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Lynn Aldrich "Fly High Dive Deep" 

Presented by HOMEIRA GOLDSTEIN and TIME4ART
Exhibition Schedule: October 21st through January 1st
Opening Reception: Friday, October 21st from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM 

Face coverings strongly recommended while indoors.

Homeira Goldstein and TIME4ART with support of the Manhattan Beach Art Center are thrilled to present, Fly High Dive Deep, an exhibition featuring two selections of works by Los Angeles-based artist, Lynn Aldrich, alluding to conservation of our environment, addressing the vast realms of sky and sea. From the flights of birds to the growth of coral, the lift-off of wings to the flow of ocean currents, viewers are invited to consider the wonder and fragility of life in these spaces.

Aldrich states:

“I'm excited to show these artworks together in Southern California, under the skies of the Pacific Flyway, one of four major bird migration routes in the world, and near the Pacific Ocean, deepest of our planet's oceans. Over thirty years in the making, the juxtaposition of a 1993 installation about soaring birds with newer works about deep sea gardens gives me a fresh experience of awe at the extravagance of Creation.”

Lynn Aldrich is a conceptually motivated sculptor. Her works offer unexpected material propositions to reimagine the ordinary. Inspired by everyday household objects she “collects” on expeditions to local hardware stores, Aldrich’s sourcing is not all that unlike a 19th century naturalist’s penchant for in-field collecting. However, her collecting is transposed for LA’s suburban sprawl incorporating a wide range of cultural reference points. Growing up everywhere, the daughter of a medical research scientist in the Air Force, Lynn Aldrich was born in Bryan, Texas. As a child, she dreamed of being a marine biologist and was influenced by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring which made a noticeable impact on the environmental conservation movement.

She later moved to Los Angeles where she now lives and works. She received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and took a while to surrender to a love of visual arts when in 1986 she received an M.F.A. from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. She has exhibited extensively in Los Angeles, New York, other cities around the U.S. and in Europe. Museum exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the U.C.L.A. Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles; the Memorial Art Museum, Rochester, NY; the Museum of Biblical Art, NY; and the Kampa Museum, Prague.

Aldrich is a recipient of a City of Los Angles Fellowship Award from the Department of Cultural Affairs, a Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Arts. In 1999, her sculpture was acquired by Los Angeles County Museum of Art through their Art Here and Now Purchase Award. Other public collections include MOCA, Los Angeles; Calder Foundation, NY; Portland Art Museum, and Neiman Marcus Inc., Dallas, TX. Public art installations include Blue Line Oasis, a station for the Los Angeles Metro Transit Authority. Her works are in prominent private collections such as Cheney Family Collection, Houston; Peter Norton Collection, Los Angeles; Henry and Lisille Matheson Collection, Miami; Alain Servais Collection, Brussels; and Ahmanson Collection, Irvine, CA. Reviews of her artwork have been featured in Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, New York Times, Sculpture, Artforum, and Art in America among other publications.

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