Art Talks at Brand, formerly titled Art Talk Tuesday, is a monthly conversation that invites contemporary artists to discuss their work and the issues surrounding it, followed by a moderated Q&A with Brand staff member, artist, and writer Jennifer Remenchik. Artists are selected to reflect the diversity of the art scene of the greater Los Angeles area.
Kira Maria Shewfelt is a painter based in Los Angeles. Taking influence from literary genres of Magical Realism and Romanticism, her painting explores the physical-spiritual connections of contemporary life in saturated chroma, high touch movement and gestures, and subjects that portray intimate, athletic, and existential motifs, often set within the natural world. Shewfelt cultivates a visual language, equal parts personal and symbolic, engaging her imagery’s open relationship to a shared and often communal narrative. She invites romance and fantasy into the work as politically inclusive gestures, with a history of connecting self and other, and reimagining stasis. Shewfelt’s paintings are often about love. Her work can be found in the collection of AMOCA Wales and private collections internationally.
Sponsored by the Brand Associates. The series is free and open to the public.
For more information on Art Talks at Brand, please visit our website: BrandLibrary.org/Art-Talks
Images: Kira Maria Shewfelt. The Sanctuary, oil on linen, (Diptych, each 55 x 83 x 1.5 inch panels), 2023-24; Studio portrait of Kira Shewfelt. Photo credit, both: Zachary Ruddell. Images courtesy of the artist.
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Ample free parking is available in Brand Park. An accessible entrance and accessible parking for cars with a disabled parking placard or license plate is located on the East side of Brand Library.
For additional information about this event, please contact Brand Library & Art Center at (818) 548-2051 or send us an email at Info@BrandLibrary.org.
