santa Barbara, Sullivan Goss presents a selection of outstanding emerging artists.

Dan Lutz

Sullivan Goss presents an exhibition which charts the artist’s evolution from the Midwestern paintings of the 1950s to the paintings he made while traveling through Mexico, Ireland, and New Zealand during the 1960s and 70s.

Hank Pitcher: Montecito Beaches 1978-2008

Ken Bortolazzo: Optikinetics III

Sullivan Goss presents an exhibition of new kinectic sculptures in stainless steel and bronze by Ken Bortolazzo. As Ken continues to advance the vocabulary of his mentor George Rickey, new ideas and shapes take flight.

Frederick Remahl: The Artist and the Sea

Sullivan Goss presents an exhibition from the Estate of Chicago artist Frederick Remahl (1901-1968) that examines the mysterious connection between his dolls, between the Old World and the New World, and between the artist and the sea.

Betty Lane

Sullivan Goss presents an exhibition of oils and watercolors by a powerful American artist working in the early Modernist tradition. This exhibition will feature numerous works from the 1930s and 1940s.

THE WEST COAST TEN

As part of a two exhibition series on the resurgence of realism in contemporary painting, Sullivan Goss presents TEN artists whose contributions to West Coast realism deserve national attention.

Anders Aldrin

Sullivan Goss presents an exhibition of early oil paintings by one of Southern California’s only Fauvist painters. This exhibition will offer a rare opportunity to see masterpieces from the Estate of the Artist.

Howard Warshaw: Looking In/Drawing Out

Sullivan Goss presents an exhibition for this important mid-century artist with works from Tajan, the premier Parisian auction house, as well as from the Estate of the Artist; many have been widely exhibited and few have been seen in decades.

The Stage and Its People

In commemoration of the re-opening of the historic Granada Theater, Sullivan Goss presents an exhibition of American paintings devoted to the stage and the fascinating crowd that surrounds it: the actors, the dancers, the designers, the musicians, the crew backstage, and the patrons.

Sidney Gordin: Russian American Constructivist

Sullivan Goss- An American Gallery is pleased to present a legacy of Russian art in America with the first retrospective of Sidney Gordin’s Constructivist career since his death in 1996.

Committed to Ink

Sullivan Goss is proud to offer an exhibition of paintings, photographs, and appearances by beautifully tattooed people in which the tattoo is examined as a fine art medium for the twenty-first century.

Los Angeles Art Show, 2008

Sullivan Goss is pleased to present a choice selection of its vast inventory at the Los Angeles Art Show at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica. We hope to see you there.

Santi Visalli: Icons

For forty years a photographer of the world’s most sought-after personalities, Santi Visalli has helped to define American visual culture at home and abroad.

Anya Fisher: Soft Edge/Hard Edge

In Anya Fisher's mature work, the prevailing trends of the time are integrated; hard-edge shapes and soft-edge cubism collaborate to create an art formed in the heart and finished in the mind.

Avant Duck: A New Project by Martha Mayer Erlebacher

Contemporary realist, Martha Mayer Erlebacher, has crafted a history of modern and contemporary art starring a duck.

Lockwood De Forest: At First Blush

With confident brushwork, a rare sensitivty to color and atmosphere, and a forward-looking sense of composition, De Forest created a body of work which continues to invoke the sublime for a new generation of artists and collectors.