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Riverside Art Museum

Plein Air Abstraction
February - May 2008
Elizabeth Chandler, Luc Leestemaker, Joan Perlman, Janet Rosener, Susan Sommer, Marie Thibeault, Gina Werfel.

Plein Air Abstraction brings together the painting of seven American artists who paint direct observation of nature. They paint not what they see, but what they feel upon seeing it. Of the seven painters, five live in southern California. Luc Leestemaker, who was born in Holland, and now resides in the Hollywood Hills, responds gesturally to the sea and mountains of southern California. These painters follow in a tradition that not only descends from the beginnings of abstraction but has produced some of the monuments of modern art, among them Kandinsky's improvisations, Mondrian's post-cubist geometries, O'Keeffe's luminous and fluid images and De Koonings's dynamic depictions of urban and rural space.

Peter Frank
Senior Curator


June 14 - August 1, 2008
Luc Leestemaker - Paintings, Richard Erdman - Sculptures

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 21

Excerpt from the published catalog:

...Tradition weighs on Leestemaker's and Erdman's minds, not to mention shoulders. They are dedicated not just to artistic practice, but artistic discourse, and do not just add to the number of objects in the world, but make an argument for the spiritual and intellectual durability of what they produce. For Erdman and Leestemaker, an artwork's presence is justified as much by the history it inheres and emotion it radiates as by the beauty and self-possession it commands. Erdman's marbles and Leestemaker's oils are not props in a gallery (much less images on a Website), they are resonant concretions existing in the same material reality as their observers. They don't simply look like art, they are art...

—Peter Frank, Art Critic, Senior Curator

33 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
617.266.8001
www.galerie-dorsay.com

Selection of work on permanent display. Please contact the gallery for details.


Solo Exhibition


1020 Prospect St, Suite 130, La Jolla, CA 92037

Solo Exhibition: Recent & Current Works

Saturday, June 7, 2008. 6 - 10 P.M.
With lecture by Peter Frank
RSVP: (858) 459-0836

Excerpt from the published catalog:

....While Leestemaker's hurricanes of paint do not blow down our houses or flood our streets, they look - and feel - as if they could. They also look, and feel, as if they could transport our spirits to a place of ecstasy. Leestemaker finds the storm and invites us to ride it with him, to a place where painting and picture have entirely conflated...

— Peter Frank, Art Critic, Senior Curator


725 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.988.7275
www.gallerymoda.com

Selection of work on permanent display. Please contact the gallery for details.


8576-A Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tel: (310) 657-0324
Open: Daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and by appointment
www.skylarkfineartgallery.com




SOREN CHRISTENSEN

400 Julia Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504.569.9501
Fax: 504.569.9503

Selection of work on permanent display. Please contact the gallery for details.

Breaking Through the Canvas
September 29, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.
A Gala evening of performance, gourmet dining and dancing
 under the stars to benefit Lineage Dance.

The Lineage Dance Board of Directors is pleased to invite you to a gala event on the beautiful terrace of the Pasadena Museum of California Art.  Showcasing the grace and elegance of Lineage Dance, the evening includes the world premiere of Hilary Thomas’ newest dance, Breaking Through the Canvas.  Be amongst the first to see this collaboration of cutting-edge dance inspired by the music of acclaimed composer Vincent Ho and the renowned visual artist Luc Leestemaker.  As the evening unfolds, enjoy a gourmet meal with friends and dance the night away under the stars.

Lineage Dance is dedicated to raising funds for charitable organizations through the presentation of benefit dance concerts, as well as to making the arts accessible to audiences of all socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds.  This unique mission provides enormous opportunities and we welcome your partnership!  By supporting Lineage Dance, you are supporting all of our beneficiary organizations. 

As part of the festivities, attendees will have an opportunity to participate in a live auction that will include a select number of paintings by Luc Leestemaker. (Starting bids will begin below market value especially for this event). Proceeds from the evening will allow Lineage Dance to continue to build outreach efforts and present their acclaimed benefit dance concerts.

As the event promises to be unforgettable, please place your ticket orders now! Tickets are available at “Tickets/Performances” at www.lineagedance.org for $125 per person, or $1000 for a table of ten.


Just Released!

Luc Leestemaker: A Retrospective

Hardbound cloth-wrapped book packaged in printed cardboard box. Introduced and edited by Peter Frank. Over 250 color plates spanning a period of 16 years. Essays and poems by the artist. Includes a DVD.

