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Lux Art Institute Welcomes Alex Kanevsky as Final Resident Artist of 2011/2012 Season
Contact: Grace Madamba, [email protected], 760 436 6611
Lux Art Institute, San Diego’s first LEED certified interactive art destination will welcome Russian-born painter Alex Kanevsky as the final resident artist of the 2011/2012 Season.
Luminous hues of paint applied with broad brushstrokes and in diaphanous layers imbue the canvases of artist Alex Kanevksy with a sense of dream-like mystery. The works develop slowly as Kanevsky applies gauze-like strata of pigment, building up the facets that create light, shade, and dimension, eventually creating form and foreground, atmosphere and background. Conveying the photographic effect of blurred motion, his subtly abstracted portraits, landscapes and still-lifes represent classical subjects in perpetual flux, reflecting both the specificity of a moment and the fleeting passing of time while also serving as ruminations on contemporary portrait and landscape themes.
From May 31 to June 30, Kanevsky will be living at Lux while working on studies, sketches and large-scale (four 36” x 36” and two 12” x 96”) panels based on live models. Visitors can “see art happen” while he is in residence and view his exhibit, featuring numerous examples of his enigmatic images, through July 28, 2012.
Alex Kanevsky was born in Rostvo-na-Donu, Russia, in 1963 and graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1993. He has received numerous prestigious fellowships and awards, including the Pew Fellowship for painting in 1997. In addition to exhibiting work across North America and Europe, his work has been reviewed in The LA Times, The New York Observer, The Philadelphia Inquirer and New American Paintings. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Achenbach Collection, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, de Young and Legion of Honor.
Lux Art Institute, located in Encinitas, Calif., is redefining the museum experience with the region’s only artist-in-residence program that invites artists to live and work on site, while producing a commissioned work of art – start to finish. This one-of-a-kind institution welcomes visitors to not only “see art,” but also to “see art happen.”
Throughout each year, Lux hosts several significant regional, national and international artists who participate in its residency program. Visitors from across the country are able to participate in exclusive liaison-led tours, providing intimate access to the artist-in-residence, the artist’s exhibition and the museum’s permanent collection of indoor and outdoor art. Lux also offers a wide range of innovative programming for all ages.
The recipient of the San Diego Architectural Foundation’s top design award, the Grand Orchid, and the first art museum in California awarded LEED certification for new construction, Lux is located alongside one of Southern California’s few remaining coastal wetlands. The five-acre site also overlooks the San Elijo Lagoon and is surrounded by a wildlife preserve that stretches to the Pacific Ocean.
Through its Phase II Capital Campaign, Lux plans to add more than 25,000 square feet of galleries and classrooms. Once completed, the new building will also feature a hilltop plaza and a series of gardens climbing between the galleries and the Artist Pavilion.
Lux Art Institute is located at 1550 South El Camino Real in Encinitas, Calif. Hours are Thursday and Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and cost is $10 for two visits. For more information about donations, memberships, volunteer opportunities and more, visit http://www.luxartinstitute.org or call 760-436-6611.