K. Imperial Fine Art is pleased to present, Second Nature, a solo exhibition featuring gallery artist, Mila Libman. Second Nature will showcase large-scale charcoal and ink drawings, which interpret the essence of experiencing and reinventing nature. Second Nature will open September 1st, with a reception for the artist Thursday, September 4th
Second Nature depicts the habit and the process that Libman has acquired through her repetitive action of reworking, and redefining while creating her meticulous drawings. Libman begins her process by taking photographs of the Sierras and selecting images in which she would like to reinvent. Her process of altering, and distorting the photograph, ultimately allows the drawing to take its own form of representation.While blurring the lines of reality with abstraction, the drawings establish a personal orientation while preserving and adding elegance to the serene imagery. Libman creates a sense of wonder with her grand meditative drawings luring the viewer in for their own contemplative thoughts and personal experience.
Mila Libman was born in Minsk, Belarus and immigrated to the US in 1988. She studied graphic design at Montclair State University and continued her art training at the New York Studio School. In 1993 she was awarded The Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship. She received her MFA in 1997 from Yale University. Mila’s work has been exhibited at various venues in the Bay Area, including Berkeley Art Center, SJICA, Art Ark Gallery, 01 San Jose Biennial, Red Ink Gallery and Los Altos Museum. She’s also exhibited in New York, Belfast, Michigan and New Haven, CT. She lives and works in the San Jose, CA.Second Nature will be on view for the month of September. For further information or to inquire about the work, please contact Director, Meghan Corso at 415.277.7230 or by email at meghan@kimperialfineart.com. K. Imperial Fine Art is located at 49 Geary, suite 440, San Francisco, CA. Gallery Hours are: Tuesday – Friday 11 am -6pm, Saturday 11am -5:30pm and by appointment. from 5- 7:30 pm. This will be Libman’s second solo exhibition with K. Imperial.