Book:

  • Hardbound cloth wrapped book packaged in printed cardboard box.
  • Introduced and edited by Peter Frank.
  • Over 250 color plates spanning a period of 16 years.
  • Essays and poems by the artist.

DVD:

  • “Four Paintings By Leestemaker”, a classical composition by award-winning composer Vincent Ho.
  • Animation by Edber Mamisao.
  • 30 minute documentary “Conversation with Luc Leestemaker” written, produced and directed by Emily Lau.

To order your copy, click here.


Just Released!

Luc Leestemaker: Limited Collector's Edition

  • 200 leather-bound copies only, numbered
    and signed by the artist. Each set comes with an original work of art,
    in a frame. Book and artwork are cased in specially designed box.
  • Only available through Skylark Press and
    affiliated galleries.

To order your copy, click here.


Charlie Haden Album Cover Artwork

Winner of the 2005 Grammy for "Best Contemporary Latin Jazz" Album of the year


The music CD "Land Of The Sun" by Charlie Haden; transcriptions of compositions by a number of Mexican composers, was recently released.

Famed jazz composer and musician,Charlie Haden, a collector of the artist's work, asked Leestemaker  to listen to the recorded music, and create the artwork for the CD.

Land of the Sun (La Tierra del Sol. Charlie Haden, Gonzalo Rubalcaba). Verve / Universal 0249820825


2005 Richard Wilbur Award

The prestigious 2005 Richard Wilbur Award was given to Chelsea Rathburn, for her collection of poetry The Shifting Line, published by the University of Evansville Press. In a collaboration between the poet and the artist, Luc Leestemaker created the artwork for the cover of this exquisitely produced publication.

Copies are available trough local bookstores nationwide or directly from the publisher at http://english.evansville.edu/ShiftingLineOrderForm.htm



Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Work was recently completed for the new Banner Estrella Medical Center, in Phoenix, Arizona. Unique in this project is the eye for detail in design and art.

Leestemaker was commissioned to create a 10 x 10 ft. painting for the lobby entrance, as well as 12 additional artworks installed in other areas throughout the building.

The project was executed by Tiffiny Lendrum, of Lendrum Fine Art, in Los Angeles.


Award Winning Composer Vincent Ho

Canadian composer Vincent Ho is currently writing a composition, inspired by paintings of Luc Leestemaker. The composer, who won the prestigious 2005 “Robert Fleming Prize” for most outstanding young Canadian Composer, and the 2004 ASCAP Foundation “Morton Gould Young Composer Award” for his composition “Dragon Realms” has now been commissioned by the Royal Conservatory to write a new composition based on and inspired by Leestemaker’s work, which will be performed at a number of art music festivals throughout China in 2006. Various concerts are planned for Canada and the US as well.

From notes by Vincent Ho to the artist:

"...I am so absolutely thrilled! Your works have been wonderful inspirations for me. As a consequence, I have just completed one movement of my piece inspired by your painting, BIRDSONG No.9. When I initially saw it, I felt a pervasion of youthful optimism; an energetic lyricism colored by tastefully seasoned dissonances. For some reason, I also saw the summation of one journey and the re-awakening of an inner-child; like the end of one phase and the re-embracement of long-lost one. As well, there is a folkloric quality about it that adds to its rustic character. For the music, I responded in a similar vein. The piece is fast and energetic, built on Chinese folk rhythms and sonorities, and seasoned with delicious dissonances to give it that added excitement. It expresses a youthful energitic quality that harkens an earlier musical period of mine; a period when I still viewed music with a child-like sense of wonder and excitement before the realities of life jaded my perspectives. I can't wait for you to hear this...!"


MUSEUM RETROSPECTIVE

BAKERSFIELD MUSEUM OF ART
A survey of fourteen years of expressionist and impressionist painting in America
February 26 - April 20, 2004

Please contact for more information.




WEST VALLEY ART MUSEUM
Scheduled Exhibition: August 6 – September 12, 2004

West Valley Art Museum
17420 N. Avenue of the Arts
Surprise (Phoenix), AZ 85374
(623) 972-0635

Please contact Mr. David Tooker for more information.


PERSTERER
International Art Management
Bahnhofstrasse 37
8001 Zurich
Switzerland
TEL: (011) (0) 44 212 5292
FAX: (011) (0) 44 212 5294
email: art@persterer.com

Selection of works is on permanent display. Please contact the gallery for more information.