Photo Independent & Fabrik Expo Present Skulpturengarten, Oct. 5-7 2018

By Karen Ostlund
Fabrik Media has won praise for bringing American and international artists to Los Angeles for their annual Photo Independent and Fabrik Expo art fairs.

The Reef building

                                                  Skulpturengarten is an indoor sculpture exhibition curated by Ichiro Irie, and will feature over 20 contemporary artists from Los Angeles and around the world. This event will take place during Fabrik Expo, October 5-7, 2018 at The Reef, downtown Los Angeles.


Two art shows bring global variety to Los Angeles’ Art Patrons, highlighted by an Sculpture Garden and Experience Lounge.

“We are about empowering all kinds of creative expression,” stated Chris Davies, founder and director of both fairs. “For 2018 we are excited to showcase Skulpturengarten, an indoor sculpture exhibition, curated by Ichiro Irie, and will feature large-scale to monumental, freestanding sculpture works by some of the most exciting and innovative, emerging to mid-career artists from Los Angeles and around the world.”

Pontus Willfors Chair as sculpture

                                                                           Skulpturegarten takes its inspiration from the classic sculpture garden, whose origins reach far back as 175,000 years ago in the Bruniquel Cave in France. The works presented will showcase the diversity of materials and approaches from artists such as Jeff Colson, Pontus Willfors, Shusuke Ao, Rochelle Botello, Anibal Catalan, Martin Durazo, Lauren Fejarang, Ashley Hagen, Kellan Barnebey King, Jason Manley, and Abdul Mazid, to name a few.

Equally as interesting and thought-provoking is The Experience Lounge, with an art activation titled, The Sereal Killers, by art duo VALTD, and presented by Cartwheel Art. The Experience Lounge is aimed at killing misconceptions and preconceived notions, along with closed or narrow-minded judgments cast on people, especially women, when often the exact opposite or close to it, is true. Participants will have the chance to become ‘sereal killers’ themselves, all while enjoying a mix of delicious cocktails served by the local legends Los Angeles' Infuse Spirits.

Sandra Mann art

Photo Independent, the longest running photo fair for photographers in the World, is now in its fifth year in Los Angeles. Photo Independent champions a new generation of photographers and has become one of the most significant annual photographic events in the World. This year also marks the launch of Photo Independent in Paris, at the Carrousel de Louvre, November 8-11, 2018.

The concept of this exhibition takes its inspiration from the classic sculpture garden whose origins reach far back as 175,000 years ago in the Bruniquel Cave in France. Skulpturengarten will feature large-scale to monumental, freestanding sculpture works by some of the most exciting and innovative, emerging to mid-career artists. The works presented will showcase the diversity of materials and approaches employed by today’s sculptors including abstract, figurative and conceptual work that use carved wood, found objects, welded metals, sewn fabric, resins and fibers, and photo-installation.

Jason Manley sculpture

Artists featured in Skulpturengarten will include:

Shusuke Ao
Rochelle Botello
Anibal Catalan
Cara Chan
Jeff Colson
Martin Durazo
Lauren Fejarang

Ashley Hagen
Michelle Carla Handel
Kellan Barnebey King
Jason Manley
Sandra Mann
Abdul Mazid
Anaeis Ohanian

Ephraim Puusemp
Aili Schmeltz
Macha Suzuki
Felicitas von Lutzau
Eric Vrymoed
Pontus Willfors

Fabrik Expo Art Fair, https://fabrikartfair.com
For up-to-date information about Skulpturegarten can be found on social media at https://www.facebook.com/skulpturengar10
Photo Independent, please visit https://photoindependent.com/