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April
2024
The Pepper Moons
Jazz Tuesday
30
April
2024
Courtney lemmon Trio
Jazz Tuesday
14
May
2024
Michelle Coltrane Quartet
Jazz Tuesday
21
May
2024
Evan Stone Quartet
Jazz Tuesday
28
May
2024
Fresh Mint Pharaohs
Jazz Tuesday
4
June
2024
TBC
Jazz Tuesday
11
June
2024
Alfredo Caceres Trio
Jazz Tuesday
16
July
2024
Jennifer Leigh Warren Trio
Jazz Tuesday
Peter Lodato
Diamonds/Divisions/Voids
Always fascinated by the uncertainty of human perception, and the duplicitous nature of vision, which can be both revealing and deceitful, Lodato creates paintings that delve into this duality. Upon first read they are austere, geometric abstractions. After further observation, however, the paintings begin to vibrate: brushstrokes become evident and the surface reveals that there are numerous layers beneath. The hard edges of his often bi-chromatic works dissipate into sensuous fields of color that seem to push space in and out.
Lodato’s reductive, divided compositions are visual confrontations between the planar simplicity of form and the resonance of particular pigments. A disciple of the AbEx color field painter, Barnett Newman, Lodato’s sumptuously colored canvases echo Newman’s concept of using division as a way to merge different areas of the canvas into a sublime whole.
Art Exhibition | April 7- June 30, 2024
Frank Gruber
Back to the South 1971
"In late July 1971, we spent several weeks in the South (Italy), “il Mezzogiorno,” while my father did some ethnography and my mother, an artist, sketched. There I was, in a place that was very foreign to me, with a camera, and that’s when I took these photographs. For me, the essential aspect of visual anthropology, and what should distinguish it from journalism, or “street photography,” or travel photography, is direct engagement with the subject. Meaning no subterfuge and no voyeurism. In a public setting, such as a public procession, one can infer consent from the public nature of the ceremony, but ideally the photographer engages with the people being photographed. In my best photographs, the subject looks directly into the camera. The photographer should allow his or her subjects to present themselves as they wish to be presented."
Projected Photo Exhibition | March 3 - April 7, 2024
Welcome to LA Puglia
Restaurant
Authentic Southern Italian
LA Puglia is now open in Santa Monica, at 1621 Wilshire Blvd. Come visit us!
Bakery
100% Organic Flour
Prepared using our proprietary mix of organic flours and only all-natural Mother Yeast.
Wines
The Very Best of Apulian Wines
A selection of the most representative wines from Puglia.
Homemade Gelato
100% Organic Fresh Milk & Fruit
Organic homemade gelato in a wide variety of flavors.
Fresh Juices
Organic Juices
Organic fresh-pressed juices prepared on demand.
Gambero Rosso's Restaurant of the Year 2023
"The Restaurant of the Year is a hymn to the authenticity of our regional cuisines: LA Puglia in Santa Monica"
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