Thanks again to all who came out to witness the opening recpetion for Felix Baudenbacher’s FIXING THE TENT [with Memory Stones by Regula Baudenbacher]. The gallery will be open the next few weekends on Saturdays & Sundays from 1-5pm. To make an appointment outside of those hourse, please call 323.669.1247. Please view some of these great photos by Tito da Costa on the Found Flickr.

From ‘Eudora Welty: Photographs,’ found at home today:

“The greatest thing a human soul ever ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way.  Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, and thousands can think for one who can see.  To see clearly is poetry, philosophy, and religion - all in one.

If the claim seems excessive, if you think most men and women are visually attentive, test yourself soon in a pulic place.  Sit on a bench apart from the movement and watch for a while.  Barring a sudden wreck or fight, you’re more than likely to see that most people move with a fuctional near-blindness, especially in cities.  every now and then, a watcher appears - the man who pauses to study a legless beggar, the woman who crouches to speak with a stray cat.  But the mass are safe, from surprise and discovery, in the opque tubes down which they hurry.  More than once I’ve spotted a famous face in a crowd - in an airport, say, and a glamorous face that looked exactly like its world-famed self - and no one else even glimpsed its passing.”

Thanks to everyone who participated, helped, or attended the Art Crawl last weekend. We now can relaunch the blog, because we have some spare time again. We’ll start things off with a series of links to photos from this last weekend. Click the links to see more.

Kickoff Party at the EchoPlex

Friday, Oct. 12

Saturday, Oct. 13

Sunday, Oct. 14

Felix Baudenbacher’s Fixing the Tent opens this Friday, October 26 and will run through November 27.  This month marks the unveiling of his newest body of work – and his first show since moving from London to Los Angeles 3 years ago.  Marked by a newly found economy of means, these drawings and paintings first took shape in the silence of a period of self-imposed, inner isolation and renewal.

Make sure to stop by the Opening Reception this Saturday, October 27, from 6-9 pm.  You know the address:  1903 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA  90027