Device Gallery Debuts in La Jolla with Fantastic Contraption Exhibition,
July 19 – Sept. 2, 2008
Inaugural Show Creates a surreal world grounded in Artistry, Craftsmanship, and a Fascination with the Mechanical.

Device Gallery opens its doors in La Jolla, CA with its inaugural exhibition, titled Fantastic Contraption. The gallery will host an opening reception, Saturday, July 19 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fantastic Contraption features the work of 18 innovative artists exploring the mechanical nature of man through various disciplines. The collection is a bold and arresting assemblage of sculpture, paintings, photographs, and illustrations which sets the tone for Device’s unique and unusual aesthetic.

Featured artists include:
Ashley Wood, Christopher Conte, D. Hwang, Eduard Anikonov, Eric Joyner, Gregory Brotherton, H.R. Giger, Joey Vaiasuso, John U. Abrahamson, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Mike Libby, Nemo Gould, Stéphane Halleux, Theo Kamecke, Viktor Keon, Wayne Martin Belger, William B. Hand and Zoran Milivojevic.

“Individually, each of these artists have created a significant body of work that warrants praise and discussion” said Device co-founder, Amy Brotherton. “However, as a collective, their work takes on a new and powerful meaning, creating a world in which science and fiction, artistry and craftsmanship, and the surreal and the real co-exist.”

Device Gallery’s opening reception coincides with the release of the book Device Volume 1 - Fantastic Contraption, published by IDW Publishing. The 136-page art book takes an in-depth look at the artists and art featured in the exhibition.

The Device Gallery was founded by Amy Brotherton and her husband, artist Gregory Brotherton (www.brotron.com), who bring a combined 35 years of experience in fine and commercial art to Device. Greg is an award-winning commercial artist, and a self-taught fine artist whose arresting sculptures transform such vernacular objects as vacuum cleaners, mixers and cars into fantastic interpretations of myth and imagination. Amy's extensive experience in event planning, fundraising and public relations has provided her the opportunity to work with some of the most celebrated and distinguished artists, writers and filmmakers of our time.

Device Gallery’s first show, Fantastic Contraption, runs July 19 through September 2.
The next exhibit, Divide and Contour, commences September 6, and will spotlight the work of Tom Thewes, Greg Brotherton and Anthony Leonardi III.

The Device Gallery exhibits contemporary artwork that embraces the spirit of invention and ingenuity. Drawn to the juxtaposition between the classical and the unusual, the gallery features works bound by artistry and skill, rather then genre or medium. Device is located in La Jolla, CA, at 7881 Drury Lane, on the corner of Prospect and Drury Lane, next to the Hard Rock Café. For information, call 858.454.1301 Visit Device Gallery on the Web at www.devicegallery.com

Contact: Colleen Gibbs
760.431.7264



Migraine Machine by Greg Brotherton. Photo by Ted Coakley



Voiture GPS, Navigation Car by Stéphane Halleux. Photo by Muriel Thies



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Adapta Project presents:
A Room of One's Own: Intimate Art in Contemporary Spaces at Beachfront Development in Baja California Terra Sur Coastal Resort Hosts Free Bi-National Art Exhibit July 19 - 27

Adapta Project is back, and in exactly one month, July 19, we'll be taking over an oceanfront home outside of Playas, Tijuana for a group show featuring site-specific installations, performance art, video art, paintings and photography by San Diego, Tijuana, Estonia, Mexico City and Ensenada artists. Check out the show's web page here: http://onesownartshow.com We'll have a shuttle running from San Diego to Tijuana, so you can tell your readers they have no reason to be scared or inconvenienced. We heart Tijuana cultura and we think you and your readers will too after they experience this multi-sensory show in such a beautiful space.

BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico – A Room of One's Own: Intimate Art in Contemporary Spaces, a new exhibit by Adapta Project, will open on Saturday, July 19, 5 - 11 p.m. at Terra Sur, a new residential resort community, south of San Diego near Rosarito Beach.

In Adapta Project’s upcoming curatorial endeavor, internationally renowned artists will create site-specific work within the luxury home, altering each room or space to result in multi-sensory experiences. The exhibit is expected to feature new installations, paintings, performance pieces and video and audio art by Tijuana, San Diego, Estonia and Mexico City artists to include Tania Candiani, Aldo Guerra, Mely Barragan, Daniel Ruanova and others.

Each of the artworks on view in the first luxury custom home at Terra Sur Coastal Resort will represent work inspired by the Baja region and the subjects of ownership and identity.

“This is an incredible opportunity to present some of the most interesting new art being made on the West Coast," said Guillermo Martinez de Castro (“Mannix”), the residential resort's developer and lead architect, who is underwriting the exhibit. "It will be an exciting marriage of architecture - created by Mexico and San Diego-based architects - and art inspired by that architecture.”

The unveiling celebration of “A Room of One’s Own” on July 19 will include artists in attendance and music. Reservations are requested at adaptaproject@gmail.com.

A free shuttle service will be available from San Diego; shuttle reservations are required by emailing adaptaproject@gmail.com and space is limited (check www.adaptaproject.com for more details).

The exhibit will remain open through July 27.

Terra Sur is located just eight miles south of the U.S./Mexico International Border at San Ysidro. For detailed driving directions or more information about the art exhibit, visit www.adaptaproject.com or www.terrasurbaja.com.

Adapta Project:
A Room of One’s Own is one of only a handful of endeavors that the San Diego-based curatorial collective known as Adapta Project has undertaken this year. Earlier this spring, the arts group created a themed exhibit for the new Rob Wellington Quigley-designed Children's Museum in downtown San Diego. Quigley is one of the acclaimed architects from both sides of the U.S./Mexican border who are designing the seven single-family detached homes in the first phase of Terra Sur.

Adapta Project was founded in 2007 to offer an alternative perspective for showing and viewing artistic expression outside of conventional venues.

This collaborative initiative of curating and creating art in response to differing spaces is intended to positively influence and impact the experience of everyone involved, and expand existing opportunities currently available for presenting art. For more information, call 619.436.9034 or log onto www.adaptaproject.com

Terra Sur:
Currently under construction along the scenic coast just eight miles south of the U.S. border between Tijuana and Rosarito, Terra Sur Coastal Resort will include 16 individually and uniquely-designed beachfront single-family homes, two condo mid-rise towers with 103 units over parking all amid beautiful rugged coastline, lush native landscaping with gardens, terraces and coastal walkways, retail, restaurant and a high-end spa.

Terra Sur is being designed by some of the border region's most acclaimed architects. These include notable San Diego-based firms Rob Wellington Quigley, Spurlock-Poirier Landscape Architects, Safdie Rabines Architects, Ocean Pacific Design and Studio E Architects as well as Baja-based REDI Design.

Terra Sur is being developed by Paladin Redi Investors Baja, LLC, a joint venture between U.S.-based companies, Paladin Latin America Investors, LLC, and REDI International, LLC. REDI, headquartered in the Baja Coast Region, is one of the area's leading bi-national real estate development companies founded by enterprising architect and developer Guillermo Martinez (Mannix) de Castro with more than $500 million in projects planned or underway along the Baja California peninsula. For more info, visit www.terrasurbaja.com.

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