This vibrant abstract painting features a dynamic, energetic composition of swirling lines, bursts of color, and organic shapes. Blending bold hues of red, orange, yellow, and blue, the artwork evokes a sense of movement and vitality. The artist employs a gestural, expressive brushwork technique, creating a sense of spontaneity and fluidity throughout the canvas. While the subject matter is ambiguous, the work appears to capture the inherent chaos and beauty of the natural world. This piece reflects the artist's intention to convey a visceral, emotional response through the power of abstraction. ...
Various Small Fires (Los Angeles /Dallas /Seoul) began as a series of conversations with artists and curators in Esther Kim Varet’s Venice Beach kitchen while working on her doctoral dissertation. VSF debuted in Hollywood as an official gallery in 2015 with a roster of artists and its current Johnston MarkLee Architects-designed building. The Hollywood gallery contains three exhibition spaces, a unique sound corridor, and an outdoor gallery. VSF’s exhibition program explores several curatorial lines: climate, equality, and an international conversation. The gallery is known for offering artists debut shows, creating intergenerational conversations among the artists on its roster, and solidifying artists’ legacies within art history. In 2019, VSF opened a second location in the Hannam neighbourhood of Seoul, South Korea, followed recently this Spring by VSFs third outpost in Dallas, Texas. While Varet has very personal connections to both locations, they are also superlative art communities. These expansions emphasise the gallery’s commitment to innovation and global dialogue in the twenty-first century. In 2021, VSF became a member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA). ...
