S C U L P T R U E

Four non-sculptors make sculpture

9 November - 16 December
Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov. 10th, 6-8pm

Justin Hansch
Kelly Kleinschrodt
Nico Vascellari
Julie Verhoeven

sculptrue
Nico Vascellari
90 x 60 x 90, 2006
cardboard, tape
36″x 27″x 36″

PawnShop presents its first group exhibition, a survey of international sculpture by four artists not known for their sculpture.

Sculptrue started as a dyslexic’s typo, and led to a discussion about artists’ practices, exhibitions, and the values and connotations of these paradigms. Each artist will present a sculpture, some are requested works, some are chosen through discussion. Yet the artists’ growing reputations are not known for their 3-D objects.
This exhibition will throw focus on each of these artists work in sculpture, usually viewed as a by-product of their principal practice, but deserving closer attention away from their usual exhibition context.
The selection of the artists and the work chosen aims to compliment and juxtapose, leading to new discussions and insights for both the audience and the exhibitors.

Pawnshop is pleased to present two emerging Los Angeles artists and two international artists, well established in Europe, showing on the West Coast for the first time.

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Justin Hansch (Painter)
Hansch is a recent graduate from the Mountain School of Art, Los Angeles. As well as his ongoing curatorial project, JMOCA (recently on tour at COLAB, Copenhagen), Hansch has a forthcoming two person show at China Art Objects, Los Angeles.

Kelly Kleinschrodt (Photographer/Video)
Kleinschrodt recently completed a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Her work was featured in the Emerging Artists exhibition at Panopticon Gallery (Waltham, MA) and at ‘Hand Made Cinema’ at the New England Institute of Art (Brookline, MA).
In 2008 Kleinschrodt will receive her first solo show, presented at PawnShop, Los Angeles.

Nico Vascellari (Performance/Video)
Vascellari recently completed a residency at Columbia University NY. Recent solo shows include Monitor Rome, and Arratia Beer, Berlin. Forthcoming presentation at N.A.D.A, Miami with Monitor. In 2007 he presented Revenge at the DARC Pavilion, 52 Venice Biennale.

Julie Verhoeven (Design/Drawing)
Verhoeven’s recent solo exhibitions include Riflemaker, London and ZINGERpresents, Amsterdam, and the group show Garden Party at Deitch Projects, NY. Forthcoming projects include a presentation at N.A.D.A., Miami with ZINGERpresents and illustration for the children’s book, Cicely Scissors.

Sculptrue is exhibited alongside PawnShop’s ongoing Acquisitions Policy, which invites artists and curators to pawn works, projects, events and exhibitions. The Video Library in the East Gallery screens video works alongside each exhibition.

John Tiney’s Joyride (2007) will show exclusively through 16th December, 2007.

install 2
Installation view (main gallery), December 2007