ROBERT GINDER Apotheosis

April 11 – May 23, 2015

Lora Schlesinger Gallery is proud to present Robert Ginder’s Apotheosis. The show opens April 11th and runs through May 23, 2015. This will be our inaugural exhibition for our new gallery space at Bergamot Station. The exhibition is Robert Ginder’s fourth solo show with the gallery. Robert Ginder’s paintings are a devotional meditation on the material world. The exhibition Apotheosis focuses on the aggrandizement of conventional objects. Through the use of gold leaf and traditional painting techniques, Ginder creates venerable artifacts that elicit respect for subject matters that are ordinarily seen as mundane, so that they can be examined in a different light. His California suburban landscapes with golden skies are contemporary secular icons, reminiscent of 14th century Italian Renaissance paintings. The houses become icons for present day, reflecting the roots of our culture and our concept of “home”. The images become universal in the concept of a “house” and the fulfillment of human needs and dreams. A modern scene painted on wood panel with oil paint and gold leaf, brings the validity and veneration of an early sacred painting to a contemporary body of work that is timely and timeless. Ginder’s still-life works heighten the traditional elements of a still-life painting, to accentuate the simplicity of each piece. The hyper-traditional imagery is presented in an unexpected larger-than-life scale, pushing the subject’s inherent qualities. The effect makes the work contemporary by giving it a cinematic size and splendor. Robert Ginder lives and works in New York. His work has been exhibited internationally since 1984. In 2012, he was included in the Belvedere Castle & Museum’s Gold Exhibition, in Vienna, Austria. In 1992, he was the recipient of the New York Foundations for the Arts Fellowship. His work can be found in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum and the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art. CONTACT: Lora Schlesinger or Stephanie Mercado OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, April 11, 2015, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Luminous Corner, 2014 oil & gold leaf on panel 24 x 31”

Machina Ruber et Nubis oil & gold leaf on panel 40-3/4 x 53-1/2”

Ornelia, 2014 oil & gold leaf on panel 24 x 31”

Valencia Vehiculum oil & gold leaf on panel 47-3/4 x 65-3/4 ”

Celsiana, 2014 oil & gold leaf on panel 24 x 31”

Aerial Display & Lofty Pursuit

oil & gold leaf on panel 72-1/2 x 5-3/8”

Andante oil & gold leaf on panel 14-15/16 x 7"

Wild Berries alkyd on expanded polystyrene 24 x 30-3/4”

Peaches alkyd on expanded polystyrene 21 x 29-3/4”

Heirloom alkyd on expanded polystyrene 15-1/2 x 22-3/4”

Kestrel, 2014 oil on panel 15-7/8 x 21-7/8” - fr.

Enso oil on panel 13-15/16 x 17” -fr.

Lexicon oil on panel 13-15/16 x 17” -fr.

Combray, 2014 oil on panel 19-1/8 x 23-1/8” -fr.

Valparaiso oil on panel 11-3/16 x 22-1/4” -fr.

Damask oil on panel 11-1/16 x 13-1/16” -fr.

Cartouche oil on panel 13-15/16 x 19-1/2” -fr.

Benton Quay oil on panel 13-15/16 x 25-1/4” -fr.

Penelopean oil on panel 10-5/8 x 14-3/4” -fr.

Carolingian oil on panel 12-3/8 x 14-” -fr.

Titus oil on panel 11-1/2 x 13-1/2” -fr.

Purple acrylic and mixed media on panel 35 x 46”

Red, 2014 acrylic and mixed media on panel 29-1/4 x 46-1/2”

Tenacity 2014 oil & gold leaf on panel 25-3/4 x 39-3/4”

Lora Schlesinger Gallery 2525 Michigan Avenue, B5b Santa Monica, CA 90404 www.loraschlesinger.com (310) 828-1133 FAX (310) 828-4344 Robert Ginder 1948 Born in Alamosa, Colorado

