Offramp Gallery

Contemporary Art in an Historic House.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Joey Santarromana: Stare on exhibit January 10 – February 7, 2010

2009 video installation

2 video projectors, rear projection screens, dark room

Stare is an exercise into the committed gaze and color (active and passive viewing); one will replace the other based on the individual’s efforts of looking at the work. Stare consists of two video portraits projected adjacent to each other, both saturated in color, making the image a challenge to see. In addition, the viewer is also being washed in the colored light of the projection as he/she stands between the two portraits — in effect becoming enmeshed in the exchange.

Erika Suderburg: Some Small Groups 1974-2009 on exhibit January 10 – February 7, 2010

This project consists of an infinite number of 1″ square photographic prints culled from 35 years of personally captured archived photographs. They are grouped in various categories that mutate according to whim, time of day, wind speed, solstice orientation and flights of fancy.

Some Small Groups was initially launched in 2000. It is a modular piece designed for perpetual rearrangement in an intimate domestic space.  Each image is on the verge of not quite being able to be completely discerned. There are currently 250 images of which the categories: Bush, Wheel, Human, Light, Fin, Path, Animal, Rain, Sky, Tree, Water, Nipple, Horizon & Topiary have been selected for inclusion in this first ever public viewing of these formally secret archives.

Offramp Gallery, 1702 Lincoln Avenue, Pasadena 91103. (626) 298-6931, www.offrampgallery.com. Hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. and By Appointment