• In Town — Los Angeles and environs

New Mountain​ by Sonja Schenk
Opening Reception Thursday, April 12th, 2018 from 6-9pm
Exhibition through May 12th, 2018
Los Angeles, April 11th, 2018 –​ Show Gallery presents New Mountain by Sonja Schenk at their
new contemporary art space in Hollywood. The exhibition includes 10 new paintings and 2
sculptures by LA-based artist Sonja Schenk.
The works in New Mountain explore the artist’s vision of the future landscape of Los Angeles.
Positioned somewhere between dystopian and utopian, the exhibition centers on several large
paintings (including the eponymous “New Mountain”) that feature white crystalline formations
jutting out of pastel-hued gradients reminiscent of the smog-filtered sunsets of southern California.
Often lacking a horizon line and cropped so that all identifying features of the landscape are
obscured, “New Mountain” appears to depict, quite literally, the tip of an iceberg. But a closer look
reveals that this is neither ice nor stone, at least not as we know it.