Philadelphian artists Jim Houser and Rebecca Westcott fill the gallery walls with murals ,paintings, sculpture and installations. Houser’s installations feature flatly painted, cryptic, cartoon imagery juxtaposed with folksy text and found objects such as discarded skate decks ,skate shoes and old window frames. Jim Houser is a skateboarder who designs skate decks for Toy Machine. His art has been featured in Strength,Juxtapoz and Tokion Magazines. Houser was included in the show “East Meets West” at the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art and was recently collected by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Rebecca Westcott will be showing artworks featuring finely painted portraits of skateboarders and friends,flowers,plants and text. Both Rebecca and Jim recently exhibited large installations at the Virginia Center of Contemporary Art’s Skate Culture show.
Opening reception: Friday, November 14, 2003 7-10 PM
For Visuals or further Information, Please Contact:
Marsea Goldberg, Director New Image Art Phone/fax 323 654 2192 or 310 828-4749