Please join us on Saturday, October 12th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm for a conversation and exhibition walk-through with artist James Richards and art critic, curator, and author Shana Nys Dambrot. About the Artist: Through James Richards’ use of materials—rope, yarn, paper, paint, wood—the abstract paintings take on qualities akin to instructive dioramas, enabling the viewer to understand and imagine concepts that oscillate from the tremendous to the quantum. An influential artist in the Los Angeles contemporary landscape, Richards has consistently exhibited his work in Southern California, New York, and Texas since graduating from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, with an MFA in 1991. His exhibitions have received praise and notoriety from critics such as David Pagel, Christopher Knight, and Ken Johnson in publications including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Flash Art, and Art in America. Pagel has described James Richards’ works as “among the most exciting abstractions being made today.”