Infinite Distance: Architectural Compositions by Helen Lundeberg

West Hollywood, CA: Louis Stern Fine Arts, 2007. Hardbound. NF but for bumped corners to front board.. Turquoise illustrated paper/boards; taupe cloth spine with dark taupe lettering. 146 pp., profusely illustrated in color. This the gallery's second exhibition in a series exploring the work of local legend, painter Helen Lundeberg, the artist delivers the physically palpable and entirely delicious experience of looking through things. Her paintings move you beyond the curve of the object then out the window to the sea or through the beam of a wall to a ceiling opening where morning light spills in or around the corner as the sunlight bleeds through dusk to dark. If ever an artist could be honestly accused of ‘taking the long view', it is Lundeberg. In truth, ‘infinite view' is more appropriate. In these compositions, ruthlessly winnowed to the purest visual necessities and decidedly hard edge in tone, Lundeberg patiently insists we see not just the view, but how she herself has felt the view. Even in identifying the work, Dark View, Inner-Outer Vision, A Quiet Place, Silent Interior, Moonlight, Scene of a Dream, the artist announces no destination and, as for traveling, she has already done that for you. All she asks is that you get yourself to the painting and let it carry you from there. (Inventory #: 103960.1)