WONDERLAND

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Sullivan Goss is excited to announce a superb new exhibition to coincide with the arrival of Spring with new works by the gallery’s regularly represented artists and four artists who have never shown with Sullivan Goss before. Wonderlandhopes to wow visitors the way that sprays of new flowers along a well-worn path do. While there are a few historical pieces–one from 1939, another from 1967, and another from 1972–most of the works are contemporary, if not brand new. Looking around, visitors may discover that Wonderland is a vibe more than a thesis, and that the vibe is buoyant, fresh–maybe even a little trippy.

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The local contingent is balanced by L.A. artists SUSAN McDONNELL, ASTRID PRESTON, and J. BRADLEY GREER. McDONNELL, who is represented by the gallery, has a spectacularly realistic image of a butterfly inspecting fresh flowers. PRESTON will have two paintings in the exhibition – one involving a garden that dissolves into pixelation and the other a cosmic abstraction. GREER’s obsessively-applied thick paint will conjure decorative floral shapes floating over the ocean.

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In turn, these L.A. artists are joined by San Francisco based artist JOSEPH GOLDYNE, whose monotype of an iris achieves a sublime delicacy and subtlety. GOLDYNE is also represented by Sullivan Goss. The gallery’s mission to connect the best artists of Santa Barbara with the great artists of L.A. and San Francisco in conjunction with important artists from across the country remains ongoing.

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Artists Included: 
Ken Bortolazzo, Oskar Fischinger, Joseph Goldyne, J. Bradley Greer, Sami Hayek, Raymond Jonson, Philip Kupferschmidt, Susan McDonnell, John Millei, Roland Petersen, Hank Pitcher, Astrid Preston, Alex Rasmussen, Lynda Weinman