The Barnsdall Art Park Exhibits Nazim M. Nazim's Paintings & Michael Todd's Sculptures

Written by Louis Santiago Sunday, 29 January 2012 21:18

Hollywood, CA.-  The Barnsdall Art Park is pleased to announce two exhibitions, "Nazim M. Nazim: Power Animals" and "Michael Todd: Bronze and Steel", both on view until October 1st. Both exhibits are curated by Jeff Phillips of The Art Art Project and feature new works by these contemporary artists. The exhibits celebrate of both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art creation, featuring the masterly painting skills and content of the work of Nazim M. Nazim, and the exuberance and epic-scale of Michael Todd’s most recent sculptures.

Nazim M. Nazim is a contemporary fine artist using traditional working methods to create art. Drawing and painting are the fundamental elements to the realization of his artistic vision, inspired by an array of themes that vary according to the temperament and compulsion to create the artwork. Myth, mysticism and metaphysics resonate within the subject matter, exploring the visual harmonics which the artist may observe or imagine. In the sculpture garden are works featuring “Bronze and Steel”, contemporary works of Michael Todd, in which there is a strong Asian influence from Japanese Zen and Chinese calligraphy, as well as a clear debt to Arshile Gorky and the abstract expressionists, Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning. Todd tries to humanize geometry and minimalism to give it emotional weight. His circular pieces are like echoes of the cosmos. They represent the expanding universe and chaos, the Ying and the Yang. The Art Art Project curator Jeff Phillips (a Cal Arts Alumnus) also curates the Sculpture Plaza at the Warner Center in Woodland Hills, featuring some of California’s leading sculpture artists which has included in past exhibitions Betty Gold, Bret Price, Peter Shire, Kristan Marvell, and John Gilbert Lebtow.


The Barnsdall Gallery Theatre is a facility of the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Located at the crest of Olive Hill overlooking the city of Los Angeles, Barnsdall Art Park had its beginning in the early 1900's when Aline Barnsdall came West with plans to develop a theatre company. When Aline Barnsdall donated the Park and its Frank Lloyd Wright designed structures to the City of Los Angeles to the City of Los Angeles in 1927, she wished to provide an accessible arts center, incorporating and preserving the famous Hollyhock House as a vital component. The spirit of Barnsdall's intention was to maintain an active arts center for the community was assured longevity. Programs and exhibits became a part of the mission of the Park, programs that are used by thousands of Los Angeles community members as well as visitors from throughout the world. The Community Arts Division of the Cultural Affairs Department manages the Park. Programs include the adult and youth art classes at the Barnsdall Art Center and the Junior Arts Center, the Barnsdall Art Center and the Hollyhock House; museum education and tours programs at the Municipal Art Gallery, the Junior Arts Center Gallery and the Hollyhock House; theatre programs at the Gallery Theatre; and, numerous festivals during the year that celebrate the cultural diversity of the community. Visit the park's website at ... http://www.barnsdallartpark.com/

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