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ArtCommotion Diana Hobstetter
"A People Palette" at Bean Queen, a new coffee house behind the Bank
of America on Windward Circle, Venice Beach. The exhibition space for
this ambitious portrait project is informal, to say the least, but it's
a homey center of community activity so it is the perfect host for portraits
of members of the local (not just arts) community. Each painting is
a perfect square, depicting the sitter's head and shoulders, and a small
object of the sitter's choice. In the end, there will be exactly 100
portraits. The project inspires chorus of recognition, questions and
anecdotes. Viewed from a distance, the individuals blur and form a kaleidoscopic
texture: The pattern of the neighborhood, which has turned Hobstetter
into a local celebrity. |