EXENE CERVENKA: LIPSTICK SUNSET – artist reception open to the public
5504 Crestridge Rd
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
USA
Palos Verdes Art Center is pleased to announce EXENE CERVENKA: LIPSTICK SUNSET, featuring recent collage art by the acclaimed poet, artist, author, and vocalist of the band X.
The exhibition opens with an artist reception open to the public November 3, from 6 to 9 pm and will be on view through November 26, 2017.
Exene’s collages mix images and text in a pairing that she has compared to the music and words of songs, creating tableaux that recall Joseph Cornell’s enigmatic boxes, Constructivist design of the Russian revolutionary avant-garde, and the cut-ups of beat artist/writer Brion Gysin – filtered through a lens of punk/folk Americana.
Rooted in her practice of art journaling, begun in the mid-1970s, Exene’s collages combine handwork and appropriated images, written words and found text. Similar to her songs, the narrative is not long storytelling, but presents strongly lit windows to a world both perplexing and highly personal.
For more information, see: onenightonly.live/exene-