Solo Exhibitions: 2015 Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica , CA 2011 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY 2008-09 Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2007 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY 2004 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA 2003 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY 2001 Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA 1998 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY 1997 Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA 1995 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY 1993 Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA 1993 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY 1991 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY 1989 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY 1987 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY 1986 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA 1983 O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ 1983 A Place, New York, NY Group Exhibitions: 2014 Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2013 Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2012 Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2012 Small Painting Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2012 Gold, Belvedere Castle & Museum, Vienna Austria 2011 Gallery Artists, Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2010 National Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK 2010 Small Works, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2009 The Toy Show II, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2005 Insatiable Desires, USC Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Everything’s O.K. at O.K. Harris, Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL 2003 Contemporary American Realism VI, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2002 Contemporary American Landscapes, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK 2001 Collectors’ Cotillion: A Visual Debut, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY 1997 Primarily Paint, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 1996 A Survey of Contemporary American Realism, Posco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 1992 How Green Is My Valley, Louis Stern Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA 1992 The Articulated Thumbprint, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 1990 Timkin Exchange, Timkin Museum, San Diego, CA 1990 Contemporary Landscapes, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1988 Tortue is O.K., Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1987 Faux Arts, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA 1985 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA 1984 Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA (October) 1984 Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA (March) Bibliography: Books and Catalogs: America: A History in Art, William G. Scheller, Black Dog & Leventhal Publ., 2008 Manspace: A Primal Guide to Marking Your Territory,

Sam Martin, The Taunton Press, 2006 Insatiable Desires, USC Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California,

Los Angeles, CA; Foreward: Selma Holo, 2005 A Survey of Contemporary American Realism, Posco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 1996 Paintings Of California, Editor: Arnold Skolnick; Clarkson Potter Publishers, NY 1993 New York Art Guide, Editors: Tatsumi Shinoda, Kaoru Yanase, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha Publishers, Tokyo, Japan, 1991 New Art, Phyllis Freeman, Mark Greenberg, Eric Himmiel, Andreas Landshoff, Charles Miers; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY 1990. San Diego Artists, Robert Perine, I. Andrea, Bram Dijkstra; Artra Publishing Inc. Encinitas, CA 1988 Faux Arts: Arts, Surface, Illusions and Simulated Materials in Recent Art, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA; Text: Ronald K. Onorato, 1987. Bibliography: Periodicals and Newspapers: Review “Robert Ginder Recent Paintings” J. Bowyer Bell, June 1, 1998 p. 26 Art In America, “Review Of Exhibitions: San Diego; Robert Ginder At Quint”, Leah Ollman, November 1997, p. 134-135 The Union-Tribune, (San Diego, CA) “Visual Arts: Gilded Fruit”, Robert L. Pincus, June 26, 1997 The Union-Tribune, (San Diego, CA) “From Afar, He Learns that Home is Where the Art Is,” Robert L. Pincus, February 16, 1997 Sec. E, p.1 Daily Star (Oneonta, NY), “Restoring the Graves That Time Has Forgotten”, Diane Galusha, September 17, 1996, p. 11 Art Papers, “Reviews, Florida; The Articulated Thumbprint” Ronnie Greenspan, July/August 1992, p.46 The News, (Florida) “Thumbprint and Photo Show at Museum”, (photograph), February 21, 1992 Art and Antiques Magazine, “From Here to Antiquity,” Carol Volk, 1991 Los Angeles Times, San Diego County Edition, “Robert Ginder Searches for the X-Quality,” Hilliard Harper, April 4, 1988

Artweek, “Icons of the Common Place,” Carolyn Prince Batchelor, May 24, 1986, p.3 The West Hollywood Paper, “Michael Laurence on Art: Ginder,” May 22, 1986 Los Angeles Times, “The Art Galleries: La Cienega Area,” Kristine McKenna, May 2, 1986 Los Angeles Times, “Emerging Artists’ at La Jolla Art Museum,” Suzanne Muchnic, March 27, 1985 Grants/Fellowships: 1992 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, New York, NY 1991 Artist Magazine “Dream Studio” First Prize Selected Collections: University of Southern California, Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA American Republic Insurance Company, Des Moines, IA Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA American Republic Insurance Company, Des Moines, IA Wyatt Company, San Diego, CA