Pieceable Kingdom Opens at Beacon Arts in Inglewood, California Feb 5, 2011. Photo Journal by Ginger Van Hook

Artist Devin Troy Strother, Beacon Arts Gallery Director Renée Fox
and Scott Lane of the Scott Lane Organization and Beacon Arts Building
attend the opening of Pieceable Kingdom Curated by David Pagel.
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

Beacon Arts Gallery Director Renée Fox and Curator David Pagel
attend the opening reception of PEACEABLE KINGDOM for the
"Critics as Curators Series" at Beacon Arts Building Gallery in Inglewood, California
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

Beacon Arts continues its Critics-as-Curators series with Pieceable Kingdom curated by art critic David Pagel, opening Saturday, February 5, 2010. The exhibition features works in a range of media by seven artists – Erin Cosgrove, Asad Faulwell, Maxwell Hendler, Laura Krifka, Mimi Lauter, Devin Troy Strother, and Matt Wedel – who capture the complexity of everyday life by giving form to its down-to-earth beauty and uplifting ordinariness, its tribulations and triumphs, its pleasures and pains. As a group, they piece things together, sometimes literally and sometimes figuratively, creating singular pieces that are complete unto themselves yet also openly invite all sorts of stories, from other times and places, to echo across their sensuous surfaces.

Pieceable Kingdom runs from Saturday, February 5, 2011 to Sunday, March 20, 2011. Exhibition special events include an opening reception on Saturday February 5, 6:00 – 9:00pm, an artists’ panel discussion on Sunday, March 6, which starts at 2:00pm, and a closing reception on Sunday, March 20, 1:00 – 4:00pm, which will include a catered brunch and a critics’ panel discussion. Beacon Arts is located at 808 N. La Brea Ave., Inglewood, CA 90302. Regular gallery hours are from 1:00pm to 6:00pm Thursday through Saturday, Sundays 1:00pm – 4:00pm. All Pieceable Kingdom events are free. For additional information please call 310-621-5416 or visit http://www.beaconartsbuilding.com/ as well as http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inglewood-CA/Beacon-Arts-Building/129817703733091?v=info. For additional Pieceable Kingdom photos, please see http://gallery.me.com/lynnhasty#100096.

Artists Luke Van Hook, Ken Ober and Michael Massenberg
attend the opening reception of
Peaceable Kingdom at Beacon Arts Building Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011

Scott Lane with his wife Jan Lane attend the opening reception of
Peaceable Kingdom at Beacon Arts Building Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011 

Artists Marcie Kaufmann and Luke Van Hook discuss the artwork 

at the opening reception of
Peaceable Kingdom at Beacon Arts Building Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Photo by Ginger Van Hook©2011