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Vanity Fair and Versace Host Kimberly Brooks Exhibition
Versace Boutique in Beverly Hills
248 Rodeo Drive
September 28 – Oct 13
Los Angeles, CA - Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to announce that the artwork of Kimberly Brooks will be on view at Versace in Beverly Hills from September 28 – October 13. The exhibition will consist of recent works from her show “Mom’s Friends” and will debut several new pieces which incorporate fashion imagery and textiles from different eras.
“The Conversation: Portrait of Elsa Schiaparelli” by Kimberly Brooks.
30 x 40 in. Oil on Canvas
Kimberly Brooks explores issues of feminine identity, nostalgia,
idolization and womanhood. In “Mom’s Friends”, she introduces the women she literally looked
up to as a child, depicting the women who helped to form her own identity
while growing up in Marin County in the late 1970's.
In the wake of the Sexual Revolution, the model of a modern woman was
taking shape. Brooks paints sexy, confident and stylish women in their
element: cooling their feet in the pool, waiting at the train station,
contemplating amidst the woods of Big Sur and laughing at parties. She
invokes the fashions of the time with her representations of luscious
furs, bold patterns, oversize sunglasses and unique flea market finds.
In the span of a few years, nearly all of these women in her mom's circle of
friends would find themselves divorced as a result infidelity, boredom and
the need to establish their own identities. Brooks uses her own personal memories and
photographs to re-create the harmonious and utopian moment
just before it all came crashing down.
The artist takes cues from traditional portraiture, fashion photography, 1970s Polaroids and today’s
ubiquitous candid celebrity snapshots to create her modern style.
Kimberly Brooks’ work has been featured in numerous juried exhibitions
organized by curators from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of
Modern Art and California Institute of the Arts among others. Brooks
earned her B.A. from UC Berkeley and trained in fine arts at Otis College
of Design and UCLA. She lives in Los Angeles and maintains her studio in
Venice, CA.
The Versace store is located at 248 Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California and is open
11 am – 6 pm seven days a week. Selected works can be viewed at www.kimberlybrooks.com. Kimberly Brooks is represented by Taylor De Cordoba in Culver City. For additional press information, contact Heather Taylor at heather@taylordecordoba.com or (310) 559-9156.
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