Barbara Strasen and the group show “Layer Upon Layer” at El Camino College
“The Other Eden” (acrylic and image transfer on canvas), 2017, by Barbara Strasen Over, under, sideways, down No one should be surprised, when standing in front of a painting by Barbara Strasen, to find themselves drawn forward into its depths, under or just behind the surface images where other images are waiting. It’s a bit like swimming through a gently swaying kelp forest where ocean currents allow one glimpse, one perspective, and then another. Strasen is currently in a five-person group show, “Layer Upon Layer,” which opened Wednesday, Nov. 20, in the El Camino College Art Gallery. Strasen will speak about her art at the gallery on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Curated by Susanna Meiers, the exhibition also features the works of Terry Braunstein and Victor Raphael, Jenny Okun, plus, in another collaboration, Victor Raphael and Clayton Spada. A few years ago, Strasen was given a solo show at the Long Beach Museum of Art, a show called “Layer by Layer.” So clearly layering is a key exponent of her work. We met at her studio in San Pedro, where she explained the ideas and concepts that interest her, and how she threads them into her art. Taking the bait Layering isn’t merely the act of…
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