With one of the best gallery window views in the Historic Core, Petra Wright’s curating expertise can be viewed by hundreds of downtowners without even having to step inside the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery on Spring and 6th.
Going on four years, the Gallery thrives because of Petra’s awesome people skills and selling know how.
Positive and trustworthy, Petra has been working for Gloria Delson as a talent scout and assistant since 2005.
She tells an interesting story of fate and serendipity about finding work in the arts that could fit comfortably inside any of the independent film scripts she was used to receiving during her former career, as an actress, in her days, long before she met Gloria.
When not acting, Petra would go door to door looking for high end sales jobs in the furniture district of West Los Angeles. One furniture design studio featured art work from Gloria Delson that caught Petra’s eye. Although the furniture store owner didn’t have a job for Petra, she did have a connection with Gloria Delson, who had been looking for a qualified assistant to sell art pieces for quite some time.
The call was made and Petra was invited to meet with Gloria that day.
Now let’s flash back years before this to the time when young Petra was first being taught how to speak German by her parents in Kassel, Germany. Little did she know that her commitment to using proper German grammar would some day land her the job of a life time.
She did go visit Gloria that day, but needed not to interview or take part in any of the normal job seeking processes. That day, Gloria Delson just happened to be entertaining a collector from Germany. After a few conversations with the buyer spoken inside their native tongue. Petra had the collector eating out of the palm of her hand and before the day was done, he had purchased $7000 worth of art work in cash and Petra Wright had a new job.
When asked how life has been since that fateful day, Petra replies, “It’s been really good”
Today Petra Wright curates the gallery owned by award-winning sculptor and avid collector, Gloria Delson who has always had an interest in avant-guarde, contemporary art, traveling the world in search of nontraditional works.
Many artists appreciate the space and show on a regular basis at the gallery. This month the gallery will feature Illinois native, artist, Alexander Gramm who creates in mixed media. Gramm has been painting for 30 years, and selling since the early nineties.
“How would you like to love me?
Gramm’s contemporary realism work hanging at the GDCA creates a couple locked in love’s embrace surrounded by stroke-hidden newsprint messages, musical scores, and playing cards that peer through the textured layers allowing space for a hummingbird, placed in the piece to represent strength, Gramm says.
Also at the gallery returning artist Cynthia Ann Swan who’s pieces are realized as expert craftsmanship, with metal glass and wood panels that secure each sculpture, providing a continuation of their visual narratives, complete with built-in LED lights that lend added dimension and focus. Cynthia Ann Swan is not only an amazing artist but an environmentalist making her a force to be reckoned with.
ATTN: LA ART SHOW HERE COMES
PETRA WRIGHT!
Few may remember October’s exhibit featuring New York based artist, Eddie Rehm entitled, “Rehming Out LA,” where Rehm invited two former Suicide Girls who gave a live window performance during the Art Walk while Eddies pieces hung in the gallery as a background.
After being held in high esteem throughout the New York art community, Rehm wanted to get his paintbrushes wet in LA. “I always dug the LA arts scene.” He said. Los Angeles is more open to different styles where as New York can be a bit more constricted at times.”
Rehm’s chaotic, kaleidoscope paintings are ballads that tell the story of modern day issues that many young people in Los Angeles are dealing with, “transient hopefuls following a dream and doing whatever they can to make it right no matter how life turns out,” Rehm said.
In January, you can find the art of Eddie Rehm and the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery represented at the LA Art Show.
For 18 years, the LA Art Show has delivered the broadest spectrum of art from across the globe to Los Angeles’ diverse and engaged collector base.
The 2014 LA Art Show will build upon the concept featuring top galleries and programming, including lectures, tours, special exhibits, and must-attend after parties beginning with a benefit the Opening Night Premiere Party on January 15.
GDCA is located at 215 W. 6th Street #115 Los Angeles, CA. 90013. For more information visit http://www.gdcagallery.com/
