Dandelion Wine
July 15 – August 19, 2023
Central Server Works Downtown Los Angeles
Dandelion Wine brings together a significant group of artists and friends who have greatly influenced the founders of the gallery during its first year of operation. As the gallery expands into a larger space for its second year, this show serves as a reflection of our accomplishments, encounters, and aspirations as a gallery rooted in artist support.
The show derives its title from a composition by Jean-Jacques Perrey and Billy Goldenberg. Perrey, a notable French electronic music performer, released some of the earliest commercially available recordings featuring the Moog synthesizer. Moreover, Perrey was among the pioneers in promoting, performing, and recording with the Ondioline, an instrument that prominently features in Dandelion Wine.
The song itself serves as a theme for a theatrical adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s novel, “a series of loosely connected short stories centered around summer experiences.” We perceive this group show as a summer occurrence, marking the initial phase of our gallery’s new chapter. Perrey’s music holds a special place in our family, frequently played in our original home gallery. As we transition to a new space, we desired to bring a small part of our home gallery with us.
Installation Images by
Joshua White Photography
Chase Wilson | Parachute school game with saw horses, 2022 | Oil on canvas | 52 x 50"
Piero Golia | Basel Painting #3, 2017 | Acrylic on canvas | 78 x 60"
Peter Gronquist | Reflectoglyph 13, 2022 | Reflected light on photo paper | 40 x 30”
Erica Ryan Stallones | Then I Saw a Second One, 2020 | Oil on canvas | 20 x 16”
Sofia Heftersmith | UV 10, 2023 | Acrylic on loose canvas | 24.5 x 28”
Darius Airo | Mars in a Sade Shirt, 2022 | Etching, printed in black on Fabriano Rosapina, Ivory (220 gsm) | Paper size: 13 x 15 1⁄8” / Image size: 8 x 10” | Edition of 30
Maxwell Sykes } Cactus, 2023 | Acrylic on paper | 54.5 x 43
Peter Gronquist | Signs of Life 7, 2022 | Lace, concrete, polyurethane, oil | 48 x 36”
Marcelo Eli Sarmiento | We’re all here to do what we’re here to do, 2021 | Watercolor on paper | 18 x 15”
Marcelo Eli Sarmiento | Baby Jaguar, 2021 | Watercolor on paper | 12 x 9”
Marcelo Eli Sarmiento Vaya Con Dios, 2022 | Watercolor on paper | 29 x 42”
Lenard Smith | The Mighty Skin, 2022 Oil on canvas | 24 x 18”
Lenard Smith Protect Them, 2022 | Oil on canvas | 24 x 18”
Miranda Friedman | loosely connected, center shared, 2023 | Paper, gaff tape, inkjet prints, pen, pencil, marker, acrylic paint | Dimensions variable
Lenard Smith Last Kiss, 2021 | Oil on Canvas | 24 x 18”
Misa Chhan | untitled, 2023 | Dye on fabric Dimensions variable
Misa Chhan | untitled, 2023 | Dye on fabric | Dimensions variable
Misa Chhan | untitled, 2023 | Cyanotype on paper | 26 x 20”
Misa Chhan | untitled, 2023 | Cyanotype on paper | 20 x 26”
Isabel Theselius | Strawberry Chaos/Anne, 2023 | Acrylic paint, colored pencils, and oil pastels on wood panels | 9 x 9”
Isabel Theselius | Spiral Love / Jade, 2023 Acrylic paint, colored pencils, and oil pastels on wood panel | 9 x 9”
Isabel Theselius | Leonora, 2023 Acrylic paint, colored pencils and oil pastels on wood panel 18 x 18”
Hea Mi Kim | untitled (summer ‘02), 2023 Flashe, oil paint, oil stick, oil pastel | 28 x 26”
Sacha Vega | Alouette, 2023 | Video
Derek Franklin| Tos #20, 2023 | Oil on canvas 36 x 30”
Derek Franklin | Tos #21, 2023 | Oil on canvas 36 x 30”
Chase Wilson | Parachute school game with saw horses, 2022 | Oil on canvas | 52 x 50”
Sensie | Violet, 2023 | Oil on canvas | 30 x 24”