Art exhibit opens at Ontario airport

 

STARSCAPE BY KENNETH OBER

ONTARIO -- There’s a art exhibit, “Out of Thin Air” just for those waiting for their planes at LA/Ontario International Airport.
Los Angeles World Airports and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs has opened an exhibition featuring twelve Los Angeles-based artists who derive inspiration from the urban and natural worlds to create photographs, paintings, sculptures, and installations.
The works are on display through May at ONT on the departure levels of Terminals 2 and 4.
Curated by Ginger Van Hook, “Out of Thin Air,” features a blend of original contemporary artworks reflecting the “individual artistic processes intrinsic to working and creating in Southern California amidst an assemblage of people, places, and ideas from across the world” explained a LAWA news release.


The nine artists on exhibit in Terminal 4 use a variety of media and methods.
Kenneth Ober, Luke Van Hook, Holly Tempo, and Michael Giancristiano demonstrate distinct approaches in examining and interpreting the landscape from intricate renderings to fields of color and pattern.
Renée Fox combines ornate paintings and sculptures to depict microscopic occurrences, such as the propagation of a flower or the power of a seed, while Shizuko Greenblatt incorporates synthetic and organic objects to reference Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement.


Michael Massenburg and Mark X Farina mix color, language, and abstract forms to express a relationship with the environment. Artworks by Scott Grieger alter and manipulate perspective using digital art and design.
The three artists on exhibit in Terminal 2, Siri Kaur, Yoichi Kawamura, and Anne Marie Rousseau, use photography to explore the nature of the skies.
Kawamura’s images offer views of distant horizons while Kaur’s photographs capture the Aurora Borealis. Rousseau’s air show photographs create a collage of intersecting lines and open space.


The Public Art and Exhibitions Program at Los Angeles World Airports attempts to educate and entertain the traveling public at LAX and LA/Ontario International Airports and the FlyAway Bus Terminal at Van Nuys Airport. The program showcases local and regional artists to enhance and humanize the overall travel experience for millions every year.
Information: www.lawa.org