UPCOMING EXHIBITION: L.A. Women by David Bromley

UPCOMING EXHIBITION:

L.A. Women by David Bromley

Saturday, June 25th, 2016 6:00 - 9:00 PM

 

David Bromley, Lauren Johnson

Andrew Weiss Gallery is honored to present, in its Los Angeles premier, a collection of paintings capturing free spirited, alluring, LA women on canvas.  This collection features prominent and upcoming models within Los Angeles.  Each model displays their own beauty, style, and grace within each canvas, which is so eloquently captured by Australian artist David Bromley.

This newly curated collection features David Bromley’s talent of illuminating the personalities of these women on canvas, each with their own unique qualities. This collection presents alongside, and is a companion to "Marilyn at 90: A Tribute to David Bromley", a retrospective exhibition featuring Marilyn Monroe through the lens and with the brush.

David Bromley, Mallory Jansen

"L.A. Women" and "Marilyn at 90: A Tribute to David Bromley" will begin with our opening reception on June 25, 2016 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. and will run through September 1, 2016.

 

Interview with David Bromley on his inspiration for "L.A. Women":

 

UPCOMING EXHIBITION: Marilyn at 90: A Tribute by David Bromley

MARILYN AT 90: A TRIBUTE BY DAVID BROMLEY
A Retrospective Exhibition: Marilyn Monroe through the Lens and with the Brush

Andrew Weiss Gallery is honored to present the works of David Bromley at our opening reception on
June 25, 2016 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM.  

   
David Bromley, Marilyn Tribute V, 2016

We hope you will join us at the opening of this photographic retrospective in commemoration of Marilyn Monroe's 90th Birthday anniversary.  This newly curated collection features Australian artist David Bromley's canvases in tribute to Marilyn as well as some of the world's most famous photographic works of the Icon. 
This exhibition presents works by noted Australian artist David Bromley and the worlds most celebrated Marilyn Monroe photographers: Andre de Dienes, Milton H. Greene, William Carroll, Kashio Aoki, Bert Stern, George Barris, and Laszlo Willinger

Milton H. Greene, 06 from The Pekingese Dog Sitting, 1955

David Bromley emerged as a painter in the mid-1980's.  In the early stages of his career, he held solo exhibitions in Sydney and Adelaide and represented works in state and regional galleries.  He has emerged as one of the most innovative and recognizable artist in Australia.  
In his practice, Bromley has developed themes for distinct and unique styles of painting; the female portrait, the children's series and the butterflies and birds series.  
Bromley's work is daringly colored and executed with a graphic intention, reminiscent of Warhol's Pop Art from the 1960's.  He credits Warhol as an early influence demonstrated in his reductive colors, graphic style and the simplified forms of his nudes.

David Bromley, Marilyn Tribute I, 2016

David Bromley's talent is now being merged with the iconic beauty of the one and only Marilyn Monroe.  David Bromley's magic comes to life in these magnificent Marilyn Monroe paintings that will be on display in Andrew Weiss Gallery.  

Milton H. Greene, Marilyn with Lute, 1953

"Andy Warhol immortalized her and even though her time on this earth had passed, she lives on forever a face, physicality, and a charisma. Her potency continues to seduce us as she seems both so beautiful and powerful. Equally, she seemed at times sad in her eyes and frail. With our opportunity to paint her and work with her images, we feel as if we have an opportunity to engage with her for longer. At times these works follow in the footsteps of people like Warhol, who, like me, seeks to heighten a story already told through respect and flamboyance, to paint her and further immortalize her."

-David Bromley

Interviews with David Bromley on his inspiration for our upcoming show: