January Exhibitions and Events

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Small-Format Works in All Media
Sculpture, Works on Paper, Photographs, Mixed Media, Paintings
January 24, 2009 - February 14, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 24, 6-8PM

Kwaku Alston, Gary Baseman, Lori Field, Susan Jamison, Kahn & Selesnick, Akemi Maegawa, Shawne Major, Jiha Moon, Phil Nesmith, Izel Vargas, Zack Wirsum

Akemi Maegawa, 2008 Daruma, 2009. Porcelain. 8 X 7 X 4 in.	Shawne Major, Io, 2009 (detail). Fabric, plastic toys, mixed materials. Height: 24 in.; width variable.

Special Inauguration Week Exhibition:
Portraits of President Obama and the Obama Family by Kwaku Alston
January 17-23

We are pleased to announce a special exhibition of Kwaku Alston's portraits of President Barack Obama and a series of portraits of the Obama family shot earlier this year and during the campaign. Kwaku Alston is widely known for his portrait photography, as well as his cover and feature work for Time, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Essence, and many other publications. The artist lives and works in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA. See artist's resume and image gallery. The portraits will also be on view at ManifestHope:DC (see below).

Kwaku Alston, Barack Obama, Profile, 2008. C-print. 24 x 20. Edition of 35.	Kwaku Alston, Michelle and Barack Obama, 2008. C-print. 24 x 20 in. Edition of 35.

Kwaku Alston, Barack Obama with Microphone, 2008.
C-print. 24 x 20. Edition of 35.

Join us at MANIFEST HOPE:DC JANUARY 17-19 3333 M St., NW, Washington, DC Irvine Contemporary is the exhibition manager of Manifest Hope:DC, a celebration of art and artists who were motivators of the national movement that helped bring Barack Obama to the presidency. Manifest Hope:DC is produced by EMG and Shepard Fairey's OBEY group, and is also sponsored by MoveOn.org and the SEIU. The exhibition is also made possible by the help of many DC area volunteers: many thanks to all who contributed to make this event possible! See: www.manifesthope.com

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Small-Format Paintings
Continues Through January 17

Iona Rozeal Brown, Richard Colman, Edward Del Rosario, Lori Esposito, Lori Field, Teo González, Susan Jamison, Courtney Jordan, Ryan Pierce, Heidi Taillefer, Oliver Vernon, and Eric White
Info and image gallery || Checklist of works in pdf

IRVINE CONTEMPORARY
